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:

    “I traveld thro’ a Land of Men
    A Land of Men & Women too,
    And heard & saw such dreadful things
    As cold Earth wanderers never knew.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “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)