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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Roman numerals (I. and II.) preceding the Arabic numbering of pages, indicate the Volume referred to. (Buffalo, Rochester, and Utica are indexed separately.) Broadway Brewing' and Malting Co., II., 19. Brothers, John L, I., 182. Brown, Lieut. Cyrus, I., 74. Brown, George, II., 157. Brown, General Jacob, I., 30. Brown, Colonel James M., I., 72. Brown, Rev. John W., II., 118. Brown, Walter L., II., 165. Browne, Irving, II., 189, 190. Browning, John, II., 210. Brunck, Dr. F. C, I., 67; II., 202. Brush, Dr. Edward N., II., 185. Bryant, Captain George H., I., 119. Bryant, J. C, II., 149. Bryant, Warren, I., 258. Bryant, William C, I., 193; II., 170, 222. Bryant & Stratton's Business College, II., 148. Buchanan, William I., I., 88. Buckham, H. B., II., 141. Budd, Captain Thomas A., I., 82. Buell, Jonathan S., I, 211. Buffalo; The Site, I., 3, 4; Indian prede-cessors of the white man, 4-9; first white settler, 7; early land titles, 9, 10; the Holland Purchase, 10; first white family, 10; first mention in literature, 11, 12; origin of the name Buffalo, 13; Joseph Ellicott's city plan, 14, 15; the village as seen by Timothy Dwight in 1804, 15, 16; pio-neer settlers, 16-19; the first post-master and customs collector, 17; the first sitting of court, 19; rivalry of Black Rock, 21, 22, 32, 33, 97-106; the village in 1871, 22; the first newspaper, 22; during the War of 1812-14, 23-31; burning of the village. 27-30; the first lake steamer, 32, 33; the village in 1818, 33, 34; the first church, 34; slaves in Buffalo, 35; first daily mail, 35; second church build-ing, 35; opening of the Erie Canal, --the village in 1825, 36-38; early German citizens, 43; chartered as a city, 43; first visitation of cholera, 43, 44; the first water works, 45; the speculative craze of ...
