John Porteous fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]
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John Porteous fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]
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Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides descriptive lists of items copied and nominal lists of correspondence. The papers are arranged in series, which frequently overlap. MSS0424 (90: Open)
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Record information John Porteous fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]
Date:1765-1902.Reference:R6476-0-8-E, MG23-GIII7Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104004Date(s):1765-1902.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:6 microfilm reels positive.
1.5 cm of textual records (72 p.) transcripts.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the microfilmed Porteous papers at Buffalo, 1765-1862. They contain correspondence including letters from Alexander Henry, George Forsyth, Richardson and Co., Robert Hamilton, and John Richardson; miscellaneous accounts including that relating to the privateer ship Vengeance; miscellaneous related records of John Porteous and several of his successors in business, microfilm reels M-478 to M-483; and the John Richardson letters including correspondence with James Phyn, Alexander Ellice, and John Inglis, 1780-1800.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Porteous, John, ca. 1799 : John Porteous emigrated from Perth, Scotland in approximately 1761. He engaged in the fur trade as a partner in Duncan, Sterling and Porteous, and in association with James Phyn and Alexander Ellice of Schenectady, N.Y. A Loyalist, he was at New York until the evacuation in 1783, when he travelled to Scotland and Nova Scotia. In ca.1788 he returned to New York, settled at Little Falls and was naturalized in 1790.Additional information:General note:John Richardson letters, 1780-1800; typescript copy made in 1909.Custodial history:Henry H. Howland presented the Porteous papers to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, New York, in 1917., H.R. Howland of Buffalo, N.Y. was the owner of the John Richardson letters, 1780-1800, at the time the typescript copy was made in 1909.Location of originals note:The originals of microfilmed material are held by the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.Related material:Approximately half of Porteous papers at Buffalo, 1765-1862, including bills receipts and accounts, were not sorted at the time of filming in 1960. For related information see MG 19 B 5.Subject heading:- John Porteous - Correspondence, [1765-1862] James Phyn, [1780-1800]
- Privateering, [1773-1782] Alexander Ellice, [1780-1800]
- Inglis, John [1780-1800]
- Shipping, [1780-1784] Western Island Lock Navigation Co., [1771-1862]
- Commerce - Niagara (Ont.:District), [1767-1798] Forsyth, Richardson %26 Co., [1771-1862]
- Business, [1771-1862] George Forsyth, [1767-1798]
- Indians of North America - Dictionaries, [1771-1862] "Robert Hamilton, the Founder of Queenston," 1903
- Huron language - Dictionaries, [1771-1862] Robert Hamilton, [1789-1796]
- Bounties, Military - United States, [1771-1862] "The John Richardson Letters," 1902
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 John Richardson, [1780-1800]
- "A British Privateer in the American Revolution," [1773-1783]
- Elegante (Ship), [1773-1783]
- Vengeance (Ship), [1773-1783]
- Fur trade Canada 18th century
- Fourrures Canada 18e siècle
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