Papers, 1836-1903 bulk (1841-1870).

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Papers, 1836-1903 bulk (1841-1870).

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Family correspondence and correspondence of Ely S. Parker concerning the Marine Hospital at Galena, Ill.; speeches and writings of Ely and Nicholson Parker and others; letters and petitions supporting claims of Seneca Indians to reservation lands; genealogies of the Parker family and other Senecas; Seneca census information; receipts, clippings, maps and a photograph of Parker family members.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7349035

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Parker, Caroline, -1892

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Parker, Isaac Newton, 1833-

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Pierce, M. B. (Maris Bryant), 1811-1874

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Seneca Indian and 1840 graduate of Dartmouth College; interpreter and recording secretary for Seneca delegations to Albany and Washington, D.C.; teacher at Indian schools. From the description of Maris B. Pierce papers, [microform] 1787-1884, bulk 1833-1874. 1787-1884. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 706827609 From the description of Papers, 1787-1884 (bulk 1833-1874). (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34436798 ...

Parker family.

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The children of William Parker, Levi, Nicholson, Caroline, Ely, Spencer, and Isaac Newton, were descended from Handsome Lake, half-brother of Cornplanter. Nicholson and Levi were farmers, Spencer a war chief, Isaac Newton a teacher, Ely a Civil War general, and Caroline was known as the "Queen of the Senecas." From the description of Papers, 1836-1903 bulk (1841-1870). (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33228867 ...

Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Wright, Asher, 1803-1875

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Born in Hanover, N. H.; graduated from Andover Seminary. Served as missionary to the Seneca Indians on the Buffalo Creek Reservation from 1831 to 1846, and on the Cattaraugus Reservation from 1846 until his death in 1875. He established the Mission Press which published texts in the Seneca language. From the description of Asher and Laura M. Wright letters, 1850-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 181085057 ...

Parker, Nicholson H. (Nicholson Henry), 1819-1892.

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Marine Hospital (Galena, Ill.)

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