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Field name | Value |
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Title | Views on the Formation of a British and American Land and Emigration Company. Addressed to the British Public |
Author | Hoffman, David |
Date | 1848 |
Document Type | Printed Book |
Publisher Information | John Miller |
Reference | 8007.b.44.(2.) |
Library / Archive | British Library |
Collection Name | General Reference Collection |
Description | Proposal for the formation of a company that would buy American land and regulate the sale, lease, holding and settlement of that land, regulating emigration to that land and supporting the conditions of the emigrants. This scheme is in response to the number of emigrants arriving in the United States with limited or no means and false information, and falling into poverty. |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
Country (from) | Great Britain |
Country (to) | United States of America |
Places | London, England |
Nationality | English |
Keywords | land, land sale, land grant, regulation, emigration scheme, poverty, hardship, business |
Language | English |
Copyright | British Library |