Elkanah Holmes letter : Geneva, to Col. Cyrenius Chapin, 1818 Nov. 15.

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Elkanah Holmes letter : Geneva, to Col. Cyrenius Chapin, 1818 Nov. 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70794218

Holmes discusses the Chapin family's move to Buffalo, mentions that he will be doing missionary work over the next month, and requests that Chapin write back to him at Bedford, Westchester County, as soon as possible.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Chapin, Cyrenius, 1769-1838

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Physician and surgeon. Settled in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1806; served during the War of 1812 as colonel of his own company of volunteers. From the description of Papers, 1806-1816. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57054214 ...

Holmes, Elkanah

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Missionary to the Tuscarora and Seneca Indians, sent by the New York Missionary Society in 1800. He resigned in 1807 or 1808, and then worked as an itinerant Baptist preacher. Holmes was the father-in-law of Cyrenius Chapin. From the description of Elkanah Holmes letter : Geneva, to Col. Cyrenius Chapin, 1818 Nov. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 70794218 ...