Papers, 1786-1797.

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Papers, 1786-1797.

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Letters, mostly from Jonathan Heart in Ohio territory, dealing with his surveys of the region and his discovery of the ruins of an ancient town; he comments on the Ohio Company and the Scioto Company; includes a Connecticut Land Company share in the Connecticut Western Reserve and a deposition from Oliver Wolcott about title to the Susquehannah lands.

1 folder (36 items) ; 38 x 26 x 1 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797

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Oliver Wolcott Sr. (November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father and politician. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the nineteenth Governor of Connecticut. Born in Windsor, Connecticut, he attended Yale College, graduating in 1747 as the top scholar in his class. After serving as a Captain during the French and Indian War, he moved to newly settled Goshen in northwe...

Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791

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Ohio Company

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Scioto Land Company

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Speculative land-buying syndicate organized to purchase territory in Ohio Valley. From the description of Scioto Land Company records, 1783-1793. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58779513 Agricultural production company growing onions in Hardin County, Ohio, center of the 1934 Onion Pickers' Strike. From the description of Records 1927-1936. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 55065794 The Scioto Land Company, organized in 178...

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...

Judd, William, 1743-1804

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