A reproduction in modern type of the original text and title pages of the first editions of the laws.

A reproduction in modern type of the original text and title-pages of the first editions of the laws.

Excerpt from The Laws of the Northwest Territory: 1788-1800 TO understand the laws of the Northwest Territory for the period when Illinois was a part of it, one must know both the situation they were framed to meet and how that situation had come about. At the close of the French régime small French settlements were scattered through the western part of the region. The more important were along the Illinois bank of the Mississippi some forty miles south from the mouth of the Missouri, at Vincennes and the present Lafayette, Indiana, at Detroit, at Mackinac, and at Green Bay. The contest between France and Great Britain for the upper Ohio valley had led to the war of 1756 - 1763; and England's triumph had given her all her rival's possessions east of the Mississippi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.