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are appointed by the legislature, and justices of peace chosen by 

 the people. They at present send six representatives to congress. 



Manufactures and commerce. ...The principal manufactures 

 are flour, whiskey, sah, and maple sugar. The chief purchases of 

 foreign merchandise are made in Philadelphia and Baltimore; and 

 the excess of their agricultural productions, their furs, and peltry, 

 are either consumed by the numerous emigrants that flow hither an- 

 nually, or are shipped down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans. 

 In 18u2 there was a ship of 220 tons, and a brig of 120 built at 

 Marietta ; while three brigs of 150 tons each, and a sloop of 80 tons, 

 were almost ready to be launched. As this state is situated between 

 the river Ohio and lake Erie, it is probable that its future trade will- 

 be divided between those two waters. 



Curiosities.. ..The number of old fortifications found in this west- 

 ern country are the admiration of the curious. They are mostly 

 of an oblong form, situated on strong well chosen ground, and con- 

 tiguous to water. When, by whom, and for what purpose, these 

 were thrown up, is uncertain. They are undoubtedly very ancient, 

 as there is not the least visible difference in the age or size of the 

 timber growing on or within these forts, and that which grows with- 

 out ; the natives have lost all tradition respecting them. 



History... .The states of Virginia and Connecticut claimed, agree- 

 ably to their Royal charters, the principal part of this territory ; but 

 soon after the peace of 1783 ceded their rights to the general govern- 

 ment. The former reserved the land between the little Miami and 

 Sciota rivers, containing near 4,000,000 of acres, for the purpose of 

 satisfying grants for military services rendered in the revolutionary 

 contest. Connecticut reserved a tract in the northern section of the 

 state, extending about 120 miles west from the Pennsylvania boundary 

 line, bounded on the north by lake Erie, and south by the parallel of 

 the 41° of north latitude. This tract contained about 5,500,000 acres, 

 and has since been sold to a company for 1,200,000 dollars. This 

 reservation now contains upwards of 17,000 inhabitants. The first 

 .settlement was made in the state of Ohio, in 1788, at Marietta. The 

 inhabitants were for a number of years very much harassed by the 

 neighbouring warlike tribes of Indians. The treaty of Grenville in 

 1795, put an end to the Indian war within the limits of this state. On 

 the 30th of April 1802, congress passed an act to enable the people 

 of the eastern division of the territory north-west of the Ohio, to form 

 a constitution and state government. In the same year, the consti- 

 tution was framed, and in 1803 the first election under the state 

 government was held. 



