Purchase on the Muskingum

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The Purchase on the Muskingum also called Ohio Company's Second Purchase, was a tract of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Ohio Company of Associates purchased from the United States federal government in 1792.

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Purchase on the Muskingum
Township Road 312, Trimble Township

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Township Road 312

Township Road 312
45732 Trimble Township
Ohio, United States
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