CONTENTS:

v. 1. The subject -- Erie County in 1620 -- From 1620 to 1655 -- The Iroquois -- From 1655 to 1679 -- French dominion -- English dominion -- From 1783 to 1788 -- The council -- From 1783 to 1788 -- From 1788 to 1797 -- Survey and settlement -- From 1802 to 1807 -- Re-organization -- Pioneers and Indians -- From 1808 to the war -- The campaign of 1812 -- The campaign of 1813 -- Sword and fire -- The campaign of 1814 -- From the war to the division of the county -- From formation of Erie County until 1830 -- From 1831 to 1840 -- From 1841 to 1860 -- During and since the union war -- Twenty-first and other regiments -- Forty-ninth infantry and other regiments -- One hundredth infantry -- One hundredth and sixteenth infantry and other regiments -- Cavalry and artillery volunteers -- The citizen soldiery -- The Erie Canal -- Erie County Agricultural Society -- County buildings -- Civil list -- Geology of Erie County -- History of the town of Newstead -- History of the town of Clarence -- History of the town of Amherst -- History of the town of Tonawanda -- History of the town of Grand Island -- History of the town of Alden -- History of the town of Lancaster -- History of the town of Cheektowaga -- History of the town of Marilla -- History of the town of Elma -- History of the town of West Seneca -- History of the town of Hamburg -- History of the town of East Hamburg -- History of the town of Aurora -- History of the town of Wales -- History of the town of Evans -- History of the town of Eden -- History of the town of Boston -- History of the town of Colden -- History of the town of Holland -- History of the town of Sardinia -- History of the town of Brant -- History of the town of Concord -- History of the town of Collins -- History of the town of North Collins -- Personal sketches --

v. 2. Buffalo before the War of 1812 -- Buffalo and Black Rock in the war -- The second Buffalo as a village -- Buffalo as a city -- The Germans of Buffalo -- Commerce and navigation -- The elevator interests -- Financial interests -- Manufacturing and wholesale interests -- Insurance companies of Buffalo -- The churches -- Educational institutions of Buffalo -- Journalism in Buffalo -- Secret societies in Erie County -- The medical profession of Erie County -- The bench and bar of Erie County -- The park system of Buffalo -- Buffalo cemeteries -- City departments and institutions -- Literary and religious associations -- Public amusements, clubs, etc. in Buffalo -- Hospitals, asylums, charities, etc.