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Folly of the day and frontier ceded lands discussants
The long excerpt traces historic Western land cessions and claims among Virginia New York Connecticut Massachusetts North Carolina Georgia and others. It covers Congress acts urging surrender of western lands for a union and notes Jeffersons plans and slavery exclusions, with reflections on the Missouri Compromise and frontier policy.
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New York Evening Post
Old Dominion
Congress
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Protess
Maryland
General Assembly
General Assembly of
United States
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minesota
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Connecticut Reserve
Richmond
Kentucky
Aurora
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Congresa
South Carolina
Jefferson
Western Territory
Alabama
Missouri
North
Carolina
Blackwood's
Chattahoochie
Mississppi
United States of America
Perpetual Union
State of
Senate and Assembly