Holland Land Company

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The Holland Land Company was a Dutch-owned land investment and development firm that played a major role in surveying, selling, and settling large tracts of land in western New York and Pennsylvania in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical company ⓘ
land development company ⓘ
land investment company ⓘ
acquiredFrom Robert Morris ⓘ
archivalRecords Holland Land Company papers ⓘ
associatedWith Batavia, New York ⓘ
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
businessModel speculative land investment ⓘ
contributedTo urban development in Buffalo region ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
currencyUsed U.S. dollars ⓘ
goal profit from resale of frontier lands ⓘ
historicalSignificance major foreign investor in early U.S. frontier lands ⓘ
industry land speculation ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
influenced patterns of settlement in western New York ⓘ
town formation in western New York ⓘ
involvedIn Holland Purchase ⓘ
survey of the Holland Purchase ⓘ
languageOfManagement Dutch ⓘ
legalForm private company ⓘ
locatedIn Amsterdam ⓘ
mainActivity land acquisition ⓘ
land sales ⓘ
land surveying ⓘ
settlement promotion ⓘ
notableOffice Holland Land Office in Batavia, New York ⓘ
notableRegion northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ
western New York ⓘ
linked to: Western New York
operatedIn New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
operationalFocus large tract land management ⓘ
ownedBy Dutch investors ⓘ
provided long-term payment plans for settlers ⓘ
recordsHeldAt archives in the Netherlands ⓘ
various archives in the United States ⓘ
regionType frontier lands ⓘ
roleInHistory development of northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ
development of western New York ⓘ
soldLandOn credit ⓘ
soldLandTo American settlers ⓘ
surveyMethod rectangular survey system ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
typeOfOwnership foreign-owned company ⓘ
usedInstrument land agents ⓘ
surveyors ⓘ

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Joseph Ellicott → employer → Holland Land Company ⓘ
Treaty of Big Tree → signatory → Holland Land Company ⓘ
Holland Land Office Museum → originalOwner → Holland Land Company ⓘ
Holland Land Office Museum → namedAfter → Holland Land Company ⓘ
Holland Land Company management in North America → hasPart → Holland Land Company land office in Erie ⓘ
linked to: Holland Land Company
Joseph Ellicott → employer → Holland Land Company ⓘ
subject linked to: city planner Joseph Ellicott