Histoire des républiques centro-américaines, ou, Grey-Town devant l'Europe / par M.M.J.A.L. et Ch. de V. 1858.

Newberry Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt7hww (person)

The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65v4bgx (corporateBody)

Walker, William, 1824-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp85m5 (person)

William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...

Villiery, Charles de.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm2xnj (person)

Luthereau, Jean Guillaume Antoine, 1810-1890

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj4143 (person)