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Letter, Ben[jamin] Blanchard, Batavia, New York, to Capt Abel Blanchard, Peacham, Vermont

Date

19 May 1811
Part of: Abel Blanchard Family Correspondence
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Benjamin writes that he and his brother Mark have each bought land in Nunda in the Holland Purchase. They plan to make bricks at a kiln in nearby Batavia during the winter months, and farm their lots the rest of the year. Talks at length about the influx of settlers, especially Vermonters, into the area, and its access to markets in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Montreal.

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19 May 1811

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