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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Connecticut Land Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2260738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Connecticut Land Company Context triple: [Moses Cleaveland, workedFor, Connecticut Land Company]
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A.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
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B.
Harvard Allston Land Company
Harvard Allston Land Company is a Harvard-affiliated real estate and development entity responsible for planning and managing the university’s long-term expansion and projects in the Allston neighborhood of Boston.
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C.
Providence Plantations
Providence Plantations was the early colonial settlement in what is now Rhode Island, founded by religious dissenters seeking freedom from persecution in 17th-century New England.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay Company
The Massachusetts Bay Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company that organized and financed the Puritan settlement and governance of what became the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.
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E.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Connecticut Land Company Target entity description: 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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A.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
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B.
Harvard Allston Land Company
Harvard Allston Land Company is a Harvard-affiliated real estate and development entity responsible for planning and managing the university’s long-term expansion and projects in the Allston neighborhood of Boston.
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C.
Providence Plantations
Providence Plantations was the early colonial settlement in what is now Rhode Island, founded by religious dissenters seeking freedom from persecution in 17th-century New England.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay Company
The Massachusetts Bay Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company that organized and financed the Puritan settlement and governance of what became the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.
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E.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
joint stock company
ⓘ
land company ⓘ real estate investment company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedIn | 1809 ⓘ |
| economicSector |
land development
ⓘ
real estate ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1795 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | group of Connecticut investors ⓘ |
| foundedSettlement |
Cleveland
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio
|
| grantedRightsBy | Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Hartford
ⓘ
surface form:
Hartford, Connecticut
|
| 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 |
Connecticut Western Reserve
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Reserve
northeastern Ohio ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Moses Cleaveland ⓘ |
| purchasedFrom |
Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Connecticut
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| 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 Valley region
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuyahoga River area
Lake Erie south shore ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Erie shore in Ohio
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| relatedTo |
Connecticut Western Reserve land cession
ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ Treaty of Greenville ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | early Euro-American settlement of northeastern Ohio ⓘ |
| soldLandTo |
Plymouth Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
New England settlers
migrants to the Western Reserve ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Connecticut ⓘ |
| successor | individual landowners in Western Reserve ⓘ |
| surveyedBy |
Amos Spafford
ⓘ
Moses Cleaveland ⓘ Seth Pease ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Connecticut Land Company Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.