Letters : Eggharbour and Princeton [N.J.], to Eleazer Wheelock, 1767 June 23 - 1774 Apr. 22.

Newberry Library

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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)

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Duffield, George, 1732-1790

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of New York and New Jersey

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Established 1789 as one of the original synods of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; split in 1822 into the Synod of New York and the Synod of New Jersey. From the description of Minutes, 1788-1822 / the Synod of New York and New Jersey. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 16931071 ...

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

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British official in America. From the description of Receipt signed to an autograph letter signed (signature obliterated) dated Schonectady [sic] 24 December, 1764 : [n.p.], 1764 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496465 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnson Hall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487684 Sir William Johnson was a wealthy land owner and trader, controlling most of the lands in...

Frisbie, Levi, 1748-1806

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Levi Frisbie, clergyman, was born in Branford, Conn. in 1748. Frisbie was one of four students in the first graduating class (1771) of Dartmouth College. After studying divinity under President Eleazar Wheelock, he was ordained in 1772 and began work as a missionary among the Indians. Frisbie was installed as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Ipswich in 1776, where he continued until his death in 1806. From the description of Letter : Ipswich [Mass...

Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779

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Eleazar Wheelock was born in Windham, Conn. in 1711. A Congregational minster, he was the founder and first president of Dartmouth College. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1779. From the description of Records, 1882-1965. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296583 American congregational divine. First president of Dartmouth College. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dartmouth College, 1773 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705874...

Brainerd, John, 1720-1781

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Presbyterian minister and missionary to the New Jersey Indians. Born in 1720 in Bethel, Conn., John Brainerd graduated from Yale in 1746, and then began his missionary work, first sponsored by the Correspondents of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at the Bethel Indian settlement in Cranberry, N.J., 1747-1755, and later under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod at Brotherton, N.J., from 1758 until at least 1768. In 1768 Brainerd moved to Bridgeton (Mt. Hol...

Beatty, Charles, 1715?-1772

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Peepy, Joseph.

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M'Clure, David, 1748-1820

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Clergyman, missionary to Native Americans, and educator. From the description of Letter, 1770 Mar. 19, Lebanon, Conn., to Samuel Kirkland. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122561665 David M'Clure (Yale College, 1769) was a clergyman and missionary to Native Americans. From the description of Letter : East Windsor, Conn., to Samuel Macclintock, 1792 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80908602 From the description of Letter : East Win...