Reading family papers, 1841-1868.

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Reading family papers, 1841-1868.

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Letters written to or about Pierson Barton Reading, mainly by members of the family, including letters from Richard Bland Lee and Fannie (Washington) Reading (one describing her voyage to San Francisco in 1856 from New York via Panama); letter, 1844, by Reading, relating his overland journey to California and his early impressions; 1851 treaty between U.S. Indian agent O.M. Wozencraft and California Indians at Reading ranch; President Fillmore's certificate of Reading's appointment, 1852, as Indian agent in California, and Reading's accounts while agent; deed for property in Shasta County, 1862. Also included: correspondence and articles of his daughter, Alice M. Reading; papers relating to the estate of Robert Lee Reading, 1919-1920; correspondence with related notes and clippings, 1943-1970, of Eleanor Lee Templeman, concerning Reading and the Reading adobe.

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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Reading, Fanny Washington.

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Wozencraft, Oliver M., 1814-1887

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Reading, Alice M., 1859-1939.

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Templeman, Eleanor Lee Reading, 1906-

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Eleanor Lee Reading Templeman was a local historian, author, preservationist and photographer. From 1947 until her death, Mrs. Templeman served the Society of the Lees of Virginia as Secretary, Genealogist and Historian. She wrote four books and numerous journal articles, primarily on the Lee family and also local history. Mrs. Templeman was a driving force behind legislation to preserve Sully Plantation (1958) and the creation of Leesylvania State Park (1978). Throughout her life Mrs. Templeman...

Lee, Richard Bland, 1797-1875

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