Excerpt from Magazine of Western History, Vol. 3: Illustrated, November, 1885 April, 1886Simultaneously with this accept ance, Jefferson submitted his famous plan for the subdivision and govern ment of the northwest territory, and such other western territory as might be obtained by cessions expected from the other states. The adoption of this report and the subsequent acts of con gress show that the main cause of jeal onsy was removed, and the title of the United States to the northwest territory was considered substantially assured by this cession of Virginia and its accept ance. As yet, however, the cession of Connecticut had not been accepted, and Massachusetts was sleeping on her claim.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.