Congress struggles to find a way to survey and populate its western territories. A group of former officers form the Ohio Company and lobby for an insider deal that will sell some of the prime land at a bargain price. Congress agrees and begins settlement in what will become the state of Ohio.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787: A Bicentennial Handbook (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0871950081?&linkCode=ll1&tag=amrevpodcast-20&linkId=2599571c45e3d23a6eafacba606dd517&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl) , by Robert Taylor (borrow on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/northwestordinan00tayl/page) )
Online Recommendation of the Week: Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL. D, Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/lifejournalscorr01cutl
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