Symmes Purchase

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Symmes_Purchase

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:land_purchase
gptkbp:acquiredBy	gptkb:Congress_of_the_United_States gptkb:John_Cleves_Symmes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Miami_Purchase
gptkbp:area	about 311,682 acres
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Great_Miami_River gptkb:Little_Miami_River
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:followedBy	further land sales in Ohio
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	early American westward expansion
gptkbp:includedPresentDay	gptkb:Hamilton gptkb:Cincinnati Middletown
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Southwestern_Ohio
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:John_Cleves_Symmes
gptkbp:notableSettlers	gptkb:Benjamin_Stites gptkb:Israel_Ludlow gptkb:John_Cleves_Symmes
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Ohio_Country
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Virginia_Military_District
gptkbp:purchaseDate	1788
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Northwest_Territory gptkb:Land_Ordinance_of_1785 gptkb:Public_Land_Survey_System
gptkbp:settlementBegan	1789
gptkbp:surveyedBy	gptkb:Israel_Ludlow
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Cleves_Symmes
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Symmes Purchase