Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company The Opening of Western New York
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...
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Syracuse University Press
1970
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