Harriet Maxwell Converse note : Buffalo, to Mr. Langdon, ca. 1897.

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Harriet Maxwell Converse note : Buffalo, to Mr. Langdon, ca. 1897.

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Note to Andrew Langdon, president of the Buffalo Historical Society, enclosing the statement of George L. Porter certifying that he was present when the casket containing the remains of Gen. Ely S. Parker was opened at the office of W. F. Bishop, 65 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. on the afternoon of 19 Jan. 1897, and that he recognized the body and features of his friend of many years. Includes envelope addressed to Harriet Converse.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Langdon, Andrew, 1835-1919.

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Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Porter, George L. (George Loring), 1838-1919.

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Converse, Harriet Maxwell, 1836-1903

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Converse had been named as a chief of the Six Nations (of the Iroquois). From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892-1897. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226041260 Poet, essayist, and Six Nations advocate born in Elmira, N.Y. Wife of musician Frank Converse; friend of Ely S. Parker. From the description of Harriet Maxwell Converse note : Buffalo, to Mr. Langdon, ca. 1897. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat re...