Records, ca. 1826-1856.

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Records, ca. 1826-1856.

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Correspondence, documents, receipts, and maps relating to the Western Land Association and land sales in Indiana. Most of the sales are around Fort Wayne and La Porte, and along the Wabash and Erie Canal. There are three maps included; two are unidentified and one is of Dunkirk (N.Y.?) Correspondents include Samuel Hanna, Henry Q. Hawley, John Hough, Jr., Thomas H. Hubbard, Andrew Wilson Loomis, Elias Murray, John Tracy, and James Whitcomb.

1 box and 1 oversize folder.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Hough, John, Jr., fl. 1849-1856.

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Murray, Elias, 1788-1860.

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Western Land Association.

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The Western Land Association was founded in 1835 in New York to purchase land and other real estate in Indiana, Ohio, and other western states. From the description of Records, ca. 1826-1856. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 39310007 ...

Whitcomb, James, 1795-1852

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A native of Vermont, Whitcomb lived in Kentucky before moving to Indiana in 1824. A lawyer and politician, he served in the Indiana State Senate, as commissioner of the General Land Office, as governor of Indiana, and in the U.S. Senate. From the description of Papers, 1822-1851. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 35618939 ...

Loomis, Andrew William, 1797-1875.

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Hubbard, Thomas H. (Thomas Hill), 1781-1857

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U.S. representative and lawyer of New York. From the description of Papers of Thomas H. Hubbard, 1817-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82501109 Thomas H. Hubbard, Yale 1799, was a Representative from New York, 1817-1819 and 1821-1823, moved to Utica in 1823, and retired from public life in 1835. He was a member of the Western Land Association. The Western Land Association was formed in 1835 for the purpose of purchasing lands and other real estat...

Hannah, Samuel, 1797-1866.

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