Nathaniel T. Strong account, letters, and lecture, 1849, 1863, 1871.

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Nathaniel T. Strong account, letters, and lecture, 1849, 1863, 1871.

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Includes Strong's account of his expenses while on the business of the Seneca Nation, 1849-1851; two letters written by Strong to G. H. Salisbury and William Ketchum in 1863, on the origin of Buffalo's name; Strong's lecture on Red Jacket, 29 Dec. 1863; and a letter written by Strong, 31 Oct. 1871, to N. K. Hall, president of the Buffalo Historical Society, about Blacksnake, a war chief of the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe of Indians. The letter was written just before W. H. Greene and N. K. Hall donated a portrait of Blacksnake by Lars G. Sellstedt to the Buffalo Historical Society. Attached to the Strong letter is Sellstedt's receipt, 27 Apr. 1871, for sale of the painting.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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