Papers, 1794-1801.

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Papers, 1794-1801.

This collection of papers concerns lots of land in Washington, D.C., used by Greenleaf as security in securing a large loan from investors in Holland. Greenleaf apparently attempted to use more land as security than the Washington Board of Commissioners had given him certificates of title for, and a complicated controversy resulted. All items in this collection are copies of documents and correspondence concerning this controversy, including indentures, lists of lots, loan contracts, accounts of principle and interest, and detailed correspondence from the following: Sylvanus Bourne, Vice Consul at Amsterdam, Robert Morris, John Nicholson, William Cranch (1769-1855), Greenleaf's lawyer, and the Boston firm, James and Thomas H. Perkins, acting as lawyers for the Dutch investors.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6957538

Gadsden Public Library

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Cranch, William, 1769-1855

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Chief Justice of the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia, 1805-1855. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Robert G. Harper, Baltimore, 1810 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22218740 From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mrs. D.T. Madison, 1836 July 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22218754 From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to the New North Society of Boston, 1830 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817

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U.S. consul to the Netherlands. From the description of Papers, 1799-1815. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276309 Massachusetts businessman, and U.S. consul in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1790-1791) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1794-1817). From the description of Sylvanus Bourne papers, 1775-1859 (bulk 1800-1815). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981104 ...

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...

Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843

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James Greenleaf (1765-1843) was born in Boston, Mass., and died in Washington, D.C. In 1793, he was appointed Consul for the U.S. at Amsterdam, where he amassed a large fortune. In 1795, he embarked in land speculation with Robert Morris (1734-1806) and John Nicholson ( -1800), and became one of the founders of the North American Land Company, which resulted in the ruin of its founders. From the description of Papers, 1794-1801. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191...

James and Thomas H. Perkins (Firm)

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