Papers, 1802-1868.

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Papers, 1802-1868.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145406473

The papers of Peter B. Porter cover the period from ca.1802-1868 and comprise two linear feet. The bulk of the papers focuses on Porter's acquisition and development of land an business concerns in Black Rock and Niagara Falls, N.Y. from the early 1820's to the mid-1840's. The collection also provides a record of Porter's money lending practices, business interests, expenditures and legal concerns.

2 boxes (1 cu. ft.)

American Periodical Series I

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SNAC Resource ID: 6831211

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Gibson, Grayson and Company.

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Porter, Peter Augustus.

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Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Clinton, Thomas.

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Bull, Absalom.

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Yale University.

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Porter, Augustus Seymour, 1798-1872

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Augustus Porter was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in January 1769, and moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1800. He visited the Niagara Falls area in 1795 and soon returned with his brother, Peter B. Porter. The Porter brothers were two of the area's first settlers, and they later owned several boats that traveled on the Great Lakes, as well as a saw mill that they built in 1803. Augustus Porter served on the New York state legislature, and in 1807 founded the firm Porter, Barton & Co., bec...

Gibson, Johnson and Ehle.

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