Indiana’s Gore in Northwest Territorial Papers

Indiana’s Gore was a part of the Northwest Territory until 1803 when the area became part of Indiana Territory. The Northwest Territory is covered in The Territorial Papers of the United States within volumes 2 and 3. Below is a list of selected items related to Indiana’s Gore found within:

Carter, Clarence Edwin, editor. The Territorial Papers of the United States. 28 volumes. Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1934-1975.
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Volume II – The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787-1803

  • Page 6 – Virginia: Cession of Western Land Claims – 1 March 1784
  • Page 12 – Land Ordinance of 1785 – May 20, 1785
  • Page 39 – Ordinance of 1787 – 13 July 1787
  • Page 50 – Resolution of Congress: Treaty with the Wabash Indiana – 21 July 1787
  • Page 203 – Act for the Government of the Northwest Territory – 7 Aug 1789
  • Page 525 – Treaty of Greenville – 3 August 1795
  • Page 620 – Petition to Congress by Inhabitants of Knox County – 7 August 1797
  • Page 648 – Return of Inhabitants of Hamilton County – 12 July 1798
  • Page 650 – The President to Inhabitants of Hamilton County – 11 August 1798

Volume III – The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787-1803, Continued

  • Page 47 – Petition to Congress by Citizens of the Territory – 1799 – The Petition of the Inhabitants North west of the Great Miami River in the North Western Territory To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled.
  • Page 49 – Petition to Congress by Citizens of the Territory – 1799 – “The Petitions of a Number of the Inhabitants now Settled on the Publick L[an]ds Lying Below the Mouth of the great Miami River Between the Said Miami and the Boundary Line B[etwee]n the United States and the Indian Tribes”
  • Page 52 – Petition to Congress by Citizens of the Territory – 1799
  • Page 72 – Petition to Congress by Inhabitants of Hamilton County – 1800
  • Page 86 – Division of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio – 1800
  • Page 88 – The Sale of Lands in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio – 1800
  • Page 294 – 2 January 1790 – Hamilton County formed
  • Page 313 – Creation of Knox County – 20 Jun 1790
  • Page 496 – Letter from 8 Jan 1798 about swatters
  • Page 509 – Hamilton County gained the “Gore” from Knox County – 22 June 1798