Articles of association and minutes, 1824 Dec. 9-1835 Sept. 15.

Niagara River Steam Boat Company.

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Company formed in 1824 to construct and fit out a steam boat to navigate the Niagara River. Original directors included Absalom Bull and Augustus S. Porter. The "Niagara" was sold to Peter B. Porter on 15 Sept. 1835. From the description of Articles of association and minutes, 1824 Dec. 9-1835 Sept. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 53230996 ...

Bull, Absalom, 1797-1866.

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Niagara (Ship)

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Shipping vessel, out of New York, N.Y., mastered by Latham Croft. From the description of Logbook, 1802. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70975490 ...

Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Porter, Augustus Seymour, 1798-1872

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Augustus Porter was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in January 1769, and moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1800. He visited the Niagara Falls area in 1795 and soon returned with his brother, Peter B. Porter. The Porter brothers were two of the area's first settlers, and they later owned several boats that traveled on the Great Lakes, as well as a saw mill that they built in 1803. Augustus Porter served on the New York state legislature, and in 1807 founded the firm Porter, Barton & Co., bec...