Scioto Land Company
Variant namesSpeculative land-buying syndicate organized to purchase territory in Ohio Valley.
From the description of Scioto Land Company records, 1783-1793. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58779513
Agricultural production company growing onions in Hardin County, Ohio, center of the 1934 Onion Pickers' Strike.
From the description of Records 1927-1936. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 55065794
The Scioto Land Company, organized in 1787, had options on approximately 5,000,000 acres of land in Ohio. The French land company failed in 1792.
From the description of Papers, 1789-1792. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122609276
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Spire American Revolutionary War Collection, 1667-1878, 1748-1799 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Nathaniel W. Little journal 1802-1805 1802 Little, Nathaniel W.journal | William L. Clements Library | |
| referencedIn | Wood, Sumner Gilbert, 1855-1942. Typescript, 1935. | American Antiquarian Society | |
| creatorOf | Scioto Land Company. Records 1927-1936. | Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Duer, William, 1747-1799. Papers, 1752-1802. | New-York Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Worthington College (Ohio). Minute book, 1871-1873. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Baldwin, Michael. Papers 1801-1803. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Scioto Land Company. Scioto Land Company records, 1783-1793. | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Duer, William, 1747-1799. Papers, 1774-1802. | New-York Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Joel Barlow papers, 1779-1936 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Livingston, Walter. Papers, 1790 Nov. 6. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Documents : concerning a land dispute in Ohio : typescript, 1910. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Scioto Land Company. Papers, 1789-1792. | Historical Society of Pennsylvania | |
| referencedIn | Judd, William, 1743-1804. Papers, 1786-1797. | Connecticut Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. Papers, 1782-1889. | American Antiquarian Society | |
| referencedIn | Duer, William, 1747-1799. ALS : New York, to Benjamin Walker, Paris, 1790 Nov. 30. | Rosenbach Museum & Library | |
| creatorOf | Scioto Land Company. Record of Ohio surveys for the Scioto Company, 1790 April-Dec. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | William Duer Papers, 1752-1836 (bulk, 1770-1800) | New-York Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Bureau, John Peter Roman. Papers ca. 1832-1838. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Matthew. [Mr. Mathew's draft of the Scioto & Ohio Companies purchase]. | William L. Clements Library | |
| referencedIn | Dyer, Albion Morris,. Scioto land purchase documents, 1787-1788. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project |
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| associatedWith | Baldwin, Michael. | person |
| associatedWith | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. | person |
| associatedWith | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. 1754-1793. | person |
| associatedWith | Bureau, John Peter Roman. | person |
| associatedWith | Duer, William, 1747-1799. | person |
| associatedWith | Dyer, Albion Morris, | person |
| associatedWith | Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819. | person |
| associatedWith | Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841. | person |
| associatedWith | Judd, William, 1743-1804. | person |
| associatedWith | Little, Nathaniel W. | person |
| associatedWith | Livingston, Walter. | person |
| associatedWith | Matthew. | person |
| associatedWith | Ohio Company (1786-1796) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Recovery (Ship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Spire, Nancy Woodson | person |
| associatedWith | United States. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wood, Sumner Gilbert, 1855-1942. | person |
| correspondedWith | Worthington College (Ohio) | corporateBody |
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| Gallipolis (Ohio) | |||
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| Hardin County (Ohio) | |||
| Marietta (Ohio) | |||
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| Ohio--Hardin County | |||
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| Agricultural laborers |
| French |
| Frontier and pioneer life |
| Land companies |
| Onion Pickers' Strike, Hardin County, Ohio, 1934 |
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