Land company records, 1792-1816.
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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. From the description of Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813190 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...
Pennsylvania Land Company
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Pennsylvania Population Company
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The Pennsylvania Population Company owned and sought to sell and settle enormous tracts of northwest Pennsylvania land after the American Revolution; the North River Petroleum Company was incorporated in 1865 during the oil rush in northwest Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 272356921 ...
Asylum Company
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In April, 1794 Robert Morris, John Nicholson, and others organized the Asylum Company to develop or sell lands that they had already acquired in Luzerne, Northampton, and Northumberland counties, Pa. French emigres, founders of Azilum on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, near present Towanda, were among their first customers. The company was reorganized twice: in 1795 Nicholson succeeded to Morris's interest, and in 1801 Nicholson's financial difficulties forced him to give up his inter...
