Letters : to H.J. Huidekoper, 1825-1857 (bulk 1825-1848).

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Letters : to H.J. Huidekoper, 1825-1857 (bulk 1825-1848).

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Letters to Harm Jan Huidekoper, Holland Land Company agent, Meadville, Pa., 1825-1848, regarding land sales, payments by settlers, and other Holland Land Company matters, including the attacks on the Batavia office by a mob, 1838. Most letters also feature news of contemporary events, such as the Erie Canal opening celebration in Lockport, Oct. 1825; the schooner Michigan scheduled to be sent over Niagara Falls, Aug. 1827; the outbreak of cholera in 1832, the arrest of Benjamin Rathbun for forgery and the effects of the scandal on Blossom and others, 1830-1838; the Upper Canada Rebellion, 1837; and the hiring of an organist at the Unitarian Church, 1838. Also, three letters written after the deaths of Blossom and H.J. Huidekoper by N.K. Hall, guardian of Blossom's daughter Anna, to Edgar Huidekoper, Meadville, seeking advice on a suitable school for Anna.

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Holland Land Company

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The office of the successor to the Holland Land Company in Chautauqua County was moved to Westfield after the Mayville office was burned in 1836; at that time William H. Seward succeeded William Peacock as agent. From the description of Records, [ca. 1807]-1871. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155440758 Abijah Gray, born 29 Mar. 1769, at Tisbury, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Evans, N.Y. He died in Evans, 6 Oct. 1846. From the...

Rathbun, Benjamin, 1790-1873.

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Buffalo, N.Y. businessman and entrepreneur. Began his career as proprietor of Buffalo's Eagle Tavern in 1821. Accused, with his brother Lyman and two nephews, of forging endorsements, tried twice, convicted in 1838, and sentenced to serve five years in the state prison. He returned to Buffalo, but later moved to New York City, where he kept the Broadway Hotel, at the corner of Broadway and Forty-Second Street. He died in Fort Washington, N.Y. on 19 July 1873. From the description of ...

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Huidekoper, Edgar

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Huidekoper, Harm Jan, 1776-1854

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American businessman and lay theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Meadville, Penna., to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1829 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530201 ...

Otto, Jacob S., 1778-1827

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An attorney in Philadelphia, he became associated with Paul Busti who appointed him to succeed Joseph Ellicott, general agent for the Holland Land Company's lands in Western New York. From the description of Account book, 1800 Jan. 16-1821 Oct. 11. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33633102 ...

Hall, Nathan Kelsey, 1810-1874

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U.S. postmaster general, U.S. representative from New York, lawyer, and jurist. From the description of Appointments of Nathan Kelsey Hall, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450716 Born in Marcellus, Onondaga County, N.Y.; moved to Wales, Erie County, N.Y. in 1826. Became a clerk and student in Millard Fillmore's law office in Aurora. Held many positions in local government between 1830 and 1840. Entered into law partnership with Fillmore and Solomon G. Haven in 1836. A...

Blossom, Ira A., 1789 or 90-1856.

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Holland Land Company subagent in Buffalo, 1825-1837; a founder of the First Unitarian Society of Buffalo, 1831. From the description of Letters : to H.J. Huidekoper, 1825-1857 (bulk 1825-1848). (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56923909 ...

Evans, David Ellicott, 1788-1850

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Genessee Co., N.Y. resident. From the description of Papers, 1827-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36752608 ...

Michigan (Schooner)

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