 Virginia claimed the broad region lying north-west of the Ohio, and relinquished it in 1785, with a declaration that it should " be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 157by William Henry Seward - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1860 - 576 pages
...States her title to her Northwestern territory, upon the express condition that the lands so ceded should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as had become or should become members of the confederation, Virginia inclusive, and should be faithfully... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1860 - 578 pages
...States her title to her Northwestern territory, upon the express condition that the lands so ceded should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as had become or should become members of the confederation, Virginia inclusive, and should be faithfully... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...fifty thousand dollars to the state of Georgia, and the grants recognized by the preceding conditions, be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 602 pages
...mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties tc the officers 'and soldiers of the American army, shall be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have heofmoment, owing to the continued remissness of the dele.gates, was done until the month of April,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 594 pages
...of these cessions is not alone to be measured by the vast area thus vested in the United States, to be considered as " a COMMON FUND for the use and benefit of the whole Federal Alliance," but, as preventing territorial controversies, growing out of contested... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 600 pages
...of these cessions is not alone to be measured by the vast area thus vested in the United States, to be considered as " a COMMON FUND for the use and benefit of the whole Federal Alliance," but, as preventing territorial controversies, growing out of contested... | |
 | Henry Cleveland - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 850 pages
...payment of $1,250,000 to the State of Georgia, and the grants recognized by the preceding conditions, be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for... | |
 | Henry Cleveland - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 888 pages
...payment of ยง1,250,000 to the State of Georgia, and the grants recognized by the preceding conditions, be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for... | |
 | M.F. Maury - 1868 - 100 pages
...the boon on the expressed condition, (among others) ? that the lands within the territory so ceded y should be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit of all the States, (Virginia included,} and should be faithfully and bone fide disposed of for no other... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1868 - 750 pages
...of these cessions is not alone to be measured by the vast area thus vested in the United States, to be considered as "a COMMON FUND for the use and benefit of the whole Federal Alliance," but, as preventmg territorial controversies, growing out of contested... | |
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