Legal and financial records, 1834-1837.

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Legal and financial records, 1834-1837.

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Letter to Absalom Bull, treasurer of the Black Rock Glass factory, from Augustus Porter, 29 Mar. 1834, suggesting the business be suspended before it fails; letter to the directors and stockholders of the factory from William L. Harrington, superintendent, 12 Jan. 1835, regarding the financial difficulties of the company in its first year of operation; various court documents regarding suits brought by creditors, 1835-1836; letter to General P.B. Porter, president, and Absalom Bull, secretary, from William Williams, 9 Feb. 1837, regarding Williams' account with the company, and his desire to "bring the affairs of this most unprofitable copartnership to some kind of conclusion"; a schedule of company property, 1 Aug. 1837; and a statement of the company's affairs, 6 Aug. 1837.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Porter, Augustus, 1769-1849

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Surveyor and partner with Benjamin Barton in Porter, Barton and Company, a portage and forwarding firm, and first judge in Niagara County. From the description of Reminiscences of events connected with the early settlement of the west, 1848. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 52728188 From the description of Mortgage, 1814 Aug. 25. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33310813 ...

Bull, Absalom, 1797-1866.

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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. ...

Williams, William

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Harrington, William L.

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Black Rock Glass Company (N.Y.)

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