Congress of the United StatesAt the third session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety . Resolved ... that the president of the United States ... cause an estimate to be laid before Congress at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor ... any of the citizens of the United States, within the territory ceded ... by the state of North Carolina, and within the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio.

Acts passed at the second session of the first General Assembly of the Territory of the United States of America, South of the River Ohio . Began and held at Knoxville, on Monday the twenty-ninth day of June, 1795.

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Acts passed at the second session of the first General Assembly of the Territory of the United States of America, South of the River Ohio . Began and held at Knoxville, on Monday the twenty-ninth day of June, 1795.