North American Land Company
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North American Land Company
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Company organized in Philadelphia, 1795, by Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, to develop and sell 6,000,000 frontier acres.
Company organized in Philadelphia, 1795, by Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, to develop and sell 6,000,000 frontier acres. Morris and Nicholson were eventually imprisoned as a result of the company's bankruptcy.
The North American Land Company had interests in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Some of those associated with the company include: James Greenleaf, Robert James, Tobias Lear, Robert Morris, John Nicholson, Benjamin Tilghman, and James Wilson.
The North American Land Company was organized in 1795 by Robert Morris, John Nicholson, and James Greenleaf. The company speculated largely in unimproved lands all over the country.
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