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:

    “Ah! never shall the land forget
    How gushed the life-blood of her brave—
    Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet,
    Upon the soil they fought to save.”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    “I fear it is the effect of this ordinance to clothe Jesus with an authority which he never claimed and which distracts the mind of the worshipper.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)