Orsamus H. Marshall
2nd Chancellor of the University of Buffalo
In office 1874–1884
Preceded by	Millard Fillmore
Succeeded by	E. Carleton Sprague
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Born	Orsamus Holmes Marshall (1813-02-01)February 1, 1813 Franklin, Connecticut
Died	July 9, 1884(1884-07-09) (aged 71) Buffalo, New York
Alma mater	Union College
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Orsamus Holmes Marshall (1813–1884) was an American lawyer, educator and historian.

Orsamus H. Marshall was born inFranklin, Connecticut on February 1, 1813.^[1] In 1831 he graduated fromUnion College. 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.^[2] He was one of the founders of the Buffalo Female Academy and of the Buffalo Historical Society.^[1] He also served several years as chancellor of theUniversity of Buffalo. He wrote much in connection with theIroquois dealings with European Americans. Posthumously there appeared a volume entitledHistorical Writings of Orsamus H. Marshall Relating to the Early History of the West (1887).^[3]

He died at his home in Buffalo on July 9, 1884.^[1][4]

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920)."Marshall, Orsamus Holmes" .Encyclopedia Americana.

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