1835
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Incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1834, the company purchased 343 995 ha of crown land in the Eastern Townships of Canada for 拢120,000.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/british-american-land-company/; https://archive.org/stream/cihm_43010#page/n9/mode/2up