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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Connecticut Land Company canonical 2

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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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Moses Cleaveland workedFor Connecticut Land Company
Connecticut Western Reserve governedBy Connecticut Land Company