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Prescott, Brainard E.,. Collection, 1868-1935.

Title: Collection, 1868-1935.

Erie County Survey Commission for reorganization of county government (Kenefick Commission): hearing transcripts and allied material, 1933-1935; letters and broadsides by Gerrit Smith, 1868-1869; letters of Booker T. Washington from the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1908-1911; and letters and papers, 1932-1933, about the life of Jonas Harrison. See further details in separate records for each sub-unit.

ArchivalResource: (0.75 linear ft.)

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Harrison, Jonas, 1777-1836. Letter book, 1813 Dec. 24-1819 July 20.

Title: Letter book, 1813 Dec. 24-1819 July 20.

Copies of letters written by Harrison during his tenure as collector of customs for the District of Niagara, N.Y., many to Samuel H. Smith, Commissioner of the Revenue. There are also some letters written to Harrison by others. Letters written 1813-1814 detail Harrison's experiences during the British invasion of the Niagara Frontier, including the capture of Fort Niagara, the burning of Lewiston, his flight to Batavia, N.Y., and the effect of the war on the region. The volume includes a brief biographical sketch of Harrison, and comments on some of the letters, presumably written by John Porter, a resident of Lewiston.

ArchivalResource: (0.25 linear ft.)

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Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962. Samuel E. Asbury letters : College Station, Texas, regarding Jonas Harrison, 1932 and 1941.

Title: Samuel E. Asbury letters : College Station, Texas, regarding Jonas Harrison, 1932 and 1941.

Two letters written to Robert W. Bingham, Buffalo Historical Society, 1941, regarding Jonas Harrison, enclosing Asbury's address before the Texas State Historical Association, "Jonas Harrison: Legendary and Historical", a typescript copy of a letter to Asbury from Lewis C. Harrison, Pryor, Okla., 20 Apr. 1932, a list of materials from various repositories concerning Harrison, and a typescript copy of a letter from Elias Ransom, Jr. to B. Woodbridge, 15 Jan. 1820, seeking information on the whereabouts of Harrison.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

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Barker, Jacob A., 1793-1859. Affadavit and letter, 1818 July 10 and 1846 June 24.

Title: Affadavit and letter, 1818 July 10 and 1846 June 24.

Affadavait notarized by Jonas Harrison and witnessed by Joshua Gillet and Benjamin F. Barker, attesting to Jacob A. Barker's citizenship and physical characteristics, 10 July 1818; ALS, Silas Chatfield, Marengo, Mc Henry County, Ill., to Jacob A. Barker, Buffalo, N.Y., re Chatfield's service in the War of 1812 and his request for help in filing a pension application, 24 June 1846.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

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Samuel E. Asbury Papers Col 872., 1812-1949

Title: Samuel E. Asbury Papers 1812-1949

Professionally employed as a chemist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station on the Texas A&M campus, Samuel E. Asbury (1872-1962) was also interested in Texas history. He conducted extensive research about the state's past, particularly the Texas Revolution, corresponding widely and collecting historically important documents. Correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and other published material related to Texas history make up the Samuel E. Asbury Papers. The bulk of the papers consist of typescript copies of correspondence and source documents produced and received by Asbury in the course of his historical research. Much of the research is related to the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas; particularly in-depth is material on the Goliad Massacre, Jonas Harrison, the Regulator-Moderator War, and John A. Williams.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/drtsa/00053/00053-P.html View

Biography -- Harrison, Jonas.

Title: Biography -- Harrison, Jonas.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310378555 View

Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962. Samuel E. Asbury papers, 1807-1942.

Title: Samuel E. Asbury papers, 1807-1942.

Correspondence with libraries, genealogists, and other individuals, who might have information on the career of Jonas Harrison, lawyer, of Detroit and Buffalo, who later became prominent in the movement for Texan independence; together with copies of letters, legal documents, and other papers by or about Harrison.

ArchivalResource: 1 box

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Harrison, Jonas, 1777-1836. Jonas Harrison papers, 1813-1819.

Title: Jonas Harrison papers, 1813-1819.

Carbon copies of typewritten transcripts of business and personal letters in a letterbook kept by Harrison while collector of customs and internal revenue. Chief correspondent is Samuel Harrison Smith.

ArchivalResource: 175 items.1 container.0.2 linear feet.

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Asbury, Samuel E. Jonas Harrison collection, 1932-1933.

Title: Jonas Harrison collection, 1932-1933.

Consists primarily of letters to Prof. Samuel E. Asbury of College Station, Texas, from various correspondents concerning the life of Jonas Harrison, founder of Harrison County, Texas. Correspondents include Harrison Williams and J. Boardman Scovell.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34178329 View

Samuel Erson Asbury Papers, 1920-1955

Title: Samuel Erson Asbury Papers 1920-1955

Historical research materials collected by Samuel Erson Asbury documenting the Texas Revolution and other aspects of Texas history as well as the lives of early Texans.

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Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962. Asbury, Samuel Erson, papers, 1920-1955.

Title: Asbury, Samuel Erson, papers, 1920-1955.

Papers consist of historical research materials collected by Asbury to document the Texas Revolution and other facets of Texas's past as well as the lives of early Texans.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22902157 View

Holland Land Company. Deeds, 1819-1838.

Title: Deeds, 1819-1838.

Deeds to Jonas Harrison for Lots 191 and 192 in village of Buffalo, 11 May 1819; Henry P. Russell and Charles Taintor for Lot 69, Township 11, Range 7, 30 Jan. 1837; and Godfrey Grosvenor for Lot 84, Township 8, Range 9, 23 Feb. 1838; conveyed by attorneys Joseph Ellicott, David E. Evans and Peter J. Van Hall.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

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