A speech of the Mohawks to the majestrates and committee of the town of Schenectady and major corporation and committee of the city of Albany & c / delivered by Little Abraham, 1775 May 20.

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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Abraham, d. 1780.

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Prominent Mohawk chief, gifted orator, and father of Indian superintendent Sir William Johnson's first Indian wife. Also known as Little Abraham. During the Revolution, Abraham was initially disposed toward neutrality, but his close relationship with the Johnson family was one factor that led him to support the British cause. From the description of A speech of the Mohawks to the majestrates and committee of the town of Schenectady and major corporation and c...

Albany Committee of Correspondence (N.Y.)

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Local New York committee formed under the general advice of the Continental Congress of Sept., 1774. Composed of elected representatives from the county and city of Albany, the committee acted during the Revolutionary War to raise and support troops, detect and prosecute disloyal citizens, and ensure the functioning of local government. From the description of Minutes, 1775-1777. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35987424 ...

Schenectady (N.Y.). Committee of Correspondence

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Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808

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Clergyman and missionary among the Oneida Indians. From the description of Diary, 1799-1801. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50722511 Born in Norwich, Connecticut and educated at the College of New Jersey, Kirkland was a student of Eleazar Wheelock. He traveled to New York where he became a missionary to the Six Nations and the Oneida peoples for more than 40 years. Kirkland is credited with preventing several conflicts between native peoples and colonists. He ...

Johnson, Guy, approximately 1740-1788

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Superintendent of Indian Affairs; loyalist. From the description of Conference minutes, 1768 October 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519721 Guy Johnson, nephew of Sir William Johnson, served as Deputy Superintendant of Indian Affairs in the northeastern American colonies and became Superintendant in 1774 when his uncle died. In 1775, at the outbreak of the American Revolution, Johnson fled to Canada and sailed to England. He returned to America in 1776, where he direct...