Western New York Heritage

Your Property Deed and the Holland Land Company

By John Percy - January 15, 2004

A history of the legal, financial and physical problems of opening Western New York to settlement, with emphasis on how the great survey of 1797 to 1800 was carried out by chief surveyor, Joseph Ellicott.

The full content is available in the Winter 2004 Issue.

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