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Show ! Large Land Holdingt There seems to he little doubt that the distinction of being the greatest private land owner in the history of the United States should go tc Robert Morris, signer of the Doc Jaration of Independence and later a senator from Pennsylvania. At one time he owned the western half of New York state, 1.000.000 acres in Pennsylvania, 1,000,000 acres In Virginia, Vir-ginia, 1,000.000 acres in South Carolina Caro-lina and 2.1X10,000 acres in Georgia. Ey way of comparison, the acreage owned "by William I'enn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, amounted to 1,7'J3,-2S0. 1,7'J3,-2S0. I |