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Heritagevolume 19 Number 4 Western New York’S Illustrated History Magazine $8.00 Winter 2017 WESTERNWESTERN NEWNEW YORKYORK Volume 20 Number 1 Western New York’s Illustrated History Magazine $8.00 Spring 2017 YEARSYEARS HERITAGEVolume 19 Number 4 Western New York’s Illustrated History Magazine $8.00 Winter 2017 In This Issue WNY Dairies The Chez Ami Chautauqua County Artists Veteran Matt Urban AA FFIIRRMM CCOOMMMMIITTMMEENNTT:: HHooddggssoonn RRuussss’’ TTwwoo CCeennttuurriieess ooff LLeeaaddeerrsshhiipp iinn BBuuffffaalloo By Chris Muldoon Notable firm attorneys through the years. Left column: Nathan Hall, Millard Fillmore, Solomon G. Haven, Grover Cleveland and Dennis Bowen. Right column: Franklin D. Locke, John Milburn, Charles Sears, Chauncey Hamlin and Louis Babcock. 24 ny time a local business reaches a milestone anniversary – whether it’s 50, 100 or even 150 years – it is worthy of commemoration. For the law firm Hodgson Russ, which celebrates its bicen- tennial in 2017, the feat is especially significant. With an unbroken succession of firms dating Aback to 1817, Hodgson Russ lays claim as the oldest continuous business in Buffalo, and is one of the oldest law firms in the country. But in the case of Hodgson Russ, the accomplishment of existing for 200 years only tells half the story. The firm’s history and that of Buffalo are intricately connected in a myriad of ways – some well-known, others more obscure. Members of the firm and its predecessors have been behind many crucial events and civic institutions that define Buffalo’s past and present, from the completion of the Erie Canal to the incorporation of the city to the creation of local educational systems. Further- more, the firm has a long track record of working with business leaders in key industries that have shaped the region’s economic development, including railroads, milling, steel manufacturing and banking. These contributions are the full legacy of Hodgson Russ, and have resulted in a unique relationship between a private business and its city – one that continues to this day. The Birth of a Law Firm and a City In the winter of 1822, the Canal Com- unpaid clerk named Millard Fillmore. The roots of Hodgson Russ can be missioners announced that Buffalo While studying the law, Fillmore sup- traced back to one man: Asa Rice. At would be granted the western terminus. ported himself by teaching in the Cold the age of 29, this notable trial attorney By 1825, the canal was completed, and Spring school district. He was admitted left Wyoming County to practice law Buffalo quickly became “The Gateway into practice in 1823. After Rice’s death in Buffalo. When he arrived in 1817, to the West.” in May of the same year, the firm was the village was the seat of Niagara With the city growing at a break - renamed Clary & Fillmore. The part- County. He was a member of the First neck pace, Rice decided it was time to nership would be a tumultuous one, to Presbyterian Church and sat on the expand his business. He convinced his say the least. Early on, Fillmore moved committee that formed the Buffalo brother-in-law, Joseph Clary, to leave his office to East Aurora, while Clary Sunday School Society. Records show his firm in Cherry Valley, NY, and join remained in Buffalo. Such an unusual that in 1822, Rice’s office was located him in Buffalo. The new firm would be arrangement strained the relationship, in a small, one-story building east of called Rice & Clary. In 1822, another leading to a brief separation before the Main Street, just above present-day new member would join the firm; an two lawyers reunited in 1830. Lafayette Square. At the time of Rice’s arrival, Buffalo was entrenched in a heated competition with the nearby village of Black Rock to become the western terminus for the Erie Canal. Black Rock appeared to hold the advantage by boasting a natural harbor. But Buffalonians would not be deterred. On December 16, 1820, a group of citizens gathered at the Eagle Tavern to appoint a seven-man committee that, among other duties, drafted an official petition to connect the canal with Lake Erie at the mouth of Buffalo Creek. On that committee was Asa Rice. The document would prove to be a pivotal piece of Western New York history. Around the same The Erie County courthouse, ca. 1898. Finished in 1817, the structure was located where time, the village was bolstering its the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library now stands. Asa Rice’s 1822 law office was résumé by building a harbor of its own. located nearby. WESTERN NEW YORK HERITAGE COLLECTION Spring 2017 WESTERN NEW YORK HERITAGE 25 Buffalo from Lake Erie, ca. 1833. In 1820, Asa Rice was part of the committee that drafted the petition to name Buffalo as the western terminus for the Erie Canal, marking the village for future greatness. By 1823, Rice was dead, but his firm had grown to include Joseph Clary and a young Millard Fillmore. Both would be part of the 18-man committee charged with drafting the charter for the City of Buffalo in 1831, as the rapidly growing village sought to incorporate. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS By 1831, time had come for Buffalo to be impact in Buffalo. Hall led the creation of Fillmore and Hall joined a group that incorporated as a city. Clary and Fillmore Buffalo’s public school system, which was drafted the charter for the University at Buf- were part of an 18-man committee charged the first tuition-free, tax-supported public falo as a private institution. As a State with drafting the charter. At the time, Clary school system in New York State. In 1846, Assemblyman, Hall was influential in carried special clout as the president of the village Board of Trustees. The committee’s application for incorporation of the City of Buffalo was passed by the State Assembly on April 4, 1832 and the Senate on April 18, then approved by Governor Enos Throop on April 20. In 1833, Fillmore and Clary amicably parted ways, and Fillmore brought in Nathan K. Hall. Three years later, another partner, Solomon G. Haven, joined the firm, which was renamed Fillmore, Hall & Haven. Under these three men, the firm would become the preeminent law firm in Western New York. Their office was on the second floor of the American Block, on Main Street between Eagle and Court streets. In addition to its thriving law business with clients spanning from Boston to When Millard Fillmore and Joseph Clary parted ways in 1833, Fillmore continued the firm by adding attorneys Nathan Hall and Solomon Haven. The three established their new office on Michigan, Fillmore, Hall & Haven – indi- the second floor of the American Block, on Main Street between Eagle and Court streets. vidually and collectively – had a major civic WESTERN NEW YORK HERITAGE COLLECTION 26 pushing the bill through the State Legisla- ture. After the university charter was granted on May 11, 1846, Fillmore was named Chancellor. By 1847, increasing political responsibil- Your f inal home... ities would finally pull Fillmore away from the firm. In a fitting conclusion to the part- nership, Fillmore and Haven engaged in a good-natured negotiation and coin flip to determine the price of Fillmore’s law books. Fillmore, of course, would go on to be elected vice president of the United States, running with Zachary Taylor on the Whig Party ticket in 1848. Following Taylor’s death in 1850, Fillmore assumed the office of president. In that role, he named his former law partner, Nathan Hall, as postmaster- general. The legacy of Fillmore, Hall & Haven is not merely one of productivity but also com- radery. During their relatively short time in business together, the trio seemed inseparable. They were regularly seen socializing together. All three attended the same Unitarian Church. They even simultaneously held polit- ical office. So it should be no surprise that the three men have adjoining family plots in ...where someone will Forest Lawn Cemetery; Fillmore on the left, always mow the lawn Hall in the center and Haven on the right. and polish your Empowering Buffalo’s Industrial Era Following the departure of Fillmore, granite front door. Nathan Hall forged a partnership with Dennis Bowen. However, Hall eventually Think about it – you’ve always taken care of your own home. retired from the firm to hold full-time polit- But who will continue to take care of you after you die? ical office. Bowen soon teamed up with Mount Calvary Cemetery Group. Henry W. Rodgers, whose prior accomplish- ments included the formation of the Buffalo You’ll be awed by the artistry of the memorials and buildings Water Works. The firm, and Bowen in par- and calmed by the serenity of the immaculately kept grounds. ticular, worked closely with Buffalo’s most Whether you have selected a private or public mausoleum, prominent business figures of the time, a cremation niche or traditional in-ground grave space, including Pascal Paoli Pratt and William Mount Calvary’s dedicated staff is here to care for you. Fargo. Of his many ventures, Pratt would You don’t have to compromise to get the best and you’ll be lead the formation of Manufacturers & pleasantly surprised at the affordability. Traders Bank, beginning the firm’s long and extensive relationship with M&T. William Fargo was a founder of the American Express Company and Wells Fargo. Bowen built such strong trust and personal relation- ships with his clients that Pratt and Fargo served as pallbearers at his funeral. [For more detailed coverage on M&T Bank and William Fargo, see stories in the Summer (716) 892-6600 2006 and the Summer and Fall 2002 issues MountCalvaryCemetery.com of Western New York Heritage, respectively.
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