WASHINGTON GEORGE Document Signed as President

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NORTHWEST TERRITORY APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Document Signed, as President, appointing Samuel Holden Parsons a Judge in the newly-formed Northwest Territory. With the day of the month accomplished in Washington's hand. Approximately 12 1/2x17 inches; folds, some staining, seal intact, remargined along right side with vellum not affecting text or signature; framed. New York, 1 September 1789

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Congress formally affirmed the Northwest Ordinance on 7 August 1789, which officially established the government of the Northwest Territory. Pursuant to that Act, Washington nominated Arthur St. Clair as Governor, Winthrop Sargent as Secretary and three judges -- including Samuel H. Parsons -- on 18 August 1789. Each of the nominations were consented to by the Senate two days later. Parsons, who was already in the region serving as the Director of the Ohio Land Company, disappeared on the Beaver River in November 1789 while surveying the Western Reserve.
with--Vellum Document Signed by Arthur St. Clair, as President of Congress, appointing Parsons a Judge in the Northwest Territory. Approximately 12x11 inches; several tears and holes, faded. Np, 1787