Claim of the Cayuga Indians ... : scrapbook, 1894-1896.

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Claim of the Cayuga Indians ... : scrapbook, 1894-1896.

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Handmade scrapbook in which have been pasted seven letters, 1894-1896, from George S. Conover and William Clement Bryant (both western N.Y. state historians) to Samson, and two typed notes (one excerpting an 1893 letter from Conover), all regarding claims of the Canadian Cayugas that they were entitled to lands and annuities from the state of New York.

1 item (8 p.) ; 27 cm.

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Conover, George S. (George Stillwell), 1824-

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Geneva, New York was initially a Seneca Native American village known as Kanadesaga. Destroyed by the Sullivan Expedition in 1779 as punishment for the Iroquois cooperation with the British during the American Revolution, it was later resettled by Europeans. The village of Geneva was incorporated in 1806 and later linked to the Erie Canal by the Cayuga-Seneca Canal. From the description of Kanadesaga and Geneva, 1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367900148 ...

Bryant, Wm. Clement (William Clement)

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William Clement Bryant (1830-1898) was president of the Buffalo Historical Society. From the description of William Clement Bryant papers, 1856-1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459340 ...

Ogden Land Company

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Samson, William Holland, 1860-1919.

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Rochester, N.Y., journalist and historian particularly interested in the history of western New York and its Indian tribes. From the description of Claim of the Cayuga Indians ... : scrapbook, 1894-1896. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41070619 ...