Pioneer history of the Holland Purchase of western New York [electronic resource] : embracing some account of the ancient remains, brief history of our immediate predecessors, the Confederated Iroquois, thir system of government, wars, etc.; a synopsis of colonial history; some notices of the border wars of the Revolution; and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland Company; including reminiscences of the War of 1812 ; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie Canal, etc., etc., etc. / by O. Turner.

The purchase covered the extreme western part of the New York state, now included in counties of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Niagara, and western portions of Genesee, Allegany, Wyoming and Orleans.