Whatever of reality there was in the titles of Massachusetts and Connecticut came from the existence and actions of the Federal Union.

[Footnote: For this northwestern history see "The Life, Journal, and Correspondence of Manasseh Cutler," by Wm.

Parker Cutler and Julia Perkins Cutler; "The St.Clair Papers," by W.H.Smith; "The Old Northwest," by B.A.Hinsdale; "Maryland's Influence upon Land Cessions," by Herbert Adams.

See also Donaldson's "Public Domain," Hildreth's "History of Washington County," and the various articles by Poole and others.

In Prof.Hinsdale's excellent book, on p.