Paolo Busti, or Paul Busti (17 October 1749 – 23 July 1824), was the principal agent of the Holland Land Company

Holland Land Company

The Holland Land Company was a purchaser of the western two-thirds of the western New York land tract known as the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. This tract was known thereafter as The Holland Purchase...

 from 1800 until his death. Busti was born in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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He spent his early years working in the banking industry in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. Busti succeeded the first company agent, Theophilus Cazenove

Theophilus Cazenove

Theophilus Cazenove, or Theophile Cazenove , was a financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company.- Life and career :...

, who returned to Europe

Europe

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 in 1799. He established the Holland Land Company Office

Holland Land Office

The Holland Land Office building is located on West Main Street in downtown Batavia, New York, United States. It is a stone building designed by surveyor Joseph Ellicott and erected in the 1810s....

 in Batavia, New York and hired Joseph Ellicott

Joseph Ellicott

Joseph Ellicott was an American surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician of the Quaker faith.-Life:He was the son of Joseph Ellicott ....

 as one of his land agent

Land agent

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s and surveyor

George Dance the Younger

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The Town of Busti, New York

Busti, New York

Busti is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 7,760 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Paul Busti, an official of the Holland Land Company, but its pronunciation uses a long i sound at the end, a frequent alteration in the names of several upstate New...

 in Chautauqua County

Chautauqua County, New York

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is named after him.