|
[Page 14]
THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY.
The following are the names of the persons who
subscribed to the "Articles of Association and
Agreement constituting the Connecticut Land
Company:"
Ashur
Miller,
Uriel Holmes, Jr.
Ephraim Starr,
Luther Loomis,
Roger Newbury for Justin Ely
Elisha Strong,
Joshua Stow,
Jabez Stocking,
Solomon Cowles,
Jonathan Brace
Daniel L. Coit,
Enoch Perkins,
Elijah Boardman,
William Hart,
Samuel Mather, Jr.
Caleb Atwater,
Nehemiah Hubbard, Jr.,
Lemuel Storrs, |
Joseph
Howland
Pierpont Edwards,
James Bull,
Titus Street,
William Judd,
Robert C. Johnson,
Samuel P. Lord,
Ephraim Kelly,
Oliver Phelps,
Gideon Granger, Jr.,
Tephaniah Swift,
Moses Cleaveland,
Joseph Williams,
Peleg Sandford,
William M. Bliss,
John Stoddard,
William Battle,
Benajah Kent,
Timothy Burr, |
William
Law,
James Johnson,
Elisha Hyde,
Uriah Tracey,
William Lyman,
Daniel Holbrook,
Ephraim Root
Solomon Griswold,
Thaddeus Levvett,
Ebenezer King, Jr.,
Roger Newbury,
Elijah White,
Eliphalet Austin,
Joseph C. Yates, and
Samuel Mather, in behalf of themselves
and their associates in Albany, State of
New York. |
Before
this organized body of men lay the important work of
obtaining a perfect title to their purchase; of
causing a survey of the lands to be made; of making
partition of the same; and then of inducing colonies
of men to undertake the settlement.
To these tasks the purchasers addressed themselves in
right good earnest. In order to make sound
their title they must obtain from the United States
a release
THE EXTINGUISHMENT
OF THE INDIAN TITLE.
[Page 15]
SURVEY OF THE
WESTERN RESERVE.
[Page 16]
THE APPOINTMENT OF
AN EQUALIZING COMMITTEE.
MODE OF PARTITION.
[Page 17]
THE VARIOUS DRAFTS.
[Page 18]
QUANTITY OF LAND IN
THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN RESERVE, ACCORDING TO THE
SURVEY THEREOF.
MORE TO COME |
