Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

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Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

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The papers consist of business correspondence and documents of Sylvanus Bourne, consul general of the United States in Holland and an agent for Dutch investors in the company. The letters chiefly concern property in Washington City conveyed to Daniel Crommelin and Sons, Amsterdam, by Greenleaf, and efforts by the firm to secure the property after the company's bankruptcy. Of interest are letters of Morris re: the company's books and judgments against him. The British blockade of Dutch ports in 1799, slow tobacco sales in Holland, and honors paid by the Dutch to the memory of George Washington are also mentioned. Correspondents include Edward Tilghman, Tobias Lear, Thomas Browne, and the banking firm of Rocquette, Elzevier, and Beeldemaker, Rotterdam.

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Rocquette, Elzevier and Beeldemaker.

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Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843

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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...

Daniel Crommelin & Sons

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