The acquisition of this terrtory which we propose to celebrate next year at Vincennes oil the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its capture by George Rogers Clark and his band of Kentucky riflemen. became the common possession of the original thirteen States. Virginia graciously ceded her rights to the Federal Government. John Fiske. the noted historian. makes the assertion that this common ownership of land that could be pioneered by emigrants from all the colonies as the greatest influence in cementing the bonds of union of the original States. Moreover. the sale of this land to homesteaiders helped to provide the funds that paid off the debts of the Revolution. This section. therefore. became the melting pot of the Nation. wherein colonists from all the original States settled and developed a wholesome fellowship and a tolerant national spirit.
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