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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818.

Arthur St. Clair papers, 1774-1796. - 4 items.

Open to research.

Sheriff's writ (1774 July 7) from Westmoreland County, Pa.; decree (1788 Aug. 30) establishing a general court for the Northwest Territory at Marietta, Ohio; photocopy of St. Clair's presidential appointment (1789 Sept. 1) by George Washington as governor of the Northwest Territory; and ALS from St. Clair to Benjamin Talmadge relating to Ohio Company land warrants.


In part, negative photocopy.
[S.l.].


Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, army officer, and governor of the Northwest Territory.


Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

LCCN: mm 79001651

Subjects--Personal Names:
Talmadge, Benjamin--Correspondence.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ohio Company (1786-1795)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Courts--Northwest Territory.
Land titles--Ohio.
Sheriffs--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Marietta (Ohio)--History.
Northwest Territory--Politics and government.
Ohio--History--1787-1865.
Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Westmoreland County (Pa.)--History.

Index Terms--Occupation:
Army officers.
Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--Pennsylvania.
Governors--Northwest Territory.