Legal documents, [ca. 1800]-1807.

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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Gunn, Henry, of Massachusetts.

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Harrison, Samuel.

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Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780

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Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) was an English soldier who traveled across Wisconsin into Minnesota and back across Lake Superior in 1766-1768 in order to examine the frontier recently won from the French. From the description of Jonathan Carver diary of his travels [manuscripts], 1766-1767. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 678591181 From the guide to the Jonathan Carver diary of his travels, 1766-1767, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library...

Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993

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Epithet: collector of hearthmoney, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x0002b7 Jonathan Carver heir and claimant, along with relatives and others, to a huge tract of land in Wisconsin and Minnesota supposed to have been granted to Carver by the Naudowessie or Western Sioux at the great cave of the upper Mississppi, May 1, 1767. The original grant has never been located, alth...

Peters, Samuel, 1735-1826

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Epithet: Secretary, Workmen's Committee for the Abolition of Foreign Bounties British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000cc The Jonathan Carver heirs claimed after his death that Naudowissee (Dakota) chiefs Hawnopawjatin and Otohtongoomlisheaw had granted Carver a tract of some four million acres of land on the east side of the Mississippi River running from St. Paul to the mouth of Wisconsin's Chippewa River...

Carver family.

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