Cession by Massachusetts and Connecticut of a Portion of their Territorial Claims 299, 300 Modification by Virginia of her Act of Cession 300 Cession of Lands by South Carolina 301 No other Lands ceded to the United States before 1787 301 Ordinance for the Government of the Northwestern Territory enacted 302 Its Provisions concerning Property 302 Civil Government of the Territory 303 Laws to be adopted 303 Appointment of Civil Officers 304 Counties and Townships to be formed 304 Representation in the Legislature provided for 304 Articles of Compact between the Original States and the People and States in the Territory 305, 306 Wisdom of this Scheme of Government 306, 307 Political Difficulties in the Management of this Territory 308 Threatened Loss of the Western Settlements 309, 310 Washington's Plan of uniting the Eastern and Western States 310 He considers the Opening of the Mississippi not important 311 The Southern Boundary of the United States, by the Treaty of Peace 312 Secret Article in that Treaty 312 Spain refuses to concede the Navigation of the Mississippi 313 Arrival of Guardoqui as Minister from Spain 313 The United States insist on the Right to navigate the Mississippi 314 The Right refused, but a Commercial Treaty tendered 314 Importance of this Treaty 314 The States divided with Regard to the Mississippi 314, 315 Mr. Jay proposes a Middle Course 315 Treaty to be limited to Twenty-five Years 316 Use of the River to be suspended for the same Period 316 Change in Mr. Jay's Instructions 317 Seizure of American Property at Natchez 318 Inhabitants of the Western Settlements alarmed 318 Richness of their Territory 319 Their Complaints of Congress 320 Their Resolves 321 Retaliatory Seizure of Spanish Property 322 The Executive of Virginia disavows the Act 322