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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Charles Williamson



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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: Unknown

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: Unknown

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Pulteney Association

Notes: Resided in Bath, NY. Sir William Pulteney selected Charles Williamson as land agent to develop 1,200,000 acres in upstate New York. In 1792, Williamson, a Scotsman came to the unsettled wilderness to develop the land by building roads, selecting sites for towns, dividing land into lots, and building gristmills, taverns, stores and houses.

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