Papers of the North American Land Company, 1685-1854.

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Papers of the North American Land Company, 1685-1854.

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The papers contain correspondence, articles of agreement, deeds and indentures, surveyor's reports and plats, land grants, transcribed legal documents, and financial accounts pertaining to holdings in Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington City, Virginia, and Georgia. Company organizers James Greenleaf, John Nicholson and Robert Morris are the principal correspondents. Many of the letters were written by Greenleaf in his efforts to straighten out affairs of the company when it was put in receivership. The collection includes several manuscript maps of tracts of land including one for a complete block in Washington, and 19 deeds for land in South Carolina to Christopher Lewis and James White, 1791-1794, each with a map and seal attached and signed by Governor Moultrie. Collection also contains stock sale ledgers (9 v.), 1795 March to September; legal documents (2v.), 1793-1844; and a blank stock book with preprinted forms, n.d. Correspondents, including suceeding trustees in receivership, include John Ashley, John Breckinridge, George French, Robert James, John Nixon, Robert Orr, Henry Pratt, and Benjamin Tilman.

3 linear feet.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. 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...

Pratt, Henry,

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Orr, Robert,

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White, James, 1759-1799

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James, Robert

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Epithet: MD, of Lichfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000300 ...

French, George,

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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...

Breckinridge, John, 1760-1806

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U.S. senator from Kentucky and U.S. attorney general. From the description of Letters, 1789-1801. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46729083 ...

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...

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...

Tilghman, Benjamin,

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Nixon, John E.

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b. 1949. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122457553 ...

Moultrie, William, 1730-1805

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Revolutionary Army officer and govenor of South Carolina; Captain (Provincial South Carolina Regiment), and Major General (Continental Army); S.C. Governor (1785-1787 and 1792-1794); served in S.C. House, 1783; as Lieutenant Governor, 1784; and in the S.C. Senate, 1787 From the description of William Moultrie papers, 1757-1963 and undated. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44061063 South Carolina plantation owner, author, politician, and Revolutionary War g...

Lewis, Christopher 17..-179.? libraire

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Ashley, John, 1934-1997

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