Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Towns: Onion River Corporation: Draft statement to protect investors, 1769-1773 |
Object Name |
Documents |
Creator |
Onion River Corporation |
Dates of Creation |
1769-1773 |
Scope & Content |
A statement that seems designed to protect the Onion River Company's land holdings in Williston, Vermont. |
Administrative/Biographical History |
Ethan Allen, Ira Allen, Heman Allen, Zimri Allen and cousin Remember Baker had formed the Onion River Company as a land specuation investment. They purchased a large number of acres in Willison issued through a New Hampshire charter by Governor Benning Wentworth. New York claimed the same lands and threatened to issue new patents for a town named Deerfield with new owners. This document seems to be a draft statement defending the Onion River Company's investment and work to improve the land, including building a seventy mile long road from Castleton to Williston. This may be signed by Thomas Chittenden as 'Clerk.' On the back in a clearer hand is a possible record of a vote in support of the investors efforts. |
Related People |
Allen, Ethan Allen, Heman (1740–1778) Allen, Ira Allen, Zimri Baker, Remember Chittenden, Thomas |
Credit line |
Bequest of Hall Park McCullough |
Catalog Number |
2009.163.113.14 |
Parent Object ID |
2009.163.113 |