Symmes Purchase

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Symmes_Purchase
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Symmes Purchase
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