Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809
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Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809
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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, and jurist.
Oliver Phelps was from Suffield, Connecticut. In the late 1780s, he formed a partnership with Nathaniel Gorham to speculate in land in western New York. Phelps was also involved in land speculation in other parts of the United States.
Land speculator in Canandaigua, New York.
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.
Merchant and land promoter.
Leader of a group of speculators who in 1795 organized the Connecticut Land Company, which purchased preemption rights from the State of Connecticut to approximately three million acres in the Connecticut Western Reserve of Ohio. Phelps was also involved in land speculation in western New York and the lower Mississippi.
Merchant and land promoter.
Leader of thirty-five speculators who in 1795 organized the Connecticut Land Company, which purchased preemption rights from the state of Connecticut to approximately three million acres in the Connecticut Western Reserve of Ohio. Phelps was also involved in land speculation in western New York and the lower Mississippi.
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Indians of North America
Iroquois Indians
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New York (State)--Ontario County
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Connecticut--Suffield
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Western Reserve (Ohio)
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Canandaigua (N.Y.)
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New York--Canandaigua
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Canandaigua (N.Y.)
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Ohio--Western Reserve
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