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  2. Phelps and Gorham Purchase - Wikipedia

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    Map of Phelps and Gorham Purchase 1802–1806. The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the sale, in 1788, of a portion of a large tract of land in western New York State owned by the Seneca nation of the Iroquois Confederacy to a syndicate of land developers led by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham.

  3. Western New York - Wikipedia

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    Western New York (WNY) is the ... Western New York's land was acquired from the ... for receiving the profits from its sale to settlers. New York was the only colony ...

  4. The Pulteney Association - Wikipedia

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    In 1788, following the United States victory in the American Revolutionary War, Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham purchased all of Massachusetts's preemptive right to land in Western New York, some 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km 2; 9,400 sq mi) (the "Phelps and Gorham Purchase").

  5. Holland Land Company - Wikipedia

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    In 1839, the last land in Western New York was sold off to local investors and settlers, and the Batavia office was closed. [2] Land sales in Pennsylvania were concluded in 1849, [7] and in 1856, the Philadelphia headquarters closed. [2] The company was formally dissolved in 1858. The town of Holland, New York was named after the company. [29]

  6. James Wadsworth (of Geneseo) - Wikipedia

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    James Wadsworth (April 20, 1768 Durham, Connecticut Colony – June 7, 1844 Geneseo, New York) was an influential and prominent 18th- and 19th-century pioneer, educator, land speculator, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of the early Genesee Valley settlements in Western New York State.

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