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  2. This Plumstead property broke a real estate sales record ...

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    The LLC also bought 5.3 acres for $775,000 on Twin Silo Road across the road from the 97-acre parcel, according to property records. This brought the total sale to $14.6 million.

  3. Phelps and Gorham Purchase - Wikipedia

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    After buying the land from the state of Massachusetts in early 1790, Morris almost immediately resold 12,000,000 acres (49,000 km 2; 19,000 sq mi) (Error: Total land in New York State west of the Pre-emption line is only about 6 million acres.) through his London agent William Temple Franklin to the Pulteney Associates, led by Sir William ...

  4. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.

  5. Macomb's Purchase - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Macomb, William Constable, and Daniel McCormick agreed to purchase nearly 4,000,000 acres (1,600,000 ha) from the state at the extremely low price of 8 pence (New York state money) per acre. [1] [2] This was an enormous amount of land, about one-eighth of the entire state of New York. Convinced something illegal must have occurred ...

  6. Five places where land is free - AOL

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    The concept is certainly not new. Homesteading incentives dating from 1862 helped settle the far reaches of the country. And as population density increased, communities thrived.

  7. Central New York Military Tract - Wikipedia

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    The legislature authorized an additional 500 acres (2 km 2) per soldier, using land from 25 Military Tract Townships to be established in central New York State. Each of the townships was to comprise 100 lots of 600 acres (2.4 km 2) each. Three more such townships, Junius, Galen, and Sterling, were later added to accommodate additional claims ...

  8. Sean Hannity Lists One of His New York Homes for $3.6 Million

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    According to Newsday, the Fox News host listed his waterfront home at 27 Sea Crest Dr., Lloyd Harbor, NY 11743 for sale for $3.6 million. The 8,000-square-foot traditional home was built in 2001 ...

  9. Land Act of 1820 - Wikipedia

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    But to encourage more sales and make them more affordable, Congress also reduced both the minimum price (from $2.00 to $1.25 (equivalent to $27 in 2023 [1]) per acre ($495 to $309/km 2)) and the minimum size of a standard tract (from 160 to 80 acres (647,000 to 324,000 m 2)). The minimum full payment now amounted to $100, rather than $320. [2]