Family papers, 1838-1901.

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Family papers, 1838-1901.

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Family correspondence and business papers of James D. Sawyer, 1838-1879, including papers relating to partnerships with Henry M. Kinne and Jeremiah N. Peabody, with B.C. Hough, and with John Douglas; Ninth Ward Bounty Fund subscription list, [186?]; correspondence of George P. Sawyer, including letters from Civil War soldiers, from family and friends while he was a student at Yale University, 1868-1873, a letter from E.B. Green regarding the [Elmwood?] Music Hall, 1884, with Westminster Presbyterian Church concerning his membership in the church, 1884-1886, and with his family, including a letter to his wife describing events following the attack on President McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition, 1901; notebooks kept while a student at Yale, 1870-1872; Sawyer family correspondence, 1870-1893, and undated; and a travel diary kept by George's sister, Ida, during a trip to Europe, 1884.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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