Records. 1816 FEB 28.

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Records. 1816 FEB 28.

"Copy of Schedule of Debts and Property of [?] left with John Caldwell," re. Connecticut Land Company record regarding disposition of lands in the Western Reserve in Ohio.

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Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States govern...