When was it published?

April 22, 1775 in The Virginia Gazette

Domestic News April 22, 1775

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Migration Or Settlement, Agriculture

Q: What keywords are associated?

Land Purchase, New York Settlement, Farmers Company, Choptank River, North America Lands

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

A commissioner from Scotland's Perth and Stirling Company of Farmers bought 10,000 acres of fertile, unsettled land at low cost along Choptank River in New York province for cultivation; locals eager to farm in healthy climate. (Letter from Edinburgh, Feb. 11, reported Feb. 16.)

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Feb. 16. A letter from Edinburgh, dated February 11th, says, "last week one of the Commissioners from the Perth and Stirling Company of Farmers, for purchasing lands in North America, returned to Glasgow, having purchased a tract of 10,000 acres, at a very trifling cost, in the province of New York, upon Choptank river, of a rich loam, and which may be all laboured when the wood is cleared; there are vast tracts unsettled, of a fine soil, and in a healthy climate. He says, that the country inhabitants are eager upon the cultivation of land."

What sub-type of article is it?

Migration Or Settlement Agriculture

What keywords are associated?

Land Purchase New York Settlement Farmers Company Choptank River North America Lands

What entities or persons were involved?

Commissioner From The Perth And Stirling Company Of Farmers

Where did it happen?

Province Of New York, Upon Choptank River

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Province Of New York, Upon Choptank River

Event Date

Last Week (Letter Dated February 11th)

Key Persons

Commissioner From The Perth And Stirling Company Of Farmers

Outcome

purchased a tract of 10,000 acres at a very trifling cost

Event Details

One of the Commissioners from the Perth and Stirling Company of Farmers, for purchasing lands in North America, returned to Glasgow, having purchased a tract of 10,000 acres in the province of New York, upon Choptank river, of a rich loam, which may be all laboured when the wood is cleared; there are vast tracts unsettled, of a fine soil, and in a healthy climate. The country inhabitants are eager upon the cultivation of land.