Papers, 1948-1950.

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Papers, 1948-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34436804

Primarily the research notes and correspondence related to Roger Whitman's unpublished book-length study, "Queen's Epic: Benjamin Rathbun and His Times." A bound vol. of the ms. is also in the collection, as well as mss. of other articles on Western New York topics (the Sutherland Sisters, Niagara Falls stunts, Maria Monk, and Nicholas Biddle's staircase at Niagara Falls) submitted for publication.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844

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Writer, politician and financier, of Pennsylvania. From the description of Nicholas Biddle letters, 1817-1840, and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992389 José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) William Clark requested that Nicholas Biddle, scholar, statesman, and financier, writ...

Rathbun, Benjamin, 1790-1873.

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Buffalo, N.Y. businessman and entrepreneur. Began his career as proprietor of Buffalo's Eagle Tavern in 1821. Accused, with his brother Lyman and two nephews, of forging endorsements, tried twice, convicted in 1838, and sentenced to serve five years in the state prison. He returned to Buffalo, but later moved to New York City, where he kept the Broadway Hotel, at the corner of Broadway and Forty-Second Street. He died in Fort Washington, N.Y. on 19 July 1873. From the description of ...

Whitman, Roger, ca. 1907-ca. 1956.

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Roger Whitman worked on the editorial staff of the Niagara Falls Gazette from 1929 to 1942. His subject, Benjamin Rathbun, was a powerful merchant in early Buffalo who surveyed and laid out the present city of Niagara Falls. His career came to a halt in 1836 when he was convicted of forgery and sentenced to five years in prison. From the description of Papers, 1948-1950. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34436804 ...

Monk, Maria, -1850

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