An ordinance for the government of the Western Territory : It is hereby ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that there shall be appointed from time to time, a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress.
United States. Continental Congress.
United States. Ordinance of 1787.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
text
Broadsides New York (N.Y.) 1787. rbgenr
Laws United States 1787. rbgenr
Broadsheet format (Printing) New York (N.Y.) 1787. rbpri
[New York : s.n.,
1787]
eng
A draft of the Ordinance of 1787.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Evans
Journals of the Continental Congress,
ESTC
LC copy annotated in pencil at top of p. [1]: Read 2' times 4 May, 1787 ...
Northwest, Old--Politics and government.
United States--Territories and possessions.
United States New York.
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