History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.
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ITS ADVANTAGES FOR MANUFACTURING. 9 ORDINANCE OF 1787. July 13, 1787, an ordinance for the go- diana, and provision made for organizing vernment of the Northwestern Territory, a Territorial Government. was enacted by Congress, and Gen. Ar- Hon. Ninian Edwards, Chief Justice thur St. Clair appeared at Marietta, on of Kentucky, was appointed by President the Ohio river, and put the new govern. Madison to be the first Governor of the ment in operation. Washington county Territory of Illinois. The government was the first organized, and included a was organized by Nathaniel Pope, Terriconsiderable portion of the State of Ohio. torial Secretary, April 28, 1809. GoverIn Feb., 1790, Governor St. Clair and his nor Edwards arrived at Kaskaskia early Secretary, Winthrop Sargent, arrived at in June, and on the 11th of that month Kaskaskia, and organized the county of took the oath of office. He was GoverSt. Clair, which embraced more than half nor during the whole of the territorial the present State of Illinois. The first existence of Illinois. His first comnnislegislative body for the Northwestern sion was dated March 7, 1809; re-apTerritory met at what is now Cincinnati, pointed Nov. 12, 1812; again re-appointSept. 16, 1789. On the 3d of October, ed, Jan. 16, 1816. Gov. Edwards was Gen. Win. H. Harrison was elected the the father of Hon. Ninian W. Edwards first delegate to represent the Northwes- and Hon. B. S. Edwards, among the oldtern Territory in the Congress of the est and most respected citizens of SpringUnited States. field. TERRIITORY OF O1IO ORGANIZEDi From 1809 to 1812, all the legislation was done " By authority of the Governor Maly 7, 1800, Ohio was provided with and Judges." They did not enact laws, a territorial organization, and Nov. 29, 1802, was admitted into the Union as a laws of Indana and fom the State of laws of Indiana and from the State of State, with its seat of government at Kentucky such as were suitable to the situation. and declared them to be laws TERRITORY OF INDIANA ORGANIZED. of the territory of Illinois. After Ohio was separated under a ter- The first election in Illinois was held ritorial government, the remainder con- March 14, 1812, by order of Governor tinued to be governed as the Northtwes- Edwards, for the purpose of ascertaining tern Territory until 1802, when the Ter- whether or not the people desired to take ritory of Indiana was organized with part in the government, by a territorial William Henry Harrison as Governor. organization. The result of the election In 1803 the first legislature of Indiana was favorable to the change. An elecTerritory assembled at Vincennes. Illi- tion was then ordered to take place Oct. nois then being a part; of Indiana Terni- 9, 10, 11, for the purpose of choosing a tory, St. Clir county sent three repr delegate to Congress and members of the tory, St. Clair county sent three repre- Legislature. sentatives. Legislature. The first legislative body in the TerriTERRITORY OF ILLINOIS ORGANIZED. tory assembled at Kaskaskia, Nov. 25, By an act of Congress, approved Feb. 1812. From that time to 1818, all busi3? 1809, Illinois was separated from In- ness was done in the name of the "Leg
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- History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.
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- Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894.
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