. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . place from whence William Morgan wasabducted in 1826, for attempting to reveal the secrets of Free-Ma-sonry, The following is an eastern view of the office of the Holland LandCompany in Batavia, about 80 rods northward from the court-house. The state of New York, in 1786, granted the state of Massa-chuse
. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . place from whence William Morgan wasabducted in 1826, for attempting to reveal the secrets of Free-Ma-sonry, The following is an eastern view of the office of the Holland LandCompany in Batavia, about 80 rods northward from the court-house. The state of New York, in 1786, granted the state of Massa-chusetts more than six million acres of her western territorj^ whichthat state sold to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham for one mil-lion of dollars. These gentlemen soon after extinguished the In-dian title to a part of this territory; they surveyed it into tracts, de-nominated ranges and townships, and sold large parcels to specu-lators and actual settlers. In 1790, they sold nearly the whole of theresidue of the survey, 1,204,000 acres, to Robert Morris, of Philadel-phia, for eight pence the acre, who resold it to Sir William and Gorham being unable to fulfil their contract in full withMassachusetts, compromised and surrendered that part of the land to 108 GREENE Office of the Holland Land Company. which the Indian title was unextinguished ; in consideration of which,the state rehnquished two-tliirds of the contract price. In 1796, Rob-ert Morris purchased from the state this portion also—extinguished theIndian title—sold off several large tracts upon the east side, and alongthe Genesee, and mortgaged the residue to Wiihem Willink, of Am-sterdam, and 11 associates, called the Holland Land Company^This company, by the foreclosure of the mortgage, acquired full titleto the land, surveyed it, and opened their first land-office in Batavia in1801. Havmg sold a large proportion of the country, they, in 1805,conveyed the residue of the wild lands to several
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