ry. Its total output is valued at more
than $250,000,000 annually. It leads the world in the manufacture of
cameras, lenses, and photographic materials, and it is one of the
principal cities of the country in the distribution of seeds, bulbs and
plants, and in the manufacture of clothing and shoes. Other important
products are machinery of various kinds, lubricating oil, candied
fruits, syrups and confectionery clothing, tobacco and cigars, enameled
tanks and filing devices.

403 M. BATAVIA, Pop. 13,541. (Train 51 passes 4:45p; No. 3, 6:18p; No.
41, 10:45p; No. 25, 11:04p; No. 19, 3:03a. Eastbound: No. 6 passes
12:17a; No. 26, 1:12a; No. 16, 5:32a; No. 22, 8:04a.)

Batavia, situated on Tonawanda Creek, was laid out in 1801 by Joseph
Ellicott (1760-1826), the engineer who had been engaged in surveying the
land known as the "Holland Purchase" of which Batavia was a part.

The so-called "Holland Purchase" comprised nearly all the land in
Western N.Y. west of the Genesee River. Its history is associated
with Robert Morris (1734-1806), the Revolutionary merchant and
banker whose financial assistance had been invaluable to the
Colonies during the War of Independence. Morris acquired the
Holland Purchase from the Indians in 1791, after having obtained
permission from the State of Mass. which then claimed sovereignty
over this territory. The following year, however, he began to be
involved in financial misfortunes and was compelled to sell this
property to a group of Dutch capitalists, who undertook to
dispose of the land to settlers. It thus became known as the
Holland Purchase, and the Holland Land Office in Batavia was one
of the centers from which the operations of the Dutch Land
company were directed. The slow development of Morris's other
property and the failure of a London bank in which he had funds
invested, finally drove him into bankruptcy, and he was confined
in a debtor's prison for more than three years (1798-1801). The
old Holland Land Office was dedicated as a memorial to Robert
Morris in 1894.

Here lived William Morgan whose supposed murder in 1826 by Freemasons
led to the organization of the Anti-Masonic party. Batavia was the home
of Dean Richmond (1804-1866), a capitalist, successful shipper and
wholesale dealer in farm produce, who became vice-president (1853-1864)
and later president (1864-1866) of the New York Central Lines