Genealogy and sketch of early life

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

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  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.

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  Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to General James Grant Wilson, New York :

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  Thanking Wilson for the copy of Halleck's Poems. Fillmore praises the poems and corrects Fitz-Greene Halleck's misidentification of Seneca chief Red Jacket as Tuscarora, provides information about his history.

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  Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah J. Buell Hale, Philadelphia :

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  Regarding Hale's campaign for a national day of thanksgiving. Fillmore expresses the opinion that Congress would not find it an appropriate subject for legislation and that he does not think it should be an executive action but should be left to state governors.

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  Genealogy Notes [undated]: Regarding Bennett Family. 4 items

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  Letters, manuscripts, documents (including Connecticut and Ohio land deeds document personal and business affairs of the Adamses and their relatives, chiefly concerning land transactions; everyday life in Ohio in the middle of the nineteenth century; genealogy.

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  Genealogy Notes: Regarding Adams Family (1911, Apr.) 17 items

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  Letters, manuscripts, documents (including Connecticut and Ohio land deeds document personal and business affairs of the Adamses and their relatives, chiefly concerning land transactions; everyday life in Ohio in the middle of the nineteenth century; genealogy.

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  A short sketch of the life of Levi Jackman [microform]: c.1832-1848

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  Microfilm of Levi Jackman's autobiography and diary, which begins with an account of his childhood and conversion to the Mormon faith. He also gives an extensive account of mob violence in Missouri in 1833 and of his journey to Kirtland by way of Louisiana. He describes his missionary work in Illinois from 1835-1836, writes of the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, and mentions his work on the temples at Kirtland and Nauvoo. Much of the volume is a detailed diary account of his overland travels to Utah with the first company of Mormon pioneers in 1847. He gives a daily account of scenery and landmarks passed, as well as an account of camp life. He specifically describes Pawnee Indians, passing through a prairie dog town, sighting buffalo, and meeting Sam Brannan on the trail near the Salt Lake Valley. Jackman also writes of his reaction to his first sighting of Utah, declaring that "like Moses on Pisgah's top we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home. We did truly rejoice at the sight" (July 19, 1847). The remainder of the volume includes Jackman family genealogy and a brief continuation of the autobiography, in which Jackman describes his life in Utah from 1847-1848, including a mention of the Mormon Battalion. Portions of the text are very faint and may be partially illegible.

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