Diary : overland to Oregon in 1850, [ca. 1900]

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Diary : overland to Oregon in 1850, [ca. 1900]

Diary written by William Fouts describes his transcontinental trip to Oregon in 1850 and his return trip to Ohio in 1851-1852.

1 item (3 p.) ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7366349

Newberry Library

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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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Fouts, William L.

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