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Author:
Bishop, Abraham 1763-1844  Search this
Subject:
Georgia Mississippi Company  Search this
New England Mississippi Land Company  Search this
Physical description:
v. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1966
[1966-
Notes:
Original t.p. has imprint: Hartford, Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1797-
"Answer to the 'State of facts' published by the Georgia companies," 1795.--Pref. note.
Relates to the second "Yazoo" sale, whereby Georgia disposed of 22 million acres of her western lands to four land companies in Jan. 1795. The sale was annulled Feb. 1796, but not before the Georgia Mississippi Company, one of four, had disposed of a part of its holdings to the New England Mississippi Company.
Topic:
Yazoo land companies  Search this
Call number:
F341 .B62
F341.B62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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