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	Symmes Purchase
		Symmes proposed to purchase the lands between the Great and Little Miami Rivers in southwestern Ohio for about the same terms given the Ohio Company, except that only one township was reserved for an academy.
		Gross distortions resulted when the purchases hired surveyors to run the east-west lines to form the north and south boundaries of the sections tying between the corners established on the meridional lines.
		The purchasers were to then run east-west lines from the new corners on the standard and set their section corners at intersections with the old meridional lines, which created even more conflicts and problems.
	www.surveyhistory.org /symmes_purchase.htm (896 words)

	The Loveland
		Purchased from "Rumsley and Company" in Seneca, New York, this unit was also equipped with 200 feet of fire hose.
		A shortage of funds to purchase apparatus was not the only challenge that faced the newly established fire company.
		A deal was struck between the village and local merchants where the village agreed to pay any merchant that responded to a fire alarm with the merchant’s team of horses to pull the apparatus to the fire.
	www.lsfd.org /lsfd_new_web/history.htm (1252 words)

	A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio
		SYMMES failed to comply with the terms of sale and settlement, and consequently forfeited a sixth part of their land, which, as the country began to be settled, was soon occupied by volunteer settlers.
		SYMMES was required to relinquish to the United States fifteen acres of land in Cincinnati contiguous to Fort Washington for the accommodation of the garrison at that fort.
		SYMMES for the purchase of the tract of land.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ohbutler/cyc/022.htm (6463 words)

	Symmes Purchase
		The Symmes Purchase, also known as the Miami Purchase, a section of land in Southwestern Ohio in what is now Hamilton, Butler, and Warren Counties.
		It was purchased by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey from the Continental Congress.
		The Symmes Purchase survey is the only one in the United States where the ranges run from north to south and the townships from east to west.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sy/symmes_purchase.html (316 words)

	City of Cincinnati -How Cincinnati Became A City
		Judge Symmes had visited the Ohio country in the previous summer, and was greatly impressed with its possibilities for settlement.
		Symmes did not wait for the negotiations with the Treasury to be concluded to begin promoting the sale of the lands he expected to own.
		The third landing in the Symmes Purchase was made on February 2, 1789, by the Judge himself at North Bend.
	www.cincinnati-oh.gov /crc/pages/-5928- (1671 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 109, PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES: Library of Economics and ...
		In 1803, 1,182,752 square miles, or 756,961,280 acres, were purchased from France, and in 1819 a further tract of 59,268 square miles, or 37,931,520 acres, was purchased from Spain.
		Differences arising between Symmes and the board of treasury, no satisfactory arrangement was made until 1792, when, under Hamilton's administration, a patent was issued, in September, 1794, for as much land as had been paid for, amounting to about 310,000 acres, although 1,000,000 acres were called for by the contract.
		But only a fourth part of the purchase money was required at the time; the payment of the balance was to be spread over three years, one-fourth of the original purchase money to be paid in each year, with interest at 6 per cent.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy879.html (12286 words)

	Symmes's Purchase
		It may be said here that the Ohio Company's purchase on the Muskingum proved to be the most hilly and sterile of any tract of similar extent in Ohio, while Symmes' purchase contained much of the most fertile lands and soon became the most thickly populated and valuable large tract in the state.
		Symmes secured in the eastern states a number of surveyors to do this work some of whom arrived at Columbia in November, 1788, and the work of surveying was soon commenced.
		This college township was intended to be located near the center of Symmes' Purchase, but its location having been delayed until the greater portion of the tract had been sold, the township of Oxford in Butler County was in compliance with an act of congress selected for this purpose in 1803.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ohwarren/Bogan/bogan322.htm (1744 words)

	History & Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Symmes Township is situated in the northeast corner of Hamilton County.
		The Township was formed in 1824 from the eastern portion of Sycamore Township and bears the name of John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814) who, in 1788, made the "Miami Purchase" which led to the founding of Cincinnati.
		Once called Polktown, Symmes Station had a church, fire station and the Township hall which was used until 1975.
	www.symmestownship.org /History.htm (262 words)

	Public Lands of Ohio
		Ohio Company's Purchase is a body of land containing about 1,500,000 acres; including, however, the donation tract, school lands, etc., lying along the Ohio river; and including Meigs, nearly all of Athens, and a considerable part of Washington and Gallia counties.
		This tract was purchased of the general government in the year 1787, by Manasseh Cutler and Winthrop Sargeant, from the neighborhood of Salem, in by Massachusetts, agents for the "Ohio Company," so called, which had been then formed in Massachusetts for the purpose of a settlement in the Ohio country.
		As the purchasers of these two tracts came from parts of the Union where it was customary and deemed necessary to have a regular settled clergyman in every town, they therefore stipulated in their original purchase that a permanent fund in land should thus be set apart for this purchase.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~henryhowesbook/publiclands.html (4992 words)

	Chapter 1 History of Springdale, Ohio
		On October 15, 1788, Symmes was granted a charter to develop the tract of land that became known as the Miami Purchase and reserved 40,000 acres for himself, his sole profit on the enterprise.
		In 1803, the Littles purchased land to the east of Springfield from former president John Adams, who had acquired it from Symmes, and continued their married life in a log cabin on the brow of a hill.
		He prepared for that eventuality by purchasing a very small hair trunk to serve as the baby's coffin if she died on the way or be put to other practical uses if she did not.
	www.springdale.org /history/SPRING1.html (4398 words)

	Town Meeting revises bylaw on Symmes - The Boston Globe
		Symmes Redevelopment has also committed to demolishing the hospital, building condominiums, and leaving acres of open space on the site.
		The housing and the medical offices are expected to generate $1.6 million a year in tax revenue for the town, five years after it is built.
		Symmes Redevelopment Associates includes Edward A. Fish Associates and Menotomy Medical Partners LLC of Newton.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/05/12/town_meeting_revises_bylaw_on_symmes?mode=PF (1229 words)

	MINUTES OF SYMMES TOWNSHIP REGULAR MEETING (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If the Township had not purchased this property, it would have been a seventy-five (75) space parking lot and that the Ballman property would have been used for retail.
		The purpose of the acquisition of this property is to purchase land for additional facilities to improve the Symmes Township Safety Service Center facilities.
		The Board of Trustees of Symmes Township upon majority vote does hereby dispense with the requirement that this Resolution be read on two separate days, and hereby authorize the adoption of this Resolution upon its first reading.
	www.symmestownship.org /March21_mtg.htm (3260 words)

	OHIO COUNTY INFO: OHIO LANDS - A Short History
		Symmes paid $70,455 in public securities for 105,683 acres and used military bounty land warrants, totalling 95,250 acres, to acquire the remaining 142,857 acres.
		Symmes did this because Dayton had acquired military bounty warrants from soldiers who desired to settle in the western country, but could not afford a cash payment.
		Once the entryman (purchaser) paid for his land, a final certificate (or certificate of location, if land scrip was used), was issued by the register of the land office.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~maggie/ohio-lands/ohl3.html (1921 words)

	Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County
		The Symmes' Purchase contained 248, 250 acres located between the Great Miami River to the west and the Little Miami River to the east, starting at the Ohio River and extending to and east-west line passing about a mile north of Lebanon.
		THE SYMMES PURCHASE, an article by C. Albert White taken from "Backsights" Magazine published by Surveyors Historical Society, explains how badly the Symmes Purchase was managed and surveyed.
		Early records of land grants, bounty land, and land purchases are at the Ohio Land Office, Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH Most records of the Western Reserve are at the Connecticut Secretary of State's office.
	www.co.warren.oh.us /genealogy/PropertyRecords.htm (972 words)

	Fifth Generation
		Martha Symmes, the widow, afterwards married Samuel Russell, and died at the age of 93.
		Symmes had made a motion to the court, which he was zealously arguing notwithstanding frequent interruptions by the Judge.
		Symmes did not become rich - at least not as the word is commonly used - in consequence of his purchase.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /symmes.memorial/fifth.html (8664 words)

	Arlington may propose equity ownership of Symmes Hospital
		But if Arlington were to own the Symmes real estate, Lyons said, it could act as a conduit for financing, leasing the facility to HealthSouth and Lahey and using that rent to pay the mortgage on whatever financing the town secures.
		Moreover, Lyons said part of the debt Symmes is showing on its balance sheet is a management fee of $100,000 per month Lahey charges the hospital.
		The medical staff, many of whom have been at Symmes for decades, is dedicated to the hospital and think it is an excellent facility, DeSimone said.
	www.schlichtman.org /lyons/symmes.html (972 words)

	History & Genealogy-->Databases-->1874 Atlas of Greene County, Ohio Landowners Index
		The remainder of the county was included in the Symmes Purchase, often referred to as the Miami Purchase.
		Starting at the Ohio River and extending roughly 24 miles to the north between the Great Miami River and the Little Miami River, this area was contracted by John Cleves Symmes and his associates in 1788.
		The section numbering is in accordance with the Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785, and the Federal Surveys located above the Symmes Purchase continued Symmes' odd way of numbering the ranges and townships to preserve consistency in the area between the rivers.
	www.gcpl.lib.oh.us /1874_atlas.asp (563 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Symmes Purchase, also known as the Miami Purchase, was an area of land in Southwestern Ohio in what is now Hamilton, Butler, and Warren Counties.
		He was so impressed with the fertility of the country he informed Symmes of its prospects and Symmes gathered a syndicate, known as the Miami Company, to buy the land.
		Further, Symmes sold much land that he did not own, some as far north as Dayton, meaning some early settlers found themselves squatters on the public domain, and sold some land that he did own more than once.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Symmes_Purchase (340 words)

	Symmes Purchase - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society
		In 1788, Symmes and his associates requested one million acres of land from Congress, but in the end, they were permitted to purchase about 330,000 acres.
		A number of settlements were built in the Symmes Purchase during the early years.
		In addition, Symmes and his associates founded the community of Dayton on land that was not part of the Symmes Purchase.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=806 (356 words)

	Sandra Neal at Art On Symmes
		She is a member of the Queen City Art Club, Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society, Art On Symmes Guild, Middletown Art Center and is an associate member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.
		Her work can be seen at Art On Symmes Gallery, Fairfield Chamber of Commerce and numerous private collections.
		To purchase one of Sandy's pieces, click on the description next to the item.
	www.artonsymmes.com /generic.asp?p=3&i=73 (224 words)

	Chapter I, The Miami Years
		The most valuable land in the Symmes Purchase was the thirty miles of frontage on the Ohio River, and the most valuable of that was the land across from where the Licking leads south into Kentucky.
		Give Symmes credit for a generous intention: he first proposed to reserve a college township as nearly opposite the mouth of the Licking as an entire township could be formed.
		But when Symmes asked Congress to reduce his proposed purchase from two million to one million acres, he seems to have assumed that he relinquished the grant of a college township.
	www.lib.muohio.edu /my/miamiyearsI.html (3588 words)

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		For himself Symmes retained one township at the mouth of the Great Miami, at the junction of which stream with the Ohio he proposed to build his great city; to help the growth of which he offered each alternate lot to any one that would build a house and live therein three years.
		When it was found, however, that this purchase would not be included in Symmes patents, the proprietors re- fused to accept the benefit of the pre~mption law, and aban- doned their contract; which was taken by Daniel C. Cooper, who realized a fortune from it.
		Purchasers became numerous, individuals and whole families disposed of their property; and, in the course of 1791, some embarked at Havre, others at Bordeaux, Nantes, or Rochelle, each with his title-deed in his pock- et.
	memory.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/nora/nora0047.sgm (15216 words)

	Miami Valley Vignettes, George Crout (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Symmes then pointed to the troops on parade, telling the Indians the soldiers would uphold the rights of the settlers.
		Symmes then walked over the another Shawnee Chief, Capt. Blackbird, and showed him the seal of the U.S. with the eagle holding a tree branch as an emblem of peace.
		Symmes was successful in selling the land, but ran into many legal problems.
	www.middle-america.org /crout/mvvig/tomahawk.html (8358 words)

	The Northwest Territory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ohn Cleves Symmes purchased considerable land in the Miami Valley that was known as the Symmes Purchase.
		The western portion of what became Greene county was part of the Symmes Purchase.
		That area was settled primarily by Kentuckians, although a large number of German, Dutch, and Welsh immigrants made their way to the area from the east, traveling the military roads leading into the area.
	www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil /Foulois/chap8.htm (1104 words)

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	Shawnee tribe set to reclaim Indian Hill
		"The whole Symmes Purchase and Indian Hill are very interesting,'' said Terry Casey of Columbus, a consultant to the Shawnee tribe, which was "removed'' from Ohio to Oklahoma in 1830.
		John Cleves Symmes bought 330,000 acres for 67 cents each in 1794, with permission from President George Washington.
		The Symmes Purchase was not a treaty and wasn't ratified.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/07/11/loc_bronson11.html (612 words)

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