Soon after the passage of the ordinance of 1787 (q. v.) for the establishment of a government northwest of the
Ohio, lands in that region which had been surveyed in anticipation of this action of Congress were sold.
An association called the
Ohio Company (q. v.), bought 5,000,000 acres between the
Muskingum and
Scioto rivers, fronting on the
Ohio; and
John Cleves Symmes purchased 2,000,000 in the rich and beautiful region on the
Ohio between the
Great and
Little Miami rivers, including the site of
Cincinnati.
