?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WESTERN RESERVE.) Report of the Committee . . . the Consideration of the Expediency of Accepting from the State of Connecticut,a cession of jurisdiction of the territory west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut. 31 pages. 8vo, stitched self-wrappers; uncut and unopened. Philadelphia, 21 March 1800
"One of the great documents of the trans-Alleghany pioneer West. The famous jurist [John Marshall] here reviews and analyzes the dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania respecting the lands of the Western Reserve; the Acts of Congress on the subject; the proceedings in relation to the cession of the territory to the U. S., the sale of lands; the settlements east of the Cuyahoga; and the final cession of jurisdiction to the United States--Eberstadt 114:592; Sabin 15688; Evans 38873; Howes C683.
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