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Clair, John, 534
Clapp, Almon M., Capt., 332, 333, 453, 459, 504, 814, 821, 829; George, 570, 571; H. H., 821 ; Lewis, 570
Clarence, erection of town of, 158; first town meeting in, 160; first town officers of, 517; gazetteer of, 512-520; land sales in, 143; liquor licenses in, in 1808, 160; list of supervisors of, 517; prog- ress in, 353; schools of. 662; settlers in, 1801 and 1802, 137, 138, 145, 151, 156, 162, 176, 516, 517; village (Clarence Hollow), 518
Clarence Center, 519
Clark, Amos, 155, 602; Benjamin, 160, 569; Charles A .. 391; Charles P., Dr., 750; Edward, Dr .. 477, 745, 748-751; Elam, 340, 547: Elisha, 177; Elon, 567; Ezra, 351, 577; Frederick, 533; F. L., 600; George, 278; George, & Co., 591; Grosvenor, 366; Harvey, 570; Henry, 178; Herbert F., 528; Hiram, 570; Hor- ace, 317, 351, 354, 366, 458, 576, 592. 593, 684, 750; James, 350, 351, 547, 570; Jasper N., 539; John, 459, 557; J. W., 304, 475, 477; Joseph, 570; Lyman, 286; 340, 567. 590; Lucius 1., 532; L. B., 505; Myron H., 460. 559; Philip, 552; ·Seth, 410, 481; Simeon, 276, 346, 541, 109
543; Simeon T., Dr., 778. 779; Stephen, 477; Stephen C., 504; Sylvester, Dr. 719; Thomas, 151, 828 note, 481, 516; Thomas B., Dr., 719; Timothy T., 529; W. B., 594; Willis G., 532
Clarke, Archibald S., 151, 156, 158, 162, 184, 187, 257, 261, 287, 454, 456-458, 461-463, 518, 581. 682, 684, 687, 731; Carl G .. 832; Charles, 573, 781 ; Charles E., 657; Cyrus, 363 note: J. B., 815; Rev. Dr., 405; Walter, 405
Clarksburg, 543
Clary, Joseph, 300, 304, 314, 458, 474. 475, 681, 689, 702
Clemens, Cary, 531 ; Charles A., Dr., 751 ; John, 531 ; Samuel L., 821
Clement, Stephen M., 658
Clements, C., 511
Cleveland, Grover, 414, 452, 455, 472. 473, 475, 658, 684; Jedediah, 178, 531; William, 574
Clicker, John. 519
Clifford, Calvin, 687; Timothy, 549
Clinton, Dewitt, 268, 282, 284, 285; George, 364 note, 460; George De Witt, 359; George W., 365, 395, 405, 417, 456, 475, 676. 697. 707, 763, 767, 781, 838; H. P., Dr., 388, 479, 480; James, Gen., 112; Thomas R., 475, 477
Clor. Michael, 479
Clothier, William P., Dr., 749
Clough. Benjamin, 239; Benjamin I., 187,558
Coakley, John B., 487, 745, 751, 764
Coal traffic, the, 421, 422
Coats Giles K., 362
Coatsworth, Caleb, 350
Cobb, C., Rollin, Dr., 600: Nehemiah,
Rev., 548; Perez, 507, 508; Zenas, 546 Coburn, Theodore, 292, 475
Cochran, Samuel, 161, 187, 348. 531, 533, 535
Cochrane, A. G. C., 325
Cokerell, William, 491
Coe, Bela D., 304, 474, 475; Clifford, S. A., 486-488; Thomas, 494
Coffin, William, 370
Cofran, William, 582
Cogswell, G., 607
Cohen. Bernard, Dr., 748; J. L., 533
Coit. Benjamin B., Dr .. 726; Frank S., 584; George, 170 and note, 270, 288, 292, 370; Gordon C., 834
Colburn, C. J., 523; Edwin M., Dr., 727; John C., 536; Orlin J .. 524
Colby, Ezekiel, 161. 565; Harvey, 180, 565; Jefferson, 565; Jesse, 605; Jona- than, 161; Nathan, 565
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"Cold summer,' the, 257
Colden, gazetteer of, 521-524; in 1815-20, 276; list of supervisors of, 523; prog- ress in, 346; schools of, 662; settlers in, 178, 521; village, 522
Cole. George, 476: Hiram, 344; John, 274, 603, 605; John, Dr., 740; John P., Dr., 788; Miles, 605; Sidney W., Dr., 731; T., 581; William, 547
Colegrove, Bela H., Dr., 278, 354, 459, 480, 591, 592, 720, 722; James B., Dr., 738
Coleman, John, 456 Colie, Samuel D., 480, 481
Collier, C. W., Dr., 740
Collignon, Frank. 482, 483
Collingwood, William D., 485, 486
Collins, first town offiers of, 524: gazet- teer of, 524-529; in 1815-20, 278: list of supervisors of, 525; progress in, 348, 349; schools of, 662; settlers in, 179, 225, 226, 529
Collins and North Collins, settlers in, · 161 ; first births in, 179
Collins, Cattaraugus Reservation in, 526 Collins, Center, 528
Collins Farm Hospital, 805
Collins, A. N., Dr .. 750; George S., 278, 354, 591, 592; John, 547; Thomas, 278, 354, 483, 484, 591
Colt, Judah, 131
Colton, A. J., Dr., 750; Manly, 348, 477, 532, 534, 684; & Badgely, 532
Coltrin, Asa, Dr., 168, 184; William, 150, 186, 537, 558
Colvin, Amos,and sons, 144, 537; Charles, 588; Henry, 588; Luther, 239; Poltis, 559; Sanford G., 186; Stephen, 145, 494 Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo, 814-817 " Commission of the Peace " in 1814, 687 Commissioners of the State Board of Charities from Erie county, 456
Common school system, outline of the act establishing the, 632
"Community of Inspiration," the, 606
Comptrollers from Erie county, 455; of Buffalo, 477
Comstock, Charles A., 478
Conant, George, 502, 637
Concord, gazetter of, 530-536; in 1815-20, 277; list of supervisors of, 532; prog- ress in, 347; setlers in, 178, 180, 530, 531: (post-office), 536
Condon, Israel, Dr., 529, 349 Cone, Henry, 409
Congar, Horace M., Dr., 729, 733-735, 731-740, 753-756, 758-760
Congdon, Benjamin C., Dr., 719, 721,
722; Charles E., Dr., 748, 751: Israel. Dr., 721; J. M., 777
Conger. A. F., 527; Anson G., 459, 525: Moses L., 526
Congressional districts, changes in, 453 Conkey, David S., Dr., 494, 496
Conklin, Miss (infant school), 643
Conley, Walter H., Dr., 783
Conly, Philip, 577; William R., 366 Conners, William J .. 824 and note Constantine, J. W .. 560, 831
Constitution of 1821, officers under the,
586; of 1846, changes made by the, in the election of officers, 367, 467
Constitutional Convention of 1867.
changes effected by, 414
Convention opposed to the extension of slavery. at Buffalo, 468, 469
Cook, Albert E., 608; Eli, 384 and note. 386, 475, 476, 681, 694, 706; Ephraim. 649; Ezekiel, 239, 274, 538; E. G., Dr .. 804; E. W., Col., 534; George W., 592, 593; Ira S., 591; John, 180, 591; Jona- than, 591; Joseph T .. Dr., 805; Lean- der, 277, 565, 566; M. B., Dr .. 748; Peter, and son Norn.an, 526; P. G., 360 note; Raphael. 169; Simson. Dr .. 600; Sylvanus, 531; William, 155, 507. 550; William W., 390
Cooley, Elijah, 599
Coon, Ebenezer, 595; John, 187; Joseph. 496
Cooper, Arthur, 568; C. M., 677: Joseph. 180, 565; Lafayette, 570; Paige E .. 565: Samuel, 161, 180, 186, 531, 565
Cooper's Mills, 568
Copeland, David, Rev., 535, 639
Corbin, David, 180, 550; Dewitt C., 499: Joslyn M., 522
Corliss, Mitchell, 568; Samuel. 568 Cornell, Cyrus, 524
Cornplanter, 120; Half Town and Great Tree, compliments of, to Washington, 117
Cornwall, Levinus W., Dr., 493, 605: Ly- man, 337, 499, 500
Cornwell, Benjamin, Dr .. 748; E. J .. 593; Francis E., 710; Hiram D., 591. 592; William C., 438 note; W. W., 354. 593
Coshway, R. M., Mrs., 600
Cothran, George W., 681
Cott, George F., Dr., 749, 750
Cotter, Timothy. 482, 483
Cottier, Robert, 395
Cotton, Rowland, 144, 146, 154. 159, 186
Coughlin, Cornelius, 460; John J., 487
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Council of Appointment, member of, from Erie county, 456
Counties, erection of, in 1808, 157; orig- inal ten, in New York, 1 County and City Building, the, 699-698 County clerks, 684; officers, first, of Ni- agara county, 158; seat, location of, in 1808, 157; establishment of the, 686; treasurers, 460
Courier, Buffalo, 818-820, 824
Court, Circuit, 677; County, 679-681 ; the first, held in the county, 686, 687; for Correction of Errors and Appeals, 671 ; Municipal, of Buffalo, 681; of Ad- miralty, 670; of Appeals, 678; of Chan- cery, 670; of Common Pleas, colonial, 669, 672, 677, 687; of Oyer and Termin- er, 670; of Sessions, 677 ; Recorder's, 675; Superior, 675-677; Supreme, 672-674, justices from Erie county, 674: Surro- gate's, 682; system under Dutch rule, 665-669
Courts before the Revolution, 669-671; financial side of the. 685, 686; under English domination, 669-672
Court house and jail. completion of, in 1810, 168; the first, 159, 694; the second, 695; the third, 696 Courter, Ralph, 413, 477
Courtney, Maurice, 397
Coventry, Charles B., 390, 767, 771; Wal- ter B., Dr., 782
Covey, Lorenzo D., 340, 459, 580, 582, 583; M., 607; & Wheeler, 585 Cowles, Alvin, Dr., 721
Cox, Elisha, 569
Cramer, John W., Capt., 596
Crandall, G. A., 566; James F., 533; Luke, 179, 525; Merritt, 597; William L., 818
Crane, L. D., Dr., 582; O. P., Dr., 582 Crary, L. P., publisher first city direc- tory, 806; Leonard P., 474
Crawford, Alonzo, 519; A. H., Dr., 742; Samuel M., Dr., 726
Crego, Floyd S., Dr., 645, 747, 748, 764, 779, 784, 785 Cressy, E. H., Mrs., 834
Creswell, John A., 823 Cretsenger, George, and son George, 494 Creveling. J. P., Dr., 747 Criqui, William, 519
Crittenden, 491
Crocker, Andrew, 278; Charles, 523; James, 488, 705, 834; James, Mrs., 834: Samuel, 591; Thomas B., 593, 832 Crockett, M. A., Dr., 749, 751, 785 Cromwell, William, 278, 538
Cronin, Patrick, Rev., 825
Cronk, James, 176, 261, 272, 287, 517, 581, 684, 687
Cronyn, John, Dr., 418, 789, 740, 742-744, 751, 760, 761, 763, 764, 777, 784, 785; J. L. C. Dr., 744, 777
Crook, Asa, 568; Micah B., 289, 500; Si- mon, 500; William, 566
Crooker, James F., 456, 476, 649, 660; Michael, 607
Croop, H. H., 584
Crosby, Clark F., 593; Morton, 591, 592 Cross, E. T., 489; George, 497
Crout, L. F., 498
Crow, John, 134, 142, 144
Crowder, Jacob, 480, 481
Crowe, Thomas M., Dr., 748
Crowell, Anna Fiske, Dr., 799
Crowley, John L., 459
Crown, A. H., 600
Cruice, Daniel. 459, 482
Crump, Benjamin, 521; Robert G., 524 Cuddeback, William H., 476, 682
Cully, David, 136, 581
Culver, Noah, 531
Cummings, F. H., 578: Harlow, 582; Henry P., 584; Hezekiah, 340, 580, 582, 584; John, 143, 144, 154, 478, 557; Lowell M., 533; Palmer, 584; Scott, 533; Uriah, 584; William M., 580, 582 Cummings Akron Cement Works, 584 Cunningham, Henry S., 518; John, 595 Curran, Hiram A., 508, 660; William, 508 Currier, Abner, 156, 261, 535, 640; Chauncey G., 567; William B., 460, 522, 524; & Bolender, 522
Curry, Francis F., 476 Curtenius, John L., 710
Curtin, Thomas, 413 note
Curtis, Charles G., 369 note: Luther, 179. 531; R. J., Dr., 740; Sylvester, 565: William, 571
Curtiss, A. M., Dr. 551, 805; Peter, 477, 478, 834
Cushing, Frank S., 572
Custom house, effort to remove the, from Buffalo to Black Rock, 164-166; re- moval of, to Black Rock, 171
Cutler, Asher, 567; Caleb, and son Will- iam C., 277, 565, 591 ; Ezekiel, 535, 639: G. W., Dr., 748, 853
Cutting, Harmon S., 413, 459, 475, 476, 681 Cwiklinski, Frank, 488
Dabolt, George H., 532 Dagenais, Alphonse, Dr., 742, 764, 766 Daggett, Byron H., Dr., 477, 741, 749, 761, 779, 785
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Dahl, Peter 600 Dailey, Morrill T., 583 Daily Journal, Buffalo, 814, 815 Dain, Thomas, 200 Dake, John, 340, 568
Daley, Martin, 292
Dalrymple, Hattie, Miss, 560
Dalton, John C., jr., Dr., 734, 771, 810
Damainville, Lucien, Dr., 794
Dambach, John, Dr., 743
Dana, Daniel H., 288
Danaby. Michael, 483
Dandy, James H., 394
Danforth, E., 660: Frederick L., 842; William. Dr., 551
Daniels, Charles, 438 note, 455, 674; Clayton, M., Dr., 745, 763, 777; Lyman A., 483, 484
Dann, Edward S., 410, 499, 480,
Danser, E. G., Dr .. 749 Darbee & Peek, 503 Darby, Chester, 500; James G., 501 ; Jed- ediah, 274, 500; John C., 274, 500
Darcy, Charles, 373, 684
Darling, Russell, 177, 500
Darmstadter, William, 488
Darrow, Edward S., 500; Elijah, 500; Henry P., 506; Noyes, 477
Dart, Allen K .. 557, 560; Clark, 557; Horace, 561 ; Joseph, 358, 359 and note, 657; Moses, 178, 559
Davidson, Augustus R., Dr., 744, 747, 749, 762, 763, 777, 778, 793: H. C., 593 Davies, Henry E , 474
Davis, Albert, 545; Augustine, 832; Gar- ritt, 128; George A., 456, 458, 570; Isaac. 163; J., 607; James, 546; James C., 545; Jarvis, 479; Lewis L., Dr., 508; Nathaniel P., 565;Thaddeus, 456; William, 302, 582, 677; William H., 501
Davy, John, 484-486
Daw, Henry, 363 note
Dawes, Julius, 406 note
Daws, William, 482
Day, Benjamin F., 565; Charles, 524; David F., 459, 461. 476, 658, 682; David M., 305, 477, 814, 815; Ebenezer, 853; Elijah, 600; Elijah Van Rensselaer 597; Rodney, 351, 576
Dayton, Charles L., Dr., 477, 482, 735, 740, 757; Herbert. 493; John, 276, 541; Lewis P., Dr., 418, 459, 475, 477, 479- 481, 684, 733, 738, 739, 741
Dean, Stephen, Dr., 722
Dearborn, Henry, Gen., 197, 211, 212, 214 Debus, Philip, 843
Decker, Joel, 342, 606; Smith. 505 Deckhart, Henry, 350
Dee, M. J., 823 Deeter, Daniel, 521 De Glopper, Peter, 556
De Graff. James H., 595, 596
De Haas, Carl, 613
De la Barre's administration, failure of. 55, 56
Delaney, William E., 475
Delano. Jonathan, 341. 582, 583
De la Rochefoucauld-Liaincourt, exper- ience of, at Buffalo's first tavern, 122 Dellenbaugh, Frederick, Dr., 382, 477- 479, 612
Delong, James, 478
Delzer, William, 572
Denhiser, George, 589
Denio, Isaac, 162, 581
Denison, Misses (seminary), 643
Denner, George, 484, 485
Dennis, J. W., 482, 483
Dennison, Daniel, 351; Dudley, 377 Ellery E., 777
De Nonville's administration, and inva- sion of the Seneca country, 57
Densmore, Eliphalet, 514; Jay, 830
Dental Practitioner and Advertiser, the. 829
Denton. L. A., Dr., 750; Mary I .. Dr .. 750; Robert, 338 note
Depew, 515, 574, 575
De Puy. W. R., 533, 830
Derby, 553
Deshay. William, 138, 142. 581
Deshler, John D., 397; John G., 459
Deuel, Ira, 607; Isaac, 557: James H .. 540; William T .. 607
Deuel's Corners, 539
Devening, Daniel, 479; Daniel, jr., 459, 480; Daniel, Dr., 731, 738
Devil's Hole, tragedy at the, 102, 103 (note)
Devlin, John, 406 note
Dewey, Norman B., 570; Orville S., 391 ; Truman, 459
De Witt, Simeon, 268
De Young,
. Dr., 571
Diamond, Abraham, 510. 511
Dibble, Ebenezer, 535; Hezekiah, 180, 550; Orange J., 550, 553. 554
Dick, Joseph B., 501; William, 600
Dickenherr. Martin, 842
Dickman, Charles, 483 Dickerman. Isaac, 339. 565; Marcellus L., 565, 566; Perry D., 566, 567, 569 Dickey, Benjamin, 482, 483 Dickinson, Robert, 491
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Diedrich, Christian, 600; Henry, 600
Diehl, Alfred E., Dr., 750, 785, 789; Con- rad, Dr., 475, 651, 741, 760, 761, 764, 782, 784, 786, 788 Diethorn, George, 530
Dietrich Brothers, 504, 829, & O'Brien, 563
Dietzer, John, 482
Dilcher, Henry, 482; Jacob, 438 note
Dillingham. D. A., 590; Gurney O., 660 Dimond, Elias, 603
Dingens, Joseph A,, 406 note
Discoveries of the Western Continent accidental, 41
District attorneys, 683
District Nursing Association, 848 Ditto, John A., 476 Doane, Betsey, 640
Dodge, Alvin. 154, 596, 645; E. C., 490, 831; Henry W., 497; Jonathan W., 570; J. Wayne, 496: Leonard, 495
Dods, A. W., Dr., 805
Dole, Benjamin, 480; Franklin, 542, 545; Jacob, 607; John A., 350; Linus, 542 Dolph, Aaron, 151, 581
Domedian, Jacob, 613 Donaldson, John A., 485, 486
Doney, Henry, 186
Donohue, Cornelius, 460
Doolittle, Calvin, 155, 239, 507; Leland, 390
Dorland, E. T., Dr., 742, 744, 748; P. S., Dr., 739
Dormer, James H., 844
Dorsheimer, Philip, 395, 456; William, 405, 417, 418, 455, 472
Dorst, John V., 559
Dorr, E. P., 363 note, 392, 405 note, 480; L. B., Dr., 749; Samuel G., Dr., 743 Dossert, John, 623
Doty, Charles B., 484
Douglass, A. J .. 375 ; Benjamin, 187, 531 ; Christopher, 531; W. A., 534
Dowd, J. Henry, Dr., 751
Dowlman, William, Dr., 749
Downey, Thomas, 582
Doyle, Thomas M., 485; John, 482, 483; Peter C., 364 note
Drake, Jacob, 178, 531: John, 156, 531; John J., 494, 750; Lyman, 531 ; Marcus M., 483 note, 475, 476, 483-485; Otis S., 391
Drescher, C. P., 483
Dresser, Amelia F., Dr., 751
Drew. C. H., 601. 830; J., 643; William H., 387, 388
Driggs, Roswell, 355, 597; Roswell W .. 597; Urial, 355, 597, 600
Drullard, George, 373, 533
Dubois, George M., 542; James B., 479- 481
Dudley, Gideon, 142, 150, 180, 187, 550, 558; Glen G., 600; John P., Dr., 782, 768; Joseph P., 784; Lieutenant, 211; Wesley C., 660
Duehrfeldt, Frederic and Gustav, 624 Duer, John, 186
Dummett, Andrew, 148
Dunbar, Charles F., 805; Robert, 359
Dunham, Elijah, 178, 531; F. E. & Co., 582; Jacob, 581; Robert, 581; Sydney A., Dr., 749
Dunn, Abram M., 495; John, 149
Dunnett & Co., 583
Dunning. Isaac, Dr., 721
Durbin, E. J., 574, 575
Durboraw, Thomas, 517, 518
Durfee, Philo, 362, 363 note
Durham, Jacob, 143
Durick, James, 477, 853
Duringer, Apollos, 514: Joseph, 513, 514 Durkee, Charles R., 460, 684; Edward J., Dr., 721 ; Ziba, 493
Durnet, Andrew, 516
Durr, Abram, 487; Adam, 486
Dustin, John, 565; Timothy, 180, 550, 565 Dutch aggressiveness in the fur trade, 45; claims in the new world, bases of, 42: institutions, laws and customs, the basis of our present systems (note), 45 Dutton, Oliver, 508
Dwight, Theodore, on "oak openings," 2; Timothy, Rev., Buffalo in 1804 pic- tured by. 146-148
Dwinell, J. W., 818
Dwyer, T. F., Dr., 748, 751
Dykstra, John G., 570
Eadie, A. B., Dr., 805 Eagan, Henry P., 583
Eames. Edward, 364 note
Earl, Benjamin, 161, 177, 603; Isaac, 342, 606; John 'T., 574, 832; J. W., 535, 639; Orson, 551, 554; Rufus, 145; Taber, 145, 352, 353, 499, 545, 546; W. C., Dr., 743
East Aurora, Upper and Lower Villages of, 888, 501-505; Clarence, 520, Con- cord, 536; Eden, 543; Elma. 548; Evans (Jerusalem), 553; Holland, 568; Lancaster, 575; Seneca, 608
East Hamburg, erection of, 377; first town officers of, 540; gazetteer of, 537- 540; land sales in, 143; list of super- visors of, 540; Quakers in, 154 schools of, 662; settlers in, 150, 177, 178, 537, 538
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Eastman, Sandford, Dr., 477, 784, 785, 737-742, 756-761, 773, 774, 782, 838 Easton, Francis, 180
Eaton, Augustin, 292; John B., 391; P. G., 348 532, 534; Rufus, 178, 180, 187,
. 531, 532, 534: Rufus C., 277, 531-534, 640; Samuel, 143, 507; Sylvester, 531; & Blake, 532; & Butterworth, 532; & Hall, 532
Ebbs, Alfred, 578
Ebenezer, Society, the, 376, 377, 606, 608 Ebersole. J. H . 518
Eckerson, Irving D., 584, 660
Eddy Aaron, 144, 537; Brace G., 489; David. 144, 151, 155, 186, 237, 273, 537. 538, 557. 687; Frank E .. 594; George W., & Co., 560; Jacob, 150, 537; Mary, 144, 155, 499, 521, 637; S. W., 535; Thomas, 268; Dr., 741
Eden, first town officers of, 544; gazetteer of, 540-545; in 1815-20, 275, progress
in, 345; schools of, 663; settlers in, 161, 179, 541, 542
Eden Center, 542
Eden Valley, 543
Edmonds, H. M., 600; J. J., Dr., 734
Edsall, Samuel, 143, 183, 187, 581
Edson, H. H. & J. P., 491; John, 491
Education under the Dutch and English rule, 629, 630
Edwards, G. A., & Co., 503; William, 605 Eels, Charles, 491
Efner, Elijah, D., 292, 382, 474
Egberton, Lawson, 145
Eggert, Aaron W., 495, 496; Christian M., 597; Oliver J., 684
Eggertsville, 498
Eggleston, Alanson, 143; Alonzo, 569 Eichel, Robert, 625
Einsfield, J. P., 482, 483
Eisbein, C. D., Dr., 744
Eldred, Almon, 517; H. B., 517
Eldridge, Adoniram, 187; George, 577; Solomon, 186
Elections, synopses of, from 1812 to 1896, 461-473
Elevator system, the, 358, 359 and note Ellas, Francis, 478
Ellicott, 539; Benjamin. 128, 261, 454, 462, 463, 494; Joseph, 13, 124, 126, 127, 128; appointment as local sales agent for the Holland company, and his resi- dence at Asa Ransom's 135; 136; dis- appointment of, at slow sales of lands, 137: statement regarding the site of Buffalo, 139 (note); fears the rivalry of Black Rock 140; 144, 192, 263, 268, 286, 516, 580
Ellicott's Creek Slack Water Navigation Company, 355
Elliott, August G., 532; J. B., Lieut .. brilliant exploit of, 198, 199; Jesse D .. Capt., 220; John, 484
Ellis, George W., 535
Ellison, I. S., 613
Ellsworth, Frank W., 566, 567; Henry. 156; Isaac B., 566
Elwood, Henry S., Dr., 742; & Venner, 560
Elma, erection of, 384; first town officers of, 549; gazetteer of, 545-549; list of supervisors of, 549; progress in, 352; settlers of, 545-547; village, 546, 547 Elma Center, 547
Elmendorf, Henry L., 328 note
Ely, Calvin, 570; E. Selden, 513, 514: Ezra, 570; Israel N., 850, 459, 513, 514, 570; Israel, and sons Judah, Israel N ..
E. Sterling and E. Selden, 335; Noyes.
570; Selden, 570; William S., Dr., 747 Emerdofer, George, 520
Emerson, A. J., 593; Henry P., 649 and note, 660; Nathaniel, 141, 145. 499 Emery, Edward K., 460, 681
Emigration westward after the Revo- lution, 118
Emmons, Carlos, Dr., 348, 457, 458. 467.
533-535, 722, 726-729; Wales, 533, 688 Emory, sr., Josiah, 500
Emslie, Peter, 410, 476
Endres, Matthias, 460
Engel, George. 533
English capture of Manhattan and its consequences, 45; claims in the new world, basis of. 42; plans for the cam- paign of 1759, 91 : William, 547
Enos, Benjamin, 186, 338, 500, 558; Laur- ens, 410
Enquirer. Buffalo, the. 823
Ensign, Charles, 328 note; Elisha, 159. 186; Zerah, 143, 149, 516
Enterprise, Lancaster, the. 832
Epidemic in 1812, 209
"Era of prosperity," the, 361
Erb, Abram, 639; Albert E., Dr., 750 Erdmann, Diedrich, 391
Erie Canal, celebration of the completion of, 285; construction of, begun, 2×4: inception and construction of, 267, 268; struggle over the western terminus of the, 268; success of. 293 and note
Erie county, aboriginal occupants of the territory of, 23; boundaries of, 1; con- dition of, at the date of its formation. 336; condition of. general, at the close of the war of 1812, 256. 257; con-
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flicting claims of New York and Mass- achusetts to territory of, 8; erection of, 280; first combat involving white men in, 105 and note, 106; first newspapers in, 183-185; first railroad in, 318; ge- ology of, 4; genesis of, 1; immigration to, 317; importance of the period be- tween 1815 and 1821 to, 272; Indian rights and treaties relating to, 6-11; "oak openings' in, 2, 3: officers in the national government from, 452-455; of- ficers in the State government from, 455-460; population of, 285; population of. 1825 to the present, 446; sovereign- ty and occupants of, 6: streams of, 5; summary of educational institutions in. outside of Buffalo, 659, 660; topography of, 3: uneventful period in, betweeu 1821 and 1832. 293
Erie County Almshouse, the, 300 and note : Homoeopathic Medical Society, 802; Hospital, 784, 785
Erie Preserving Company, 511
Erie the old town of, 15, 16: first town meeting in the town of, 149; oblitera- tion of, 158.
Fries, extinction of, by the Iroquois, 23 Ernest, C. E., Dr., 749; J. Glen, Dr., 751 Ernst, Godfrey, 460 Escherich, Michael, 350
Esenschied, Adam. 561
Eshleman, Jacob, 517, 518; John, 353, 517, 519
Esser, John. 483. 484
Esslinger, Charles, 478
Estabrook, John. 488; Mehitable, 489; Nathaniel, 488; Seth, 272, 489
Estee, Silas, 179, 541, 545
Estes, W. H. 512
European claimants, three, for the West- ern Continent, 40
Eustaphieve, Alexis E., 388
Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Orphan Asylum, 840
Evans, gazetteer of, 549-554; in 1815-20, 275; list of supervisors of, 554; pleas- ure resorts in, 551; progress in, 345; schools of. 661; settlers in, 154, 161, 180, 550, 551 Evans Center. 551
Evans, Daniel E., 275, 296-298, 320, 494; Edward, 601; Edwin T., 418, 844; Hen- ry B., 495; J. C., 362; John R., 476, 479; Lewis, 477; Lewis M., 482; Schwinger & Co., 601
Evening News, Buffalo, the, 823
Evening Telegraph Buffalo, the, 823 Everson, William, 598
Ewell, Dexter, 493; E. H., 493; E. W., Dr., 572; Frederic S., 493; Joseph, 685; Joseph E., 493 Express, Buffalo, the, 820-822
Faber, George, 515 Fackler, Samuel, 156, 494
Fairbanks, Joshua, Lewiston, 131; Will- ard, 352, 545; Wilham, Dr., 574
Fales, Henry, 291 Faling David R., 596; Jeremiah, 596
Falk, Jacob M., 748
Fanner, Charles P., Dr., 738
Fanning. Rufus, 597
Fargo. Francis F., 475: Hannah. 841; James F., 805: Jerome F., 841; Will- iam G., 395, 475, 783, 820; William G., Mrs., 400 Farmer, William, 483
Farmer's Brother, 36-39, 215-216
Farnham, 511
Farnham, J., 607; Leroy, 511, 607, 684; Thomas, 657, 834
Farnsworth, A. D., 490; Thomas, 342, 489, 490
Farquhar, Johu M., 455
Farrington. Burt E., 565; Dascomb, Dr .. 568; Edward, Dr., 568; Ezra, 569; Ja- cob, 161, 565
Farthing, James, 607
Farwell, Eldridge, 513
Faude, Louis W., 487
Faulkner, Morgan L., 477
Fay. Benjamin, 180, 261. 531; Josiah, 179, 531
Faxon, Charles, 817, 818; Henry W., 820: James, 817
Fechter, Louis, 487
Federspiel, George, 560; & Eckhardt, 560
Feldmann, Anton, 612; Charles L., 476, 682; Henry, Rev., 842
Felegmacher, Joseph, Dr., 732
Fell, George E., Dr., 745, 765
Felton, Charles E., 392, 480; H., 607; John, 145, 581; Levi, 137, 149, 160, 516 Fenian fiasco, the, 411, 412
Fenner, Seth, 397, 459 499
Fenno, Moses, 176, 186, 488
Fenton, E. G., 588
Ferner, James A .. 490
Ferrand, Henry L., 608
Ferrin, A. W .. 533, 829
Ferris, Peter J., 410, 438 note, 483, 842; Zebulon, 459, 683
Ferry, the old Black Rock, extract from Charles B. Norton concerning, 172, 173 Feyler, Ernest, 511
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Fidelity Trust and Guaranty Company, Buffalo, 438 note
Fidinger, H., 519; John, 518
Fiegle, Augustus, 519: Conrad, 527; George, and son John B., 494; John B., 495; Louis, 527
Field, Asahel, 533; F. H., Dr., 751; George S., 438 note, 476; Henry, 389; Jesse, 572; Pliny A., 186
Fields, Asa, 186; Samuel H., 417, 697; Samuel J., 476; Solomon, 186, 531 Fillmore, Calvin, Col., 160, 261, 274, 324, 458, 500. 501, 637; Glezen, Rev .. 160, 162, 257, 262. 263, 517. 688; Millard, 295, 301, 317 322, 338. 365, 382, 387, 405, 452, 454, 455, 458, 464-471, 502, 637, 646, 767, 768; Nathaniel, 338; Simeon, 286, 517; Hall & Haven, 694; & John- son, 542
Financial crash of 1836-37, 321. 322; crisis of 1857 and its causes, 384; mat- ters after the Rebellion, 406; panic of 1873. the, 415
Finnerty, J. J., Dr., 751
Finney, Cyrus, 351, 576
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