Red Jacket Monument Committee, 1890-1891.

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Red Jacket Monument Committee, 1890-1891.

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This collection consists of two handwritten books. The first volume is Minutes of the Red Jacket Monument Committee, 1890 & 1891, presented by Julius H. Dawes on December 21st, 1891. This volume also contains copies of letters written into the minutes about various items related to the work of the Committee. The second volume, Buffalo Historical Society Subscriptions, Red Jacket Obsequies, is a financial ledger containing names of people and what amounts they contributed to the Red Jacket Monument.

1 folder (2 items) (0.2 linear feet)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8197746

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Forest Lawn (Cemetery : Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Forest Lawn (Cementerio : Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Red Jacket, Seneca chief, approximately 1756-1830

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David Thompson was the postmaster, contractor's agent and commissary at Fort Niagara Garrison, New York, 1797-1804. From the description of Red Jacket's speech : Buffalo Creek manuscript 1802-1804 Sept. 28, 1803. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 262845953 Red Jacket was a Seneca chief who was born ca. 1756 at or near Canoga, Seneca County, New York. He remained faithful to the British during the Revolutionary War. In 1792 he visited P...

Red Jacket (Seneca jefe), ca. 1756-1830.

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Dawes, Julius H.

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Red Jacket was a chief of the Seneca Nation and frequent spokesperson in the matters of Indian affairs, especially those concerning the loss of native lands after the Revolutionary War. The monument at Forest Lawn Cemetery was actually the second memorial to be placed at the grave of Red Jacket; the first was erected in 1837 at his first gravesite at the Buffalo Mission Church and burial ground, which was not maintained and eventually deteriorated. Talk of moving Red Jacket's remains first began...