| 词条 | Purchase on the Muskingum |
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The Purchase on the Muskingum also called Ohio Company’s Second Purchase, was a tract of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Ohio Company of Associates purchased from the United States federal government in 1792. History{{main|Ohio Company of Associates}}In 1787 the Ohio Company of Associates contracted to buy {{convert|1500000|acre|km2}} of land in southern Ohio for one million dollars. They ended up only being able to raise $500,000, and so were sold a tract of {{convert|750000|acre|km2}}, plus lands set aside for support of local schools, a college, and the clergy, for a total tract size of {{convert|913833|acre|km2}} at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Muskingum River. The community of Marietta, Ohio was established in 1788. Second PurchaseThe United States granted veterans of the Revolutionary war land bounties for their service because money to pay them was short. The bounty depended upon rank. The associates of the Ohio Company gathered together their bounties in 1792 and accumulated a total of {{convert|142900|acre|km2}}. The government allowed a one third discount on purchases by the Ohio Company, so the government allowed a total sale of {{convert|214285|acre|km2}}.[1] These lands were to the north and northwest of the First Purchase in portions of Morgan, Hocking, Vinton and Athens Counties. The Second Purchase was surveyed on the plan of the Land Ordinance of 1785. The Second Purchase had no sections set aside for schools or ministry.{{sfn|Peters|p=237-258}} See also
References1. ^{{USStat|6|8}} - Text of Act of April 21, 1792 Library of Congress Bibliography
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2 : Pre-statehood history of Ohio|Marietta, Ohio |
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