Holland Land Company management in North America
E1011941
administrative unit of the Holland Land Company
colonial land management organization
real estate management body
Holland Land Company management in North America was the leadership body overseeing the acquisition, surveying, and sale of the company’s extensive land holdings in the early United States, particularly in western New York and Pennsylvania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holland Land Company management in North America canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12945307 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holland Land Company management in North America Context triple: [Joseph Ellicott, memberOf, Holland Land Company management in North America]
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A.
Connecticut Land Company
The Connecticut Land Company was a group of investors formed in the late 18th century to purchase and develop the Western Reserve in what is now northeastern Ohio.
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B.
National Land Corporation
National Land Corporation is a real estate development company known for establishing and managing residential and commercial properties, including projects in Crofton, Maryland.
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C.
Canada Lands Company
Canada Lands Company is a federal Crown corporation in Canada responsible for managing, redeveloping, and optimizing the value of strategic real estate and attractions owned by the Government of Canada.
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D.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
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E.
Ohio Company of Associates
The Ohio Company of Associates was a land speculation and settlement company formed by Revolutionary War veterans that led the organized American colonization of the Northwest Territory in the late 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holland Land Company management in North America Target entity description: Holland Land Company management in North America was the leadership body overseeing the acquisition, surveying, and sale of the company’s extensive land holdings in the early United States, particularly in western New York and Pennsylvania.
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A.
Connecticut Land Company
The Connecticut Land Company was a group of investors formed in the late 18th century to purchase and develop the Western Reserve in what is now northeastern Ohio.
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B.
National Land Corporation
National Land Corporation is a real estate development company known for establishing and managing residential and commercial properties, including projects in Crofton, Maryland.
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C.
Canada Lands Company
Canada Lands Company is a federal Crown corporation in Canada responsible for managing, redeveloping, and optimizing the value of strategic real estate and attractions owned by the Government of Canada.
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D.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
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E.
Ohio Company of Associates
The Ohio Company of Associates was a land speculation and settlement company formed by Revolutionary War veterans that led the organized American colonization of the Northwest Territory in the late 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative unit of the Holland Land Company
ⓘ
colonial land management organization ⓘ real estate management body ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
New York
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dissolved | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| employed |
attorneys
ⓘ
clerks ⓘ land agents ⓘ surveyors ⓘ |
| hasMainTask |
acquisition of large tracts of land
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administration of land contracts ⓘ collection of payments from settlers ⓘ promotion of settlement ⓘ sale of land to settlers ⓘ surveying of land holdings ⓘ town planning and layout ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Holland Land Company land office in Batavia
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Holland Land Company land office in Buffalo ⓘ Holland Land Company land office in Erie ⓘ
linked to:
Holland Land Company
Holland Land Company land office in Mayville ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Batavia, New York ⓘ |
| inception | 1790s ⓘ |
| industry |
land speculation
ⓘ
real estate ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of towns in the Holland Purchase
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land tenure in northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ settlement patterns in western New York ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
northwestern Pennsylvania
ⓘ
western New York ⓘ
linked to:
Western New York
|
| officeLocation |
Batavia, New York
ⓘ
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ Mayville, New York ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod |
Early Republic of the United States
ⓘ
antebellum United States ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Dutch investors ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Dutch investment syndicate ⓘ |
| partOf | Holland Land Company ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
local historical studies in western New York
ⓘ
research on early American land companies ⓘ |
| used |
installment contracts
ⓘ
land offices ⓘ mortgages ⓘ |
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Subject: Holland Land Company management in North America Description of subject: Holland Land Company management in North America was the leadership body overseeing the acquisition, surveying, and sale of the company’s extensive land holdings in the early United States, particularly in western New York and Pennsylvania.
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