Talk:Ohio Company of Associates

7/31/2019 removed "“After the creation of the Northwest Territory, Cutler suggested that the governor of the territory be General Arthur St. Clair, who was then serving as the President of Congress. Once the President had appointed St. Clair to his new position, Cutler and Major Winthrop Sargent, the secretary of the Ohio Company, signed two new contracts with him on...” Arthur St Clair's term as President of Congress ended in November 1786. He was succeeded by Cyrus Griffin who would have been presiding at the time of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance and the Act of October 23rd, and also at the consummation of the contracts with the Ohio Company. Arthur St. Clair was not appointed to the position of Governor of the Northwest Territory, he was elected by Congress. The prior version quoted above suggests Dr. Cutler was primarily responsible for St Clair's ascendancy to the post, but this is incorrect. St. Clair had most recently been President of Congress and was one of George Washington's most important friends. He was among the most highly respected leaders in the United States. He had the endorsement of a great number of prominent citizens, presumably including Dr. Cutler. Lastly, the contracts with the Ohio and Scioto Companies were not signed by the President of Congress, they were completed by the Treasury Board under the authorization of the Act of October 23rd, quoted above. There was no office of the President of the United States until after the new Constitution was ratified and adopted and George Washington sworn in in 1789.