WESTERN RESERVE, THE

the northeastern part of what is now the State of Ohio. It was part of those territories covered by the western claims of certain of the Eastern colonies, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, New York and Ma achusetts, resting on old charters, royal grants and treaties with the Indians. So heated grew the dispute over their respective rights that it threatened to break up the Union, until eventually they all agreed to cede these lands to the Federal Government, which had them surveyed and arranged for their government _as territories, this being done by the Ordinance of 1787, providing that there should be a governor, secretary and judges, appointed by Congre . The Western Reserve comprised about 4,000,000 acres of this territory adjoining Lake Erie, and was eventually disposed of to settlers, the proceeds going to school funds. pone (4g) ol (tag) yor vnorny VS ote N yyw Sion Ps S-~.~ IMG:map603.jpg: