Subscription papers, 1836 Jun. 21 and Aug. 1.

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Subscription papers, 1836 Jun. 21 and Aug. 1.

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Supscription papers, 21 Jun. and 1 Aug. 1836, for monies to pay for the building of a brick wall around the oldest graveyard in Buffalo, bounded by Eagle, Delaware, Church, and Franklin Streets. Signed by some of Buffalo's earliest settlers. Samuel Wilkeson collected the subscriptions and superintended the erection of the wall.

(0.1 linear ft.).

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Wilkeson, Samuel, 1781-1848

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Judge Samuel Wilkeson was involved in shipping and the manufacture of stoves and engines. He was the first judge of Erie County, an early mayor of Buffalo (1836), and a representative in the State Assembly and Senate. He was instrumental in the construction of Buffalo Harbor and the choice of Buffalo as the western terminus of the Erie Canal, and he was active in the abolitionist movement as a member of the American Colonization Society. From the description of Samuel Wilkeson papers...