Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . , but Mrs. Rowland, who is a descendant of GeorgeMason, investigated this and says that the letter signedby Wythe, Mason and Jefferson was never seen by Mr. Draper supposed it had been used as abasis for the act of as-sembly setting apart onehundred and fifty thou-sand acres of land oppo-site Louisville, Kentucky, for Clarks men, and to havebeen retained in the hands of some committeeman who hadthe matter in charge. She adds that search has beenmade for it unavailingly among the F
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . , but Mrs. Rowland, who is a descendant of GeorgeMason, investigated this and says that the letter signedby Wythe, Mason and Jefferson was never seen by Mr. Draper supposed it had been used as abasis for the act of as-sembly setting apart onehundred and fifty thou-sand acres of land oppo-site Louisville, Kentucky, for Clarks men, and to havebeen retained in the hands of some committeeman who hadthe matter in charge. She adds that search has beenmade for it unavailingly among the Force manuscripts in theCongressional Library. The search, however, was evi-dently not made in the right direction as the original of, this important letter has been in the authors possession for years, and hascertainly been in Indiana for over half acentury. It was long in the possessionof the authors old friend. John eminent Indiana judge, statesmanand historian, and his worthy E. Law, turned it over to theauthor. A full-sized fac-simile of it is here produced forthe first ]()1IN LAW
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