Address delivered at the unveiling of the statue of Red Jacket at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1892 June 22 / by David F. Day.

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Address delivered at the unveiling of the statue of Red Jacket at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1892 June 22 / by David F. Day.

Address credits those responsible for the statue, gives details of Red Jacket's life, and some history of the Seneca and Six Nations.

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Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...

Day, David F. (David Fisher), 1828 or 9-1900.

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Buffalo, N.Y. attorney and businessman. An exponent, student, and enthusiast in popular science, he helped found the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. He also served as president of the Buffalo Historical Society in From the description of Address delivered at the unveiling of the statue of Red Jacket at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1892 June 22 / by David F. Day. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 184739305 ...

Red Jacket, Seneca chief, approximately 1756-1830

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David Thompson was the postmaster, contractor's agent and commissary at Fort Niagara Garrison, New York, 1797-1804. From the description of Red Jacket's speech : Buffalo Creek manuscript 1802-1804 Sept. 28, 1803. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 262845953 Red Jacket was a Seneca chief who was born ca. 1756 at or near Canoga, Seneca County, New York. He remained faithful to the British during the Revolutionary War. In 1792 he visited P...