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The map’s coverage extends from Montreal, New France, to the northeast, south as far as Suffolk, Virginia, and westward into the Ohio River valley, a region disputed between Britain and France; the further Ohio country is depicted in the inset at upper-left.
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.
Map of the Ohio River Valley and surrounding area. Relief shown by hachures; Facsimile of manuscript map; Covers western Pennsylvania, western Virginia and Ohio; Shows major rivers and tributaries, forts, principal settlements and Indian tribal territories. Ohio River Valley--Maps, Maunscript--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles.
First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820. Significant European migration into the Ohio River Valley occurred from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century and this website presents approximately 15,000 pages of related materials. Resources include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, journals, letters, legal documents, ...
Item Information. Title: A trader's map of the Ohio country before 1753. Creator: Patten, John, 1724 or 1725-1754. Date: [1753?] Format: Maps/Atlases. Manuscripts. Location: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Collection (local): Library of Congress Collection. Subjects: Ohio River Valley--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt. Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New Martinsville, W.Va.... Contributor: Montrésor, John Date: 1776-01-01
That document records that Washington acquired 9,744 acres on the Ohio River and owned another 23,341 acres on the Great Kanhawa, with an additional 234 acres in Pennsylvania near Great Meadows, 3,051 acres in the northwestern territory, and 5,000 acres in Kentucky.
