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Holland Land Company

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Holland Land Company Dutch enterprise active in the settlement of much of W New York and some of NW Pennsylvania. Organized by Dutch bankers in 1796, it secured lands in New York (known as the Holland Purchase) from Robert Morris , who had assembled them as part of a gigantic land speculation. The company developed its holdings, planned town sites, and sold the lands on liberal terms directly to settlers. Its main land office was opened (1801) in Batavia, N.Y. About 1846 the affairs of the company in the United States were liquidated. Bibliography: See studies by P. D. Evans (1924) an... Read more

Netherlands, the
...North Sea. It is also known informally as Holland, although this properly refers only to...corner, is low and flat, much of the land being below sea-level. The coast has...imported. An ongoing programme of maritime land reclamation has increased total land area. History The area was ... Read more

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Buffalo Industrial city and port on the e shore of Lake Erie, nw New York, USA. It was first settled in 1803 by the Holland Land Company. Its rapid industrial growth was encouraged by its position at the w terminus of the Erie Canal (opened 1825... Read more

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	The Peoples Holding Company.(People to Watch)(Neal A. Holland Jr. and Harold B. Jeffreys joined as board of directors)(Brief Article) ; Neal A. Holland Jr. and Harold B. Jeffreys have been elected to The Peoples Holding Company's board of directors. Holland is president and CEO of Decatur, Ala.-based Holland Company Inc., a diversified general contracting, sand, gravel and trucking company. He is also owner and ... Read more
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	New Holland Introduces the TJ Tractor: The new TJ model more than fills the gap left be company's lineup by the sale of the versatile Tractor.(Product Announcement)(Statistical Data Included) ; ...he answered. As a company, we are very excited...milestone for New Holland and in the industry...board. Rider, New Holland's vice president for...traditional product the company has sold. Now, with...product manager of New Holland's 4WD tractors over...Fielding said the company ... Read more
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	The outlook from Florida's CEOs.(Executive Profiles)(Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Incorporated Realtors)(Holland and Knight)(Centex Development Company L.P) ; ...firm is a real estate brokerage company with mortgage, title and insurance...Ronald Shuffield and I bought the company in 1984, Esslinger generated $36...HomeServices of America, an affiliate company of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway...county projects on behalf of the company. I am chairman ... Read more
	Former timber company land in Georgia to be protected from development. ; ...recently sold by timber company Weyerhaeuser, will...purchase 193,000 acres of land sold by Weyerhaeuser...state management of the land for wildlife and hunting...part of a $404 million land sale by the Washington state-based company, which is divesting...which has indicated the land ... Read more
	ENERGY: ; Coal companies want to raise cap on mining on federal land ; ...lands. The Bureau of Land Management controls...bid to mine on federal land. The government leases the land for mining, and collects...of coal acreage any company can lease. Companies...lobbyist with the firm Holland & Harris. During a Senate...industry lobbyists from Holland & ... Read more
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