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

• Yazar: Chazanof, William (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Syracuse University Press 1970
• Konular: History of the Americas; History
• Online Erişim: 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...