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 | | George II sanctioned a grant to the company of 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) generally, northwest of the Ohio River, and to the eastward, between the Monongahela and Kanawha Rivers, but the grant was neyer actually issued. |
 | | In 1750 and 1751 Christopher Gist, a skilful woodsman and surveyor, explored for the company the Ohio Valley as far as the mouth of the Scioto River. |
 | | The second company, the Ohio Company of Associates, was formed at Boston on the March 3, 1786, The leaders in the movement were General Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Samuel Holden Parsons and Manasseh Cutler. |
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