Papers, 1878-1945.

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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Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953

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Harrison was a lawyer, publisher of the Chicago Times, and mayor of Chicago (1897-1905, 1911-1915). From the description of Letters, April 3, 1901. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748839221 Five-term Democratic mayor of Chicago, 1897-1905, 1911-1915. The son of Carter Henry Harrison III, also a five-term Chicago mayor, Carter IV trained as a lawyer and operated the family-owned Chicago Times, 1891-1894. As mayor, he is kno...

Dudley, Thomas P. (Thomas Parker), 1792-1886

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War of 1812 soldier and longtime Lexington, Ky., Baptist minister. Born in 1792 at Bryant's Station near Lexington, Thomas P. Dudley enlisted in 1812 in Capt. George Trotter's cavalry, but left the troop at Fort Defiance to act as assistant commissary to the northwest army. On Jan 17, 1813, Dudley accompanied a detachment under Col. John Allen to Frenchtown, Mich., where he was wounded in the Battle of Raisin River and was saved from the subsequent massacre by an Indian ...