Land Riot! Chautauqua County Settlers Revolt in 1836

By Richard G. Waite - January 14, 2021

Early in his career, future governor William H. Seward had to institute a regime of palliative measures in order to quell the axe-wielding settlers' riot against the Holland Land Company when their farms were threatened with imminent foreclosure.

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