Manuscripts

Millard Fillmore et al, Buffalo, New York, letter to Governor John Thompson Hoffman :

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Description: Fillmore and other citizens of Buffalo, New York recommending the appointment of Robert H. Best as a commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Police in Buffalo, in case of vacancy. Signed by 20 individuals.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870 January.
Call number: mssHM 39933
Creator: Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of June 1974. Removed from De Alva Stanwood Alexander, A Political History of the State of New York (New York : H. Holt and company, 1906-1909), 111170, volume 2, part 1.
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Associated people: Hoffman, John T. (1828-1888,)
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