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THB1799 Northwest Territory of the United States-West of the River Ohio... Document
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1799 "Territory of the United States - West of the River Ohio..." Official Northwest Partially-Printed Document
BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN (1766-1833). State of Ohio early Pioneer, Shipbuilder on the Ohio River, extensive Landholder, a Delegate to the 1802 Ohio Constitutional Convention from Washington County that Wrote the new State of Ohio Constitution where he voted at the convention Against Slavery and for the Civil Rights and Suffrage of Black people.
October 17, 1799-Dated Federal Period, Early Northwest Territory, Partially-Printed Legal Document Signed, "Benj. Ives Gilman" as Prothonotary (a chief clerk in some courts of law, he was Clerk of Courts for Washington County from 1795 to 1803.) Arrest Warrant, Choice Very Fine. Well printed in rich black text, some transmittal folds with light tone, two small mount hinges on the reverse top edge (removable), regardless a very historical figure and a rare Signed form. This 1799 Document is 1 page, measuring 13" x 7.75", for Washington County. Being an Arrest Warrant for Sylvester Ward who owes George D. Avery $70. Document reads in part; "Territory of the United States - West of the River Ohio... We Command you that you take Sylvester Ward of Newton in the county of Washington yeoman, alias laboruer...". Its original paper wax Official Embossed Territorial Seal fully attached at upper left.
Post-American Revolutionary War Territory Northwest of the Ohio River was more commonly known as the "Northwest Territory." It encompassed most of the prewar territory of the Ohio Country, parts of Illinois Country, and parts of old French Canada below the Great Lakes. It was an organized "Incorporated Territory" of the United States spanning most of, or large parts of, six later eventual U.S. States. The Territory existed legally from July 13, 1787, until March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the Territory was admitted to the Union as the "State of Ohio," and the remainder was reorganized by additional legislative actions. Official Documents that are of the "Northwest Territory" and being Signed by Federalist Benjamin Ives Gilman are scarce.
Benjamin Ives Gilman returned to the East, and married Hannah Robbins of Plymouth, Massachusetts, at that place in February 1790, and they moved to Marietta. The couple had nine children born between 1790 and 1808, including Winthrop Sargent Gilman. Gilman opened a store in Fort Harmar in 1792, and was Clerk of Courts for Washington County from 1795 to 1803.
In 1802, Gilman was elected as a Federalist Delegate to the Convention to write a Constitution for the new State of Ohio. He voted at the convention against slavery and for civil rights and suffrage of black people.
In 1801, Gilman began a shipbuilding business. His ships would sail down the Ohio River and Mississippi River, and thence to ports on the Atlantic Ocean. This business thrived until the Embargo Act of 1807 destroyed trade. Gilman also had extensive landholdings in Ohio. In 1810, he owned 22,128 acres (8,955 ha), sixth most in the state.
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