Roberts-Sidway-Spaulding papers, 1850-1936.

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Roberts-Sidway-Spaulding papers, 1850-1936.

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Correspondence, 1887-1922, and other papers related to legal and business affairs of James A. Roberts; papers concerning Erie Canal, 1894- 1897; court records and other legal documents, 1908-1915, concerning United States Light and Heating Corporation; financial records, including stock certificates, receipts, statements, and account books, 1890-1922; and a Roberts family genealogy, 1913. Papers of Frank S. Sidway include correspondence, 1904-1936, mainly concerning alumni affairs of Phillips Exeter Academy; military oaths of office, 1916-1919; clippings, 1919-1933; an undated roster of the 74th and 202nd Regiments N.Y.V.; petitions regarding the proposed site of railroad terminals in Buffalo, 1907; and an account book of his father's firm Sidway, Skinner & Moore, 1861-1862. E.G. Spaulding papers include correspondence, 1877-1881, an inventory of books, 1856, and invoices related to the construction of a house on Grand Island, 1877-1882. Also, deeds, mortgages, title searches, estate papers, and other legal papers pertaining to real estate transactions, 1850-1919.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 74th.

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Phillips Exeter Academy

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Box, Henry W., 1836-1909.

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Alexander, D. S. (DeAlva Stanwood), 1845-1925.

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Spaulding, E. G. (Elbridge Gerry), 1809-1897

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American banker; "Father of the greenbacks." From the description of Autograph letter signed : Buffalo, to William Pitt Fessenden, 1869 July 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662379 Born in Cayuga County, N.Y. in 1809; established law practice in Buffalo in the 1830s. Became involved in the development of Buffalo Harbor, the enlaragement of the Erie Canal and the municipal gas company. Instrumental in moving the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank to Buffalo and, as its preside...

Sidway, Skinner & Moore (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Sidway, Franklin, 1834-1920.

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New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 202nd.

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Roberts, James A. (James Arthur), 1847-1922

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James A. Roberts was a lawyer and financier in Buffalo and New York. He was born in Maine, served in the Civil War and received degrees from Bowdoin College. He moved to Buffalo ca. 1875 and practiced law there until 1894; he was a member of the State Assembly, 1879-1880, and New York State Comptroller, 1894-1899. Roberts lived in New York City from 1902 to 1922. Frank S. Sidway, son of Buffalo banker Franklin Sidway and son-in- law of James A. Roberts, was born in Buffalo and attended Phillips ...