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    The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the sale, in 1788, of a portion of a large tract of land in western New York State owned by the Seneca nation of the...
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    Line"), and all the way to the Niagara River and Lake Erie (the "Phelps and Gorham Purchase"). In order to obtain title to such land, Phelps and Gorham would...
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  • The Pulteney Association (category Former regions and territories of the United States)
    British investors who in 1792 purchased a large portion of the Western New York land tract known as the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The Pulteney Associates...
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    the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in 1792 and 1793, an area that afterward was known as the Holland Purchase. Additional lands were purchased in northwest...
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    Robert Morris (financier) (category American prisoners and detainees)
    Morris used the money from this sale to purchase the remainder of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, then turned around and sold much of that land to the Holland...
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    Field Notes of Col. Hugh Maxwell's Pre-emption Line Survey in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase transcribed by John M. Robortella For Animations of these Land...
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    Franklin sold 12,000,000 acres (49,000 km2; 19,000 sq mi) of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase east of the Genesee River in New York state to The Pulteney Association...
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  • Fulton County, Ohio Gorham's Bluff, Alabama Gorham's Cave, sea cave and prehistoric settlement site in Gibraltar Phelps and Gorham Purchase, a 1788 land deal...
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    was opened up to purchase and settlement. Roughly the western half of the Finger Lakes region comprised the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of 1790. The region...
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    include the area of the Holland Purchase and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The area is primarily served by Buffalo and Rochester media markets, although...
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    Title of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. Rochester Historical Society. p. 33. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. "Oliver Phelps". Ohio Historical...
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    prior rulings by the two federal courts in Philadelphia. Phelps and Gorham Purchase "Walking-Purchase" in Encyclopædia Britannica Gilbert, Daniel. "What Ye...
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    Preemption Line (category Former regions and territories of the United States)
    eastward to Seneca Lake purchased by James Watson. It is bounded on the west (Massachusetts portion) by the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. Timeline for the history...
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    United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the...
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    negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as the minister to France. John Marshall served with George Washington at Valley Forge and later would be the first...
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    in present-day Allegany County and Genesee County, New York that had been a portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. Church's father John Barker Church...
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    included in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. After passing through several hands, Townships 13 and 14 of Range IV of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase were acquired...
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    French. After the American Revolution, this area was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The Town of Irondequoit was founded in 1839 when it separated...
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    century and added to New York County. New York's counties are named for various Native American words; British provinces, counties, cities, and royalty;...
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    acres (40,000 ha) of land, a portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in present-day Allegany County and Genesee County, New York, against a debt owed to...
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  • York Region) Central New York Central New York Military Tract Phelps and Gorham Purchase Syracuse metropolitan area Mohawk Valley Southern Tier Capital...
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    their lands in New York State east of the Genesee River (see Phelps and Gorham Purchase). In 1838, the Treaty of Buffalo Creek dealt with the disposition...
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  • census. Farmington was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The town was formed along with its county in 1789, and settlement of the region began the...
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    Phelps contains a village called Phelps. Both are north of Geneva. The town was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The region was first settled around...
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    became part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, a 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km2) tract of land sold to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham by the Commonwealth...
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    Central New York Military Tract (category Former regions and territories of the United States)
    to Massachusetts. The tract immediately to the west became the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The west limit of most of the tract was Seneca Lake. Two Indian...
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  • is in the Town of East Bloomfield and is west of Canandaigua. The village was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase (1788). It was incorporated in 1990...
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    was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The Town of Palmyra, originally called "Swift's Landing" after its founder John Swift and "District of Tolland...
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    James Greenleaf (category American prisoners and detainees)
    April 1788, Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham agreed to purchase a section of this land, known as the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, for £300,000. They...
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  • present day is part of the town of Victor. The town was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The town was created along with the county in 1789 as "Bloomfield...
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