The Oliver Phelps family papers, 1792-1879, bulk 1794-1810, 1830-1870.

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...

Austin, Calvin

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Phelps family.

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Phelps, Oliver Leicester, 1775-1813.

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Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Oliver Phelps, 1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450050 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. From the description of Bills and accounts [Photost...

Baldwin, Jacob H.

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