By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. April 23, 1784 : Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress, shall be divided into distinct states in the following manner ... United States. Continental Congress. Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824. Hudson & Goodwin, printer. United States. Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory. 1785. Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) DLC text Laws United States 1785. rbgenr Hartford : Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [1785] eng Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. "May 20, 1785. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory": p. [2-4]. Signed on p. [4]: Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the twentieth day of May [1785] ... Richard Henry Lee, p. Charles Thomson, sec'ry. Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol. Not in Evans. Bristol Shipton & Mooney ESTC Statehood (American politics) Land settlement--Law and legislation--United States. Surveying--Public lands--Northwest, Old. United States Hartford. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.13401