Ebenezer Sproat papers, 1787-1819.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Ebenezer Sproat papers, 1787-1819.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298842688

This collection contains correspondence that deals with Marietta and the Ohio company.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7279210

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Ohio Company (1786-1796)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d7vr0 (corporateBody)

Land company founded in Boston in 1786 and organized for the purchase and settlement of lands on the Ohio River. In 1787, the Continental Congress of the United States contracted to sell a large tract of land in southeastern Ohio to the company, an agreement known as the Ohio Company Purchase, with the company ultimately acquiring ca. 1,128,168 acres in two seperate purchases. In 1796 the company divided its shares and ceased to be a significant land company. From the description of ...

Sproat, Ebenezer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn2xw3 (person)

Ebenezer Sproat was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts in 1752, where he received an education that included a knowledge of surveying. After service in the revolutionary war, Colonel Sproat was appointed Surveyor for Rhode Island in he territory northwest of the Ohio River. From the Indians he received the name of "Hetout", or "Big Bucheye", in token of their admiration of his commanding figure. This is said to have given rise to the name "Buckeye" as applied to natives of Ohio. By Governor St...