Reminiscence and sketches, c. 1825-1862.

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Reminiscence and sketches, c. 1825-1862.

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Consists of essay entitled "Remarks and Reminiscence in relation to the history of Buffalo" and two pencil sketches by Le Grand St. John donated to the Buffalo Historical Society the year of its founding. St. John drew on his experiences as one of the earliest European settlers of Buffalo to create these drawings that are some of the only surviving first-hand depictions of the village's early years. Drawing No. 9 depicts the Walk-in-the-Water, the first steam-powered ship in Lake Erie, and Drawing No. 10 shows General Lafayette's visit to Buffalo in 1825. Drawings Nos. 1-7 were later donated to the society by one of St. John's descendents and can be found in Mss. A00-507.

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

St. John, Le Grand C., (Cannon), 1808-1870.

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Le Grand C. St. John was born in Williamsville, NY in 1808 to Margaret Marsh and Gamaliel St. John. In the winter of 1813-1814, several years after the family moved to Buffalo to operate a tavern, Le Grand witnessed the burning of Buffalo. Le Grand St. John never married but moved into the Sidway Mansion with his sister, Parnell St. John Sidway, when her husband, Jonathan Sidway, died in 1847. Le Grand would live in Buffalo for the remainder of his life as a self-described "gentleman" artist and...

Walk-in-the-Water (Ship)

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Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society

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Photos and slides stored in Iconography Section. From the description of Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Archives, 1862-1978. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155443600 ...