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United States -- History -- War of 1812

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Memoranda of Occurences...Niagara (Peter B. Porter), 1825

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Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

Account of General Peter B. Porter's "Memoranda of Occurrences and some important facts attending the Campaign on the Niagara"

Dates: 1825
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / PORT-000-000-045, Porter Family Collection / Box X-8 - Porter Documents

Memoranda of Occurrences and Some Important Facts Attending the Campaign on the Niagara by General Peter B. Porter

 Item — Box 280: Series Series 1; Series Series 3; Series Series 8 [Barcode: SC0452]
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

"This Record of General Peter B. Porter's Report of The Niagara Campaigns, 1812-1814, Transcribed in 1972 from his hand-written account, was written sometime after 1825 to Explain His Actions in the War of 1812."

Tags: Porter Family, War of 1812, War, Niagara Frontier.

Dates: 1896-1995
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / MTH-000-000-028, Manuscripts,Theses and other Written Works / Manuscripts

MS - Anon. 1860 - RR - Somerset, 1898-1902

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Identifier: Subgroup 1
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19th century accounts related to living in Niagara Falls as well as an essay related to the history of Lake Ontario Shore Railroad

Dates: 1898-1902
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NFHS-000-000-023, Niagara Falls Historical Society Collection / Edward T. Williams Collection / Miscellaneous

Niagara Name, 2014 - 2015

 File — Drawer SC0992: [Barcode: SC0992]
Scope and Contents

Bicentennial Peace Garden Trail brochures (originals)

Dates: 2014 - 2015
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CNF-000-000-081, City of Niagara Falls Collection / Reference Materials / Subjects N-O

None, 1929-1942

 Box — Box F-1: [Barcode: SC2088]
Identifier: Box 2
F-1 1 Large scrapbook with red leather cover.Contains: -News articles re: Porter family history-Article about house (n.d.) by Edward T. Williams and how it was demolished-1942 article about nurses aids (WWII) including a relative, Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge-Article by E. Williams about sword-Article on reunion program at Cataract House, 1862, 1930 -66th Reunion (68th Anniversary) of Col. Peter A. Porter's...
Dates: 1929-1942
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / PORT-000-000-045, Porter Family Collection

Porter Family Collection Misc. Papers, 1813-1902

 File — Box W-3: Series Series 1; Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2227]
Scope and Contents

Augustus Porter receipt (1813), American Niagara Frontier in War of 1812 by Peter A. Porter, Memo from Peter A. Porter (1902), "To Capitalists and Manufacturers" by Augustus Porter (1847), and copy of letter from Peter A. Porter concerning the War of 1812 reinterment

Dates: 1813-1902
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / PORT-000-000-045, Porter Family Collection

Porter, Peter B. - Memoranda, undated

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Identifier: Subgroup 1
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of Memoranda of occurrences and some important facts attending the Campaign of Niagara by General Peter B. Porter

Dates: undated
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NFHS-000-000-023, Niagara Falls Historical Society Collection / Edward T. Williams Collection / Miscellaneous

So-Su - Stedman, circa 1812-1813

 File — Drawer C-5-3: [Barcode: SC1000]
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a receipt regarding damages to property in 1813 during the war of 1812. Includes a small lose piece indicating it was copied from the original in Buffalo

Dates: circa 1812-1813
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / People R-Z

Veterans, 1898 - 1964

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC0998]
Scope and Contents 50th Anniversary Celebration Program (original), Honorable Discharge Certificates for Edwin J. Murray (original), Act creating a temporary State Commission to Commemorate the War of 1812 (original), Names for the Civil War Monument (original), Letter of Commission (original), Disabled America Veterans Recognition Certificate (original), Award of Merit (original), Amvets Military Ball Program (original), Amvet National March Sheet Music (original), Poems (original), "The Spanish-American War"...
Dates: 1898 - 1964
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CNF-000-000-081, City of Niagara Falls Collection / Reference Materials / Subjects U-Z

War 1812 - Detroit Historical Society, 1965

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Scope and Contents

A Catalog of an Exhibit Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the War of 1812

Dates: 1965
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CAO-000-000-019, Clubs and Organizations / Historical Societies / Historical Societies

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