Petition from the French Inhabitants of Fort Vincennes, Kaskaskia to Congress
2/28/1788
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Western lands were not empty when Congress began settling land northwest of the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War. French Canadian residents who had unexpectedly “become subjects of the United States” petitioned for grants to land they had long occupied.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.
National Archives Identifier: 2442218
Full Citation: Petition from the French Inhabitants of Fort Vincennes, Kaskaskia to Congress ; 2/28/1788; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-from-the-french-inhabitants-of-fort-vincennes-kaskaskia-to-congress, March 27, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
