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paring this         society, which has yet to view it’s        , with such         events. Nevertheless the “Buffalo Historical Society” having been organized, it seems fit and proper that it should be inaugurated and we have met this evening for that purpose.
            But the question is naturally asked, why establish a Historical Society in Buffalo? We also know its history and that of the surrounding country. The town itself – as village and city – is         older then its oldest inhabitants, and the whole of Western New York