Connecticut archives. Susquehannah settlers, 2nd series [microform] 1771-1797. Western lands, 2nd series, 1783-1819. 1771-1819.

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Connecticut archives. Susquehannah settlers, 2nd series [microform] 1771-1797. Western lands, 2nd series, 1783-1819. 1771-1819.

This series contanins acts, resolves, petitions, committee reports, deeds, etc. relating to the Susquehannah Company, the settlement of Westmoreland County, the Wyoming Valley massacre of 1778, the Delaware Company, the Connecticut Land Company, the Connecticut gore lands, and the settlement of the western lands belonging to Connecticut. The arrangement is chronological under Susquehannah settlers and Western lands.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177542

Connecticut State Library, CSL

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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...

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Delaware Company

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