https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/69c5d7b6bee4a132eb4a9e007549a9d6.jpg 7ba510531ac3b02beb19cd6d5516b63a https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/8e8e27b346cd4be450849770d796c5f9.jpg c7da8ea38c7c4b82d2cf486cf3b2386a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource We the People: Commemorating 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Semicenquintennial exhibit Description An account of the resource As we mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibit considers our region and our nation as a quilt of democracy — consisting of many communities, histories, and identities joined and shaped by many hands. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository) Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital image copyright 2026 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes. Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection, Dataset, Event, Image, Interactive Resource, Moving Image, Physica l Object, Service, Software, Sound, Still Image, Text Language A language of the resource eng Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1757-2026 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Grosvenor Room Collections Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gluck Collection, Burr, Aaron 1782 Title A name given to the resource Leaf from an Index book kept by Aaron Burr, 1782 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 Description An account of the resource This is a leaf from an Index book kept by Aaron Burr, begun January 27, 1782, a few days after he was admitted as an Attorney of the Supreme Court of the State and opened office in Albany. He was then 26 years old. After practicing at Albany two years, he removed to New York City. Before he left, He presented his Index book to Peter W. Yates, a highly distinguished lawyer in Albany who afterward presented it to the celebrated Abraham Van Vechten, who gave it to William L. Marcy, who donated it to former Governor of New York, Mr. Horatio Seymour. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1782 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository)