Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company The Opening of Western New York

• প্রধান লেখক: Chazanof, William (auth)
• বিন্যাস: বৈদ্যুতিক গ্রন্থের অধ্যায়
• ভাষা: ইংরেজি
• প্রকাশিত: Syracuse University Press 1970
• বিষয়গুলি: History of the Americas; History
• অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1800, the Holland Land Company assigned surveyor Joseph Ellicott the task of selling at a profit 3.3 million acres of land west of the Genesee River in New York State. By 1821, when Ellicott's career as Resident-Agent ended, the area's population had grown from only a few settlers to ov...