STATEHOUSE CALENDAR
Calendar
Ohio Land Patent
 
Document on loan from the Dittoe family
Time
June 14 - December 31

Location
Governor Thomas Worthington Center
The Ohio Statehouse
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 43215

Description

An original 1808 document is displayed by the Ohio Statehouse Museum Education Center in the Governor Thomas Worthington Center.  The Ohio Land Patent for Jacob Dittoe shows the signatures of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.  The exhibit describes the land patent system and the early history of Ohio.