Collection of papers for a history of Buffalo, 1847.

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Collection of papers for a history of Buffalo, 1847.

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Mostly notes on early settlers of Buffalo, including Ezekiel Lane, Martin Middaugh, Jesse Skinner, Capt. Robert Haine, and others, and on Red Jacket and the Seneca Indians. Includes a letter from James A. Granger, 3 June 1847, concerning his father, Erastus Granger, and one from Nathaniel Howell, 9 July 1847, regarding the 1803 trial of Stiff-Armed George for the murder of John Hewitt. Carpenter's history was apparently never written.

(0.1 linear ft.).

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775511

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Lane, Ezekiel, 1746-1848.

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Stiff-armed George.

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Carpenter, William Allison, 1781-1858

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Printer and publisher; at various times published and edited the Buffalo Gazette, the Buffalo Patriot, and the Chautauqua Gazette. From the description of Collection of papers for a history of Buffalo, 1847. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 59758255 William Carpenter was a Springfield, Illinois land owner, miller, politician, and shopkeeper. From the description of Papers, 1818-1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 6737091...

Skinner, Jesse

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Hewitt, John, d. 1802.

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Haine, Robert.

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Howell, Nathaniel Woodhull, 1770-1851.

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Granger, Erastus, 1765-1826

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Superintendent of Indian affairs in Buffalo, and collector of customs for the district of Buffalo Creek. From the description of Provision return for seventeen Seneca Indians, 1812 Oct. 17. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113616 ...

Middaugh, Martin.

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Granger, James N. (James Nathaniel), 1814-1857

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