Records : 1832-1842.

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Records : 1832-1842.

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The records of the Illinois Land Company, based in New York City and formerly known as the New York and Illinois Land Company, includes early documentation regarding the formation of the Company from 1832-1842.

2 items (1 box) ; 33 cm. or smaller.

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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...

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In 1830 the prairie lands in the northern half of Illinois were still considered part of the frontier with a population of about two persons per square mile. A large portion of this land had been the Illinois Military Tract, 3,500,000 acres located between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, which originally was assigned by Congress as bounty lands to encourage enlistment in the army during the War of 1812. Between 1817 and 1819 the government issued thousands of patent...

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