Orsamus Holmes Marshall (1813–1884) was an American lawyer, educator and historian.

Biography

Orsamus H. Marshall was born in

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on February 1, 1813. In 1831 he graduated from

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. He then studied for the bar, to which he was admitted in 1834. That year, he opened a law office in Buffalo, NY which later became Phillips Lytle LLP. He was one of the founders of the Buffalo Female Academy and of the Buffalo Historical Society. He also served several years as chancellor of the

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. He wrote much in connection with the

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dealings with European Americans. Posthumously there appeared a volume entitled ''Historical Writings of Orsamus H. Marshall Relating to the Early History of the West'' (1887). He died at his home in Buffalo on July 9, 1884.

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