Moses Warren, Jr., letters, 1796-1797.

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Moses Warren, Jr., letters, 1796-1797.

The Moses Warren, Jr., letters document Warren's travels through New York and the Western Reserve with the Connecticut Land Company.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8111758

William L. Clements Library

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Warren, Moses, 1762-1835

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Surveyor, originally of Lyme, Conn.; later moved to Ohio. From the description of Moses Warren survey of Market Square, New London, Conn., 1807. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 253416886 Moses Warren, Jr., was born September 5, 1762, in Fairfield, Connecticut, the son of Moses Warren and Judith Bailey. Like his father, who was captain of the second alarm company of Lyme in 1777, the younger Warren fought in the Revolutionary War. On J...

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...