Family papers, 1775-1943 (bulk 1845-1943).

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Family papers, 1775-1943 (bulk 1845-1943).

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Correspondence with first wife, Louise Lovejoy, 1848-1850; scrapbook concerning family and social events, ca. 1856-1911; copy of the 1943 manuscript "The Life and Work of Lars Gustaf Sellstedt" by Walter McCausland; photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Fillmore and two Sellstedt paintings; and family papers, including genealogies of the Potter, Eastman and Greene families; letters of William Warren Potter, 1856-1858; reproductions of military commission papers of William Scott, Esq., 1775- 1783; and other family letters. Correspondents include Millard Fillmore, Solomon G. Haven, O.W. Holmes, Jr., and a soldier who died at the Civil War battle at Antietam.

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Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911

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Lars Gustaf Sellstedt was a portrait, landscape, and marine painter. He was born in Sundsvall, Sweden on April 30, 1819. At the age of 11, Sellstedt became a cabin-boy on a Swedish trading vessel and worked as a merchant seaman until 1845, when he settled in Buffalo, N.Y. Sellstedt took a studio and began his career as a portrait painter. In 1850, he married Louise Lovejoy and they lived in New York City for a brief period of time; she died a few years later in Buffalo. In 1853, Sel...

Potter family.

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Potter, William W. (William Warren), 1837-1911

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Sellstedt, Caroline Scott, 1826-1909.

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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...

Scott, William.

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Haven, Solomon G. (Solomon George), 1810-1861

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Solomon George Haven (1810-1861) was a lawyer and politician from western New York during the antebellum period. Born in Guilford, New York, in 1810, Haven was well educated and initially intended to pursue a medical career. He chose law instead, and in 1835, after completing his law studies in Buffalo, he was admitted to the New York bar and became a partner in Fillmore, Hall, and Haven, a prosperous firm headed by Millard Fillmore. Ambitious and politically active, Haven held seve...

Greene family.

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Eastman family.

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McCausland, Walter, 1895-1966.

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A native of Philadelphia, McCausland came to Buffalo in 1925. He served as vice president of public relations for Niagara Frontier Transit System and its predecessor, International Railway Company, 1926-1965; very active in Buffalo civic affairs and organizations, including Greater Buffalo Advertising Club, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and Literary Clinic; and author of many articles on local and mass transportation history. From the descri...

Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (N.Y.)

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