History of the Ordinance of 1787
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Author
Contributions
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania. - Contributor
- YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor
Publication
1856 - Press of the Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
8,250 words, Guess
Page Count
33 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehistoryofordinan00cole
- Internet Archivehistoryofordinan00incole
- Library of Congress Control Number01015926
- OCLC Control Number2915476
- Open LibraryOL6906843M
Classifications
- LCCE309 .C69
Description
This was an 1856 address by the former Governor of Illinois to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in which he sketches the development of the Ordinance of 1787, the first version of which was found in a report of a Congressional committee of April, 1784, ending with its nearly-unanimous passage July 13, 1787. Governor Coles also weighed in the question of who was primarily responsible for the ideas expressed in the Ordinance. Senator Daniel Webster had recently claimed that Nathan Dane of Massachusetts was mainly responsible. Coles argued that Thomas Jefferson was the principal author.
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