Research on Peter B. Porter, 1827-1912 (bulk 1907-1912).

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Research on Peter B. Porter, 1827-1912 (bulk 1907-1912).

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Material collected in preparation for planned biography of Peter B. Porter. Includes letters from other researchers, copies of correspondence of Peter B. Porter, an 1827 broadside and a certificate received by Elizabeth L. Porter upon a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1870.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7349505

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Porter, Elizabeth L., d. 1876.

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Porter, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1853-1925

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Grandson of Peter B. Porter; assemblyman and congressman; historian and champion of water power development at Niagara Falls. From the description of Research on Peter B. Porter, 1827-1912 (bulk 1907-1912). (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33310853 From the description of Some contributions to Niagara's local history : scrapbook, 1899-1905. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 53230998 Assemblyman, 1886-1887, and member of Congress, 1907-1908; ...