Samuel Wilkeson papers, 1817-1836.

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Samuel Wilkeson papers, 1817-1836.

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Includes executions for debts owed by Adolph L. Bemis, Jeremiah Leach, and E. Alvord, authorized by Samuel Wilkeson, Niagara County justice of the peace, 1817-1818; certificate of election of Wilkeson as member of Assembly for Erie County, 11 Nov. 1823; statement of confidence in Wilkeson in relation to the "harbor question". signed by 75 inhabitants of the Village of Buffalo, 4 Feb. 1823; broadside attacking Wilkeson during campaign for the senate, 14 Oct. 1824; and appointment of Wilkeson as mayor of Buffalo, 8 Mar. 1836.

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Wilkeson, Samuel, 1781-1848

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Judge Samuel Wilkeson was involved in shipping and the manufacture of stoves and engines. He was the first judge of Erie County, an early mayor of Buffalo (1836), and a representative in the State Assembly and Senate. He was instrumental in the construction of Buffalo Harbor and the choice of Buffalo as the western terminus of the Erie Canal, and he was active in the abolitionist movement as a member of the American Colonization Society. From the description of Samuel Wilkeson papers...

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The legislature had final authority over all land transactions and agreements with Indians. Petitions concerning such transactions and agreements were addressed to the legislature and referred to the assembly, which in turn referred the petition to various three-member committees or to the surveyor general or the comptroller. From the description of Petitions, correspondence and reports relating to Indians, 1783-1831. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 84144073 I...