OHIO COMPANY

organization formed (1747) to extend settlements of Virginia westward. The members were mostly Virginia planters interested in land speculation and the fur trade. A royal charter (1749) granted the members 200,000 acres around the forks of the Ohio River, and in 1750 the company employed Christopher Gist to explore the Ohio valley. The first organized group to develop the region W of the Alleghenies, the company embarked on vigorous British colonial activity. The company's colonizing activities, however, were viewed by the French as a challenge to their claim to this region. The immediate rivalry helped to bring on the final French and Indian War. Later the Ohio Company merged its interests with another land company, but the American Revolution obstructed its plans.

See K. P. Bailey, The Ohio Company of Virginia and the Westward Movement, 1748–1792 (1939); A. P. James, The Ohio Company (1959).

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books on: Ohio Company  - 26472 results

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The Foundations of Ohio - Vol. 1
Book by Beverley W. Bond Jr.; Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1941
Subjects: Ohio--History
...Road. At first, probably a buffalo trail, as Nemacolins Path, an Indian trail, it was the way representatives of the Ohio Company took when they marked off a road across the mountains from Fort Cumberland to the Youghiogheny. As Braddocks Road...
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Ohio and Its People
Book by George W. Knepper; Kent State University Press, 2003
Subjects: Ohio--History
...Virginians organized the Ohio Company, which received from the...acres at the forks of the Ohio. In return, the company was to settle a hundred families...occupy land north of the Ohio River. Instead, company commissioners secured a...
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A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and Its Peoples, 1724-1774
Book by Michael N. McConnell; University of Nebraska Press, 1992
Subjects: Ohio River Valley--History--To 1795
...Between A Country Between The Upper Ohio Valley and Its Peoples, 1724-1774...Maps are adapted from "Indian Villages--Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, 1760-1794," in...Norman A country between : the upper Ohio Valley and its peoples, 1724-1774 / Michael...
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Afloat on the Ohio: An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo
Book by Reuben Gold Thwaites; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999
Subjects: Ohio River Region--Social Life And Customs, Ohio River--Description And Travel, Skiffs--Ohio River--History--19th Century, Thwaites, Reuben Gold--1853-1913--Journeys--Ohio River
...in facsimile by Ayer Company Publishers in 1975 and retitled On the Storied Ohio . The Southern Illinois...establishment of the Ohio Company, which had been chartered...the year the original Ohio Company was formed. Celoron was...
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Yankee Eloquence in the Middle West: The Ohio Lyceum, 1850-1870
Book by David Mead; Michigan State College Press, 1951
Subjects: Lectures And Lecturing--Ohio, Lyceums
...England origin. In 1787 the Ohio Company, organized the year before in...education the promoters of the Ohio Company resolved that in each township...Manasseh Cutler, land agent for the Ohio Company, organized a group of New Englanders...
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The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830
Journal article by Richard S. Grimes; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830 (Book)--Reviews
...settlement of Gallipolis. Marietta was founded by the Ohio Company of Associates and was established in response to the turmoil of Shayss Rebellion in 1787. The Ohio Company hoped to build a settlement that embodied the Federalist...
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Theobald V. University of Cincinnati - Reforming Medical Malpractice in Ohio: A Survey of State Laws and Policy Impacts
Journal article by Brian Dunne; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 20, 2006
Subjects: Government liability--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical malpractice--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical personnel--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Ohio. Revised Code--Ohio. Rev. Code 9.86, Theobald v. University of Cincinnati--827 N.E.2d 365 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)
...entitled to the each volunteer company organized <br/ protection of...the while in the course fire company or <br/ employee, and of...Mississippi Ohio...
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The Strict Ohio Supreme Court Decision in Biddle: Third Party Law Firm Held Liable for Inducing Disclosure of Medical Information
Journal article by Kimberly Rathbone; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 15, 2000
Subjects: Biddle v. Warren General Hospital--715 N.E.2d 518 (Ohio 1999), Confidential communications--Attorneys, Malpractice--Litigation, Medical records--Access control, Privacy, Right of--Litigation, Third parties (Law)--Laws, regulations, etc.
...Ohio Law It was an Ohio court that first...Co., an insurance company induced a physician...release to my insurance company and/or third party...emphasis added). The Ohio Supreme Court did...Supp. 1294 (S.D. Ohio 1989). (128) Id...disclosure to the company doctor and the disclosure...
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How Ohio V. Talty Provided for Future Bans on Procreation and the Consequences That Action Brings: Ohio V. Talty: Hiding in the Shadow of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Journal article by Evelyn Holmer; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 19, 2004
Subjects: Child support--Laws, regulations and rules, Child welfare--Laws, regulations and rules, Human reproduction--Social aspects, Privacy, Right of--Laws, regulations and rules, Probation--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of privacy--Laws, regulations and rules, State v. Oakley--629 N.W.2d 200 (Wis. 2001), State v. Talty--814 N.E.2d 1201 (Ohio 2004), Trammell v. State--N.E.2d 283 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001).
...supra note 116. (245) See State v. Talty, 814 N.E.2d 1201 (Ohio 2004). (246) Id. (247) Laurie Madziar, Note, State v. Oakley...Specific Performance and Instructions section 127 (Matthew Bender Company, Inc., 2001). (269) Paul A. Long, Judge Proposes Vasectomy Pay...
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Dreams of Manhood: Narrative, Gender, and History in Winesburg, Ohio
Journal article by Mark Whalan; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 30, 2002
Subjects: Anderson, Sherwood--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Winesburg, Ohio (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...problematized in Winesburg, Ohio--are put forward with a deeply...woman by four soldiers in his company during their posting in the...and particularly in Winesburg, Ohio. According to William L. Phillips...wrote the stories of Winesburg, Ohio one after the other between...
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Ohio Ballet Bids Farewell
Magazine article by Steve Sucato; Dance Magazine, Vol. 80, December 2006
Subjects: Ohio Ballet Company--Organization dissolution
...plan to strengthen the company. As a final blow, Ohio Ballet board president...in 1968 as a resident company at The University of Akron, Ohio Ballet was the oldest professional dance company in Northeast Ohio, having outlasted the...
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Ohio Ballet Stumbles in Transition
Magazine article by Wilma Salisbury; Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, September 2000
Subjects: Executives--Management, Hughes, Jeffrey Graham--Management, Ohio Ballet Company--Management, Poll, Heinz--Management
...by Wilma Salisbury OHIO BALLET, long a bulwark of...years. Four of the nineteen company members chose to leave the Akron-based company. Three were not offered renewal...saying he could not work in "a company that lacks artistry and integrity...
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Somber Tribute: Life-Size Paintings of the Fallen of Lima Company Take Center Stage at the Ohio State House Rotunda
Magazine article by Alan Johnson; State Legislatures, Vol. 34, July 2008
Subjects: Marines--Appreciation, Memorial monuments, Miller, Anita--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions, Sepulchral monuments
...the Fallen of Lima Company Take Center Stage at the Ohio State House Rotunda...of people to the Ohio State House this...Iraq War. The Lima Company Memorial: A Remembrance...Corpsman from the Ohio-based Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th...
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Breakfast in Ohio
Magazine article by P.F. Kluge; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Spring 2004
Subjects: Breakfasts--Appreciation, Ohio--Appreciation, Restaurants--Appreciation, University towns--Appreciation
...feel lucky to live in Ohio and those mornings drives...freely enjoying each others company. I know their faces pretty...the end of breakfast in Ohio, as we wait for someone...residential college is a company town--thats the first...accommodated in Gambier, Ohio. Do or say something unforgivable...
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The Baltimore and Ohio - the 175th Anniversary of America's First Railroad
Magazine article by William S. Connery; World and I, Vol. 18, July 2003
Subjects: Anniversaries--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad--History, Immigration patterns, Railroads--History
...The Baltimore Ohio Railway and clothing such company with all the powers...became the first company to operate a locomotive...line to reach the Ohio River from the...Ford Motor Car Company and the hundredth...the Baltimore Ohio, The Nations First...
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Honda Growing in North America: Automaker to Accelerate Car, Truck Output in Ohio, Canada
Newspaper article by Peter Kaplan; The Washington Times, December 25, 1997
Subjects: Honda Motor Company Ltd., North America, Ohio, Transportation equipment industry
...step up production at plants in Ohio and Allison, Ontario, outside...year by 2001. And though the company will not build any new U.S...many as 200 jobs at its two Ohio plants. "This is another example...Honda. Strong demand for the companys midsize Accord model and its...
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Bard Is a Class Act in Ohio Venture
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 10, 2008
Subjects: The Ohio State University
Bard Is a Class Act in Ohio Venture. The Royal Shakespeare Company has formed a partnership...alive in the classroom. The company has linked up with Ohio State University to broaden...innovative practices at The Ohio State University." One of...
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Flawed Research Hits Ohio History Marker; Names Listed as Chinese Turn out to Be of Other Origins in Columbus
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 9, 2003
Subjects: Ohio Historical Society
...listed on the marker as being in the Ohio Sharpshooters, but in fact he was recruited into Company H of the 66th Illinois after this company of the Sharpshooters had been assigned...was not Asian, not enlisted in an Ohio regiment and not even a native...
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Lawmakers in Ohio Want HMO Reforms: Action Would Allow Malpractice Suits
Newspaper article by Sean Scully; The Washington Times, May 10, 1999
Subjects: Ohio
...companies for decisions that injure them. REQUIRE that the medical director of an HMO or insurance company be a state-licensed medical doctor. ALLOW Ohio residents who purchase health insurance privately, or who purchase long-term care insurance, to...
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Blue Cross Puts Ohio Plan Up for Bid
Newspaper article by Samuel Goldreich; The Washington Times, November 6, 1996
Subjects: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., Health insurance industry, Hospital management companies, Ohio
...over the license of its Ohio plan, a move that could...acquisition of the insurance company. The national federation...would terminate the Ohio companys right to use the cross...Cross Blue Shield of Ohio into a for-profit company. The national group...
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Ohio Company
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OHIO COMPANY organization formed (1747) to extend...final French and Indian War. Later the Ohio Company merged its interests with another land...obstructed its plans. See K. P. Bailey, The Ohio Company of Virginia and the Westward Movement...
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Ohio Company of Associates
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OHIO COMPANY OF ASSOCIATES organization for the...and Winthrop Sargent, secretary of the Ohio Company. The first gave to the company 1,780...lapsed before any land was purchased. The Ohio Company, however, had a genuine plan of settlement...
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Ohio , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...landseekers, and the British, attempting to move in (see Ohio Company ), hotly contested the French claims. Rivalry for control...provisions of that ordinance, with the activities of the Ohio Company of Associates promoted by Rufus Putnam and Manasseh...
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Ohio , River, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the river in the 1750s. An early settlement was established at the forks of the Ohio (modern Pittsburgh) by the Ohio Company of Virginia in 1749, but it was captured by the French in 1754, and the unfinished Fort Prince George was renamed Fort...
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHESAPEAKE OHIO RAILWAY (C O...S. transportation company with railroad lines...Virginia Central Company in 1850. It served...the Chesapeake Ohio Railway in 1878...the Baltimore Ohio RR in 1965 and in 1980 the combined company became part of the...
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