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William Hogland and John Nixon Petition to Josiah Harmar

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William Hogland and John Nixon Petition to Josiah Harmar

Description:

Following the end of the Revolutionary War, Josiah Harmar was appointed the commander of the United States Army and ordered to the Ohio country to stop settlers from crossing into the Northwest Territory and to keep the peace with the American Indians. In 1785, Harmar was directed by the Continental commissioners to remove squatters by force from the lands north and west of the Ohio river.

These are photographic copies of a petition signed "in behalf of the Inhabitents (sic) on the Western Sid (sic) of Ohio" by squatters William Hogland and John Nixon, asking that they be permitted to gather their crops before being forced to evacuate the area as ordered by Congress, and Josiah Harmar's reply granting that concession. The original documents reside in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

Creator:

William Hogland, John Nixon, and Josiah Harmar

Creation Date:

August 30 and September 6, 1785

Collection Title:

Josiah Harmar Papers

Collection Number:

VFM 1371

Image Number:

TAH0814

Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards

Government 6-8

  • Benchmark B: Explain how the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and the Northwest Ordinance have provided for the protection of rights and the long-term future of a growing democracy.
  • Grade 8, GLI 7: Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States.

Geography 9-10

  • Benchmark A: Analyze the cultural, physical, economic and political characteristics that define regions and describe reasons that regions change over time.
  • Grade 9, GLI 2: Explain how differing points of view play a role in conflicts over territory and resources. GLI 3: Explain how political and economic conditions, resources, geographic locations and cultures have contributed to cooperation and conflict.
  • Grade 10, GLI 1: Explain how perceptions and characteristics of geographic regions in the United States have changed over time including: b. Wilderness; c. Farmland.
  • Benchmark C: Analyze the patterns and processes of movement of people, products, and ideas.
  • Grade 9, GLI 5: Analyze the social, political, economic and environmental factors that have contributed to human migration now and in the past.

Geography 11-12

  • Benchmark A: Explain how the character and meaning of a place reflect a society’s economics, politics, social values, ideology and culture.
  • Grade 11, GLI 1: Explain how government decisions reflect a society’s values about land use.

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