Guide to the microfilm edition of the Peter B. Porter papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
By: Lester W. Smith, project director ; Arthur C. Detmers, editor
Contributors: Detmers, Arthur C.; Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844; Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; United States. National Historical Publications Commission
Publisher: Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Buffalo, N. Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Manuscripts; Catalogs; History; Sources; Bibliography; Correspondence; Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; United States. Commissioners Appointed for the Exploration and Survey of the Northeastern Boundary
Notes: Cover title.

Sponsored by the National Historical Publications Commission.
Table of contents: title: Partial list of correspondents; title: Introduction and biographical sketches; title: Arrangement of papers and classification system ; Types and forms of documents: Arrangement of papers and classification scheme; Types and forms of documents; title: The card catalogs: The author catalog ; The subject catalog; title: Content of the collection; title: Provenance of the collection; title: Related materials in other collections and in published sources: Unpublished sources ; Published sources; title: The microfilm: Outline of classes and rolls ; Mechanics of filming ; Roll notes: The catalogs; War of 1812; Indian affairs; Early Buffalo and Black Rock; Black Rock Harbor; Boundary survey; Secretary of War; Phelps-Gorham purchase; Holland Land Company; Slave extraditions; Maps; Steamboats; Railroads; Black Rock Ferry; Williamsville; Fort Niagara; Postmarks; Benjamin Rathbun; Niagara Falls; Niagara Falls Water Power; Niagara Falls Ferry; Canadian Rebellion (Patriot War); Ship canal around Niagara Falls; Grand Island; Autographs; Pension and bounty papers; Provision contracts; Mail routes; Indian rations; Pamphlets; Niagara River; Miscellaneous; Personal; Manuscripts; Newspapers; Maps; Pictures; Miscellaneous; Clay-Porter correspondence.