Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 to Sylvanus Bourne
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01773 Author/Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 30, 1795 Pagination: 9 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy
Delineates his plan to make a fortune selling, settling, and improving six million acres of American frontier land to be purchased by men and women in America and Europe seeking a new place to settle. Stresses the amount of money that shareholders can make by investing in this opportunity. Notes that "Every State in the Union is filling up faster than the most knowing people suppose." Letter addressed to Bourne in Amsterdam.
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