I do promise to bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George : Menaguashe near Fort Howe [Saint John, N.B.], 1778 Sept. 24.

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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Francklin, Michael, 1733-1782.

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Micmac Tribe.

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During the American Revolution the governments of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts competed for control of the region that is now New Brunswick and Maine, and for the allegiance of the Malecite, Micmac, and Penobscot Indians residing there. In response to Malecite support of the Americans, who in 1777 established themselves on the Saint John River near Fredericton, the British built Fort Howe near the mouth of the same river. On Sept. 24, 1778, British representatives (Mich...

Bourg, Joseph Mathurin, 1744-1797.

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