[North American Land Company] | Western land speculation

[North American Land Company]

Plan of Association of the North American Land Company. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken and Son, 1795

8vo (200 x 122 mm). Crease and largely closed tear to title, lacking folded leaf at end, some light browning. Contemporary marbled wrappers; some rubbing primarily to extremities. In a half morocco slipcase and folding chemise. 

First edition, attributed to Robert Morris

The North American Land Company was organized to develop and sell 6,000,000 acres in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky. The Company's stock was never popular, and its failure threw Robert Morris, among many others, into bankruptcy.

REFERENCE

ESTC W28890; Evans 29220; Federal Hundred 53; Howes P412;