e/Phelps and Gorham Purchase

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has gloss	eng: The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of the pre-emptive right to some 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²) of land in western New York State for $1,000,000 (roughly equivalent to $20,000,000,000 in 2005). This was all land in western New York west of Seneca Lake between Lake Ontario and the Pennsylvania border. The purchasers were Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, both of Massachusetts, and the seller was the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (In some discussions of this subject elsewhere, the Phelps and Gorham Purchase refers to all 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²) and in others it refers only to the 2,250,000 acres (9,100 km²) upon which Phelps and Gorham managed to extinguish Indian title. This comes about because although Phelps and Gorham purchased pre-emptive rights to all 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²;), they were only able to extinguish Indian rights—and obtain clear title—to the portion east of the Genesee...
lexicalization	eng: Phelps and Gorham Purchase
instance of	c/Former regions and territories of the United States

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has gloss	deu: Der Phelps and Gorham Purchase war der Kauf von Bezugsrechten auf etwa 6.000.000 Acres (24.000 \mathrmkm^2}) Land im Westen des Staates New York. Der Kaufpreis betrug 1 Million US-Dollar, was einem heutigen (2005) Wert von circa 20 Milliarden Dollar, gemessen an der Kaufkraft, entspricht. Das Gebiet im Westen von New York umfasste das ganze Land westlich des Seneca Lake zwischen Lake Ontario und der Grenze von Pennsylvania. Die Käufer waren Oliver Phelps und Nathaniel Gorham, beide aus Massachusetts, und der Verkäufer war das Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (In einige Erörterungen dieses Gegenstandes bezieht sich der Phelps and Gorham Purchase auf die ganzen 6.000.000 Acres (24.000 \mathrmkm^2}) und in anderen auf nur 2.250.000 Acres (9.100 \mathrmkm^2}). Dies ergibt sich, weil obwohl Phelps und Gorham die Bezugsrechte auf die ganzen 6.000.000 Acres (24.000 \mathrmkm^2}) kauften, waren sie nur imstande für das Gebiet östlich des Genesee Rivers die Indianeransprüche zu löschen und so saubere Ansprüche zu...
lexicalization	deu: Phelps and Gorham Purchase

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