Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company was a group of investors formed in the late 18th century to purchase and develop the Western Reserve in what is now northeastern Ohio.

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Label Occurrences
Connecticut Land Company canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf joint stock company ⓘ
land company ⓘ
real estate investment company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1809 ⓘ
economicSector land development ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
formedIn 1795 ⓘ
foundedBy group of Connecticut investors ⓘ
foundedSettlement Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland
grantedRightsBy Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ
headquartersLocation Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Hartford
historicalRegion Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ
legalIssue uncertain land titles ⓘ
legalStatus private company ⓘ
mainActivity land development ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ
notableInvestor Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Oliver Phelps ⓘ
Pierpont Edwards ⓘ
Roger Newberry ⓘ
Samuel Mather ⓘ
numberOfShares 400 ⓘ
operatedIn Western Reserve ⓘ
northeastern Ohio ⓘ
organizedBy Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
purchasedFrom State of Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut
purchasePrice 1200000 US dollars ⓘ
purpose purchase the Western Reserve ⓘ
survey and sell land in the Western Reserve ⓘ
reasonForDissolution financial difficulties ⓘ
slow land sales ⓘ
title disputes ⓘ
regionDeveloped Cuyahoga River area ⓘ
Lake Erie shore in Ohio ⓘ
relatedTo Connecticut Western Reserve land cession ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
roleInHistory early Euro-American settlement of northeastern Ohio ⓘ
soldLandTo New England settlers ⓘ
linked to: Plymouth Colony

migrants to the Western Reserve ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Connecticut ⓘ
successor individual landowners in Western Reserve ⓘ
surveyedBy Amos Spafford ⓘ
Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Seth Pease ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moses Cleaveland → workedFor → Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
Connecticut Western Reserve → governedBy → Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
Tallmadge, Ohio → foundedBy → Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
Roger Newberry → memberOf → Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
Roger Newberry → associatedWith → Connecticut Land Company ⓘ