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    The Holland Land Company was an unincorporated syndicate of thirteen Dutch investors from Amsterdam, headquartered in Philadelphia, who purchased large...
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    County, named for Nathaniel Gorham Holland, a town in Erie County, named for the Holland Purchase or the Holland Land Company Leroy, New York, a town in Genesee...
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    group of Dutch investors, who had formed the Holland Land Company. He also extended the New York - Pennsylvania border westward. When the company purchased...
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    Holland is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,401 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the Holland Land Company...
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    The Holland Land Office building is located on West Main Street (New York state routes 5, 33 and 63) in downtown Batavia, New York, United States. It is...
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    Revolutionary banker, by the Holland Land Company, a consortium of Dutch bankers. The village of Batavia was founded in 1802 by resident Land Agent Joseph Ellicott...
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  • and shotguns. The company holds two royal warrants. Holland & Holland was founded by Harris Holland (1806–1896) in 1835. Harris Holland was born in 1806...
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    Theophilus Cazenove (category Dutch emigrants to the United States)
    Cazenove (13 October 1740 – 6 March 1811), was a Dutch financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company. Theophilus Cazenove was baptized in the Westerkerk...
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    New Holland (Dutch: Nieuw-Holland) is a historical European name for mainland Australia. The name was first applied to Australia in 1644 by the Dutch seafarer...
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    Willem Willink (category Articles with Dutch-language sources (nl))
    was a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, and one of the investors in the Holland Land Company, and the Louisiana Purchase. The Willink family came from Winterswijk...
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    Paul Busti (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    operating officer) of the Holland Land Company from 1799 until his death in 1824. As administrator of the Holland Land Company, Busti was responsible for...
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    The Dutch West India Company or WIC (Dutch: Westindische Compagnie) Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi] was a chartered company of Dutch merchants...
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    Resident Land Agent for the Holland Land Company in Batavia. The committee designated Mayville as the county seat, rubberstamping the Holland Land Company plan...
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    town is named after Theophile Cazenove, the Agent General of the Holland Land Company. The Town of Cazenovia has a village also named Cazenovia. The town...
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    census. The town is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. The town of Ellicottville includes a village also called...
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    The village is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. It lies in the southwest part of the town of Ellicottville...
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    Buffalo region, having purchased land in the village of New Amsterdam (now Buffalo, New York) from the Holland Land Company in 1803. Chapin played a significant...
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    Gerrit Boon, an agent of the Holland Land Company to help develop and sell land that had been purchased as investments. The Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic...
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    province of Holland was split into the two provinces of North Holland and South Holland. In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land. The provincial...
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    town, along with neighboring Otto, is named after an agent of the Holland Land Company, Jacob Otto. The town of East Otto is on the northern border of the...
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    the 2020 census. It was named for Charles C. Gaskill, agent of the Holland Land Company. Gaskill Township occupies the southeastern corner of Jefferson County...
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  • Holland is a global full-line agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in New Holland, Pennsylvania, and now based in Turin, Italy. New Holland's products...
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    By 1941 the company possessed 13 properties in Central. One of the most notable among them was Marina House, Alexandra Building, Holland House, Queen's...
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    Revolution, and the wealthiest man in the United States. (See Holland Land Company, The Holland Purchase, and The Morris Reserve.) In 1792, Franklin sold...
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    village of Buffalo, and his office in Batavia was making sales for the Holland Land Company. The purchase of Seneca reservations at Caneadea, Big Tree, Squawky...
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    The town and village are named after Gerrit Boon, an agent of the Holland Land Company. The current mayor is Judith Dellerba[when?]. The town was first...
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  • community was named after William Temple Franklin, an agent with the Holland Land Company and the grandson of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. The village...
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    census. The village is named after Gerrit Boon, an agent of the Holland Land Company. The Village of Boonville is within the Town of Boonville in the...
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    town was named after Colonel John Lincklaen, an agent of the Holland Land Company and a land owner. The town is in the northwestern corner of the county...
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    2020 census. The name comes from Jacob S. Otto, an agent of the Holland Land Company. The town lies on the northern border of Cattaraugus County. The...
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