Scope and content Includes correspondence, contracts, labor and carpenter accounts, itemized accounts and plans for the construction of the American House, shops, a malt house, foundry and various dwellings in Buffalo, and other items relating to Colonel Clemons' activities as a builder (1828-1845); goldsmith accounts (1843-1845); general household and expense accounts (1828-1846); a series of letters from Alanson Palmer, a patent broker, land speculator, and builder, relating to their mutual interests in the...