Trial documents concerning ownership of the carrying place at Little Niagara, 1763-1824.

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Trial documents concerning ownership of the carrying place at Little Niagara, 1763-1824.

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Affadavit of Francis Goring regarding his knowledge of John Stedman and the carrying place, sworn 4 Feb. 1824; a letter from Stedman to Goring, 23 Nov. 1779, enclosing his estimate of houses and stock at Little Niagara (trial exhibits "B" and "A" respectively); and a note from Capt. H. W. Arnot, 46th Regiment , Niagara, to John Bradstreet, Washington, 16 Nov. 1763, certifying that John Stedman has been employed in his Majesty's service for two days in transporting stores and provisions over the carrying place. The earlier documents were part of a court case involving Augustus Porter, James Jackson, John Sparkman, David Chapman, and others.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Bradstreet, John, 1714-1774.

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United States. District Court (New York : Northern District)

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Goring, Francis.

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Arnot, H. W.

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Stedman, John W. (John Woodhull), 1820-1896

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Merchant. From the description of John Stedman accounts, 1833-1835. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935132 ...

Porter, Augustus, 1769-1849

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Surveyor and partner with Benjamin Barton in Porter, Barton and Company, a portage and forwarding firm, and first judge in Niagara County. From the description of Reminiscences of events connected with the early settlement of the west, 1848. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 52728188 From the description of Mortgage, 1814 Aug. 25. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33310813 ...