CHAPTER XXII CHICAGO (1893)

[Dave Monroe]

The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old
Northwest and the Territory North West of the Ohio,
was a governmental region within the early United
States and is still sometimes (as the Northwest)
considered a geographical region; the term "Pacific
Northwest" disambiguates it from the regular
Northwest. Passed by the Continental Congress on July
13, 1787, the Northwest Ordinance provided for the
administration of the territories and set rules for
admission as a state. On August 7, 1789, the U.S.
Congress affirmed the Ordinance with slight
modifications under the Constitution. The territory
included all the land of the United States west of
Pennsylvania and northwest of the Ohio River. It
covered all of the modern states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the
northeastern part of Minnesota. The area covered more
than 260,000 square miles (673,000 km²)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory

--- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I wonder what Adams is talking about when he refers
> to the 'Northwest'--is this code for Chicago?

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