R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181085058

Letter written to Salisbury, corresponding secretary of the Buffalo Historical Society, relating the story, told him by Amzi Wright, of the first town meeting held on the Holland Purchase on the first Tuesday of March 1803 at Vanderventer's house, 18 miles west of Batavia. There were a total of 144 voters present, out of a total of 153 on the Purchase. Peter Vanderventer was elected supervisor of the town of Batavia.

(0.1 linear ft.).

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6938121

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Buffalo Historical Society (N.Y.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s8674p (corporateBody)

Wright, Amzi, 1781-1873.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww8717 (person)

Vanderventer, Peter.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw294r (person)

Salisbury, Guy H. (Guy Hyde), 1811-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p9p0k (person)

Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n59bnh (person)

Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1846. Moved to the Kansas Territory in 1856, where he became a banker and railroad magnate. Returned to Attica in the 1880s; elected as a Democrat to the 48th Congress (1883-1885). From the description of R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 181085058 Lawyer, Indian land agent, railroad construction overseer. Of Lecompto...