Land Ordinance

In U.S. land history, there are at least three land ordinances of note:

  • Land Ordinance of 1784
  • Land Ordinance of 1785
  • Land Ordinance of 1796

Famous quotes containing the words land and/or ordinance:

    “... were all America like this fair city, and all, no, only a small proportion of its population like the friends we left there, I should say, that the land was the fairest in the world.”
    —Frances Trollope (1780–1863)

    “Overly persuasive a woman’s ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)