File:Governor Trumbull proclamation on the western lands 1783.jpg

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English: "A proclamation : [claiming title in behalf of the State of Connecticut to all the lands lying west of Pennsylvania, and east of the river Mississippi] / given under my hand and seal, at Lebanon, ... this 15th day of November, Anno Domini, 1783 ; Jonth. Trumbull." Proclamation on behalf of the state of Connecticut by Governor Jonathan Trumbull asserting Connecticut's claim to the Western Reserve lands (the Connecticut Western Reserve). 38 cm x 25 cm. General collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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Author Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., for the State of Connecticut (Printed by Timothy Green)

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