Letter : [Deerfield, Mass.], to the Superior of the Jesuits in the College of Quebec [Jean Baptiste de Saint Pé], [1747 Dec.].

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Letter : [Deerfield, Mass.], to the Superior of the Jesuits in the College of Quebec [Jean Baptiste de Saint Pé], [1747 Dec.].

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December, 1747, letter from Jonathan Ashley to Jean Baptiste de Saint Pé, then superior of the Jesuit missions in New France and rector of the Jesuit college in Quebec, thanking him for his kindness to the Rev. John Norton during his captivity.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 20 cm.

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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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