Letters, autobiography, and historical writings, 1821-1874.

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Letters, autobiography, and historical writings, 1821-1874.

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Letter from Myron Holley, Utica, 13 Apr. 1821, concerning Bird's purchase of "the instrument" from Benjamin Wright, an Erie Canal engineer; letter, Washington, to Absalom Bull, Black Rock, 21 Apr. 1841, regarding political maneuvering during the Tyler administration, specifically a plan to remove [George W.?] Clinton from office, apparently related to Bird's Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad; letter, Black Rock, 25 Feb. 1865, to Charles D. Norton, regarding Bird's "recollections of conversations with those men likely to know the facts" surrounding the sortie from Fort Erie, 17 Sept. 1814; and a brief autobiography, written in 1874. Also includes three papers written by Bird, one on the origin of the name "Black Rock", 1863; the second on early transportation between Albany and Buffalo, 1866, and the third on early charters and boundaries of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, 1883.

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Holley, Myron, 1779-1841

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Rochester civic leader. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rochester, N.Y., to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1839 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269534178 ...

Bull, Absalom, 1797-1866.

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Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad Company

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Norton, Charles D. (Charles Davis), 1820-1867.

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Born in Hartford, Conn. 29 Nov. 1820; moved with his family to Black Rock, where they resided for several years. Graduated from Union College in 1839; studied law in Buffalo with Horatio Shumway, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. Norton served as city attorney, surrogate of Erie County, and U.S. collector of customs. From the description of Sketch of Silas Sawin, 1864 / read before the Buffalo Historical Society by Charles D. Norton. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 185130010 ...

Bird, William A., 1796-1878

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Born in Salisbury, Conn; settled in Black Rock in 1819. Secretary of American Boundary Commission after War of 1812. Principal agent in construction of Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railroad. President of Erie County Savings Bank. From the description of Letters, autobiography, and historical writings, 1821-1874. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56628448 ...

Clinton, George W. (George William), 1807-1885

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Buffalo mayor, superior court judge, and regent of the State University of New York. From the description of Sketch of the life of Edward S. Warren, 1864. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 184739297 Born in Brooklyn 13 Apr. 1807. Son of DeWitt Clinton; grandnephew of George Clinton. Graduated from Hamiton College in 1825; moved to Buffalo in 1836. Served as mayor of Buffalo, 1842-1843. From the description of George W. Clinton letters, invitation, and...