Excerpt from The Ohio Alumnus, Vol. 7: February, 1930 The early history of Ohio University is conf temporary with that of the beginning of the state. It dates back to the Ordinance of 1787, by which a government was established in the Northwest Territory. With the adoption of this charter, there went a contract between the Ohio Company and Congress for the purchase of land northwest of the Ohio River. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.