On the 2d of January35 His Excellency arrived at Fort Washington in the Purchase of Judge Symmes & on the 4th was pleased to order & direct that the whole of the Lands lying & being within the following Boundaries Viz: Beginning on the Bank of the Ohio River at the Confluence of the little Miami & down the said Ohio River to the Mouth of the big Miami & up said Miami to the standing Stone Forks or Branch of said River & thence with a Line to be drawn due East to the little Miami & down said little Miami River to the Place of Beginning should be a County by the Name & Style of the County of Hamilton36 And the same was accordingly laid off agreeably to the Form, Pages 14th & 15th of this Vol