DM:

     Have you checked with the Buffalo newspaper.   Some libraries
 carry catalogues of societies and other agencies useful in finding
 certain items.  Have you checked with the Library of Congress on
 books for WWI, and books on Afro-Americans in War.

 Sincerely,

 Richard Swerdlin
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Minor <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:48
Subject: Jesse Clipper


>I'm looking for birth and death dates, and birthplace, of Jesse Clipper,
>the first African-American fatality in World War I. There's a monument to
>him and other blacks who gave their lives in combat, in Buffalo.
>
>David
>
>David Minor
>Eagles Byte Historical Research
>Pittsford, New York
>716 264-0423
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>http://home.eznet.net/~dminor
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>includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from
>approximately 450,000,000 BC to 1990 AD.
>