Edward Tiffin, 1st Ohio Governor 1803 - 07, 1802 Northwest Territory Signed Doc ' T
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:1394195 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Signed by: Governor of NC |
Part-printed document dated Sept. 1802 in the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio. Order for a Sheriff's Sale signed by Tiffin. Size 8 in. by 12.5 in. on laid, rag-content paper; age toned, edge nicks, minor separation at ends of folds and along folds with tiny tissue tape repairs on reverse, else very good condition. Seal embossed on paper on wax seal at upper left - hard to make out design of seal if any."Tiffin served as the Speaker of the Territorial ...House of Representatives from 1799–1801 and as president of the 1802 Constitutional Convention. He was a leader of the Chillicothe Junto, a group of Chillicothe Democratic-Republican politicians who brought about the admission of Ohio as a state in 1803 and largely controlled its politics for some years thereafter. Among his colleagues in the faction were Thomas Worthington and Nathaniel Massie.Tiffin was the obvious choice for the governorship when Ohio was admitted to the Union. He was elected almost without opposition to a first term and re-elected by similarly overwhelming numbers two years later. Tiffin acted promptly to stop the Burr conspiracy in his second term. Tiffin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1806 and resigned the governorship in March 1807 to take his seat. He served only two years, however, resigning after the death of his wife." Wikipedia
