Holland Land Company management in North America

E1011941

Holland Land Company management in North America was the leadership body overseeing the acquisition, surveying, and sale of the company’s extensive land holdings in the early United States, particularly in western New York and Pennsylvania.

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instanceOf administrative unit of the Holland Land Company
colonial land management organization
real estate management body
appliesToJurisdiction New York NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
country United States of America
dissolved mid-19th century
employed attorneys
clerks
land agents
surveyors
hasMainTask acquisition of large tracts of land
administration of land contracts
collection of payments from settlers
promotion of settlement
sale of land to settlers
surveying of land holdings
town planning and layout
hasPart Holland Land Company land office in Batavia NERFINISHED
Holland Land Company land office in Buffalo NERFINISHED
Holland Land Company land office in Erie NERFINISHED
Holland Land Company land office in Mayville
headquartersLocation Batavia, New York NERFINISHED
inception 1790s
industry land speculation
real estate
influenced development of towns in the Holland Purchase
land tenure in northwestern Pennsylvania
settlement patterns in western New York
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
English
mainLocation northwestern Pennsylvania
western New York NERFINISHED
officeLocation Batavia, New York NERFINISHED
Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED
Erie, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Mayville, New York NERFINISHED
operatedInPeriod Early Republic of the United States
antebellum United States
ownedBy Dutch investors
parentOrganization Dutch investment syndicate
partOf Holland Land Company NERFINISHED
subjectOf local historical studies in western New York
research on early American land companies
used installment contracts
land offices
mortgages

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Joseph Ellicott memberOf Holland Land Company management in North America