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Alien Holders Of Our Lands |
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This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
The following is a table of the leading alien holders of lands in the United States, with amount of holdings in acres:
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An English syndicate, No. 3, in Texas............................... |
3,000.000 |
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The Holland Land Company, New Mexico.............. |
4,500,000 |
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Sir Edw. Reid and a syndicate, Florida......................................................................... |
2,000,000 |
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English syndicate in Mississippi......................................................................... |
1,800,000 |
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Marquis of Tweedale........................................................................................ |
1,750,000 |
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Phillips, Marshall & Co., London........................................................................................ |
1,300,000 |
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German-American syndicate, London......................................................................... |
750.000 |
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Bryan H. Evans, of London...................................................................................................... |
700,000 |
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Duke of Sutherland.................................................................................................................... |
425,000 |
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British Land Company in Kansas........................................................................................ |
320.000 |
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Wm. Wharley, M.P., Peterboro, England................................................................... |
310,000 |
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Missouri Land Company, Edinburgh, Scotland............................................ |
300,000 |
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Robert Tennent, of London.................................................................................................... |
230,000 |
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Dundee Land Company, Scotland........................................................................................ |
247,000 |
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LordDunmore................................................................................................................................... |
120,000 |
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Benjamin Neugas, Liverpool........................................................................................ |
100.000 |
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Lord Houghton in Florida........................................................................................ |
60,000 |
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Lord Dunraven in Colorado........................................................................................ |
60,000 |
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English Land Company in Florida........................................................................................ |
50,000 |
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English Land Company in Arkansas........................................................................................ |
50,000 |
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Albert Peel, M.P., Leicestershire, England................................................................. |
10,000 |
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Sir J. L. Kay, Yorkshire, England........................................................... |
5,000 |
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Alexander Grant, of London, in Kansa................................................ |
35,000 |
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English syndicate. Wisconsin............................................................................ |
110,000 |
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M. Eherhauser, of Halifax, inW.Va............................................................................ |
600,000 |
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A Scotch syndicate in Florida............................................................................ |
500,000 |
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A. Boysen, Danish consul in Milwaukee............................................................ |
50,000 |
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Missouri Land Company, of Edinburgh............................................................ |
165,000 |
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Total.......................................................................................................................... |
20,647,000 |
To these syndicate holdings should be added the following: The Arkansas Valley Company in Colorado, a foreign corporation, whose in-closures embrace upwards of 1,000,000 acres; the Prairie Cattle Company (Scotch) in Colorado, upwards of 1,000,000; H. H. Metcalf, River Bend, Colorado, 200,000; John W. Powers, Colorado, 200,000; McDaniel & Davis, Colorado, 75,000; Routchler & Lamb, Colorado, 40,000; J. W. Frank, Colorado, 40,000; Garnett & Langford, Colorado, 30,000; E. C. Tane, Colorado, 50,000; Leivesy Brothers, Colorado, 150,000; Vrooman & McFife, Colorado, 50,000; Beatty Brothers, Colorado, 40,000; Chick, Brown & Co., Colorado, 30,000; Reynolds Cattle Company, Colorado, 50,000; several other cases in Colorado, embracing from 10,000 to 30,000; Coe & Carter, Nebraska, fifty miles of fence; J. W. Wilson, Nebraska, forty miles; J. W. Boster, twenty miles; William Humphrey, Nevada, thirty miles; Nelson & Son, Nevada, twenty-two miles; Kennebec Ranch, Nebraska, from 20,000 to 50,000 acres.
 
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