Proclamation : Boston, [Mass.], 1696 July 14.

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Proclamation : Boston, [Mass.], 1696 July 14.

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July 14, 1696, proclamation made by Benjamin Church to encourage volunteers to enlist as "private sentinels" on his fourth expedition against the French and Indians, which sailed for Portsmouth, Me., and St. John, Nova Scotia (later New Brunswick) a month later.

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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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Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718

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Soldier. Born in Plymouth, Mass., Benjamin Church was a veteran of King Philip's War. From 1689 through 1704, during King George's and Queen Anne's wars, he commanded five Massachusetts expeditions to the east against the French and Indians. From the description of Proclamation : Boston, [Mass.], 1696 July 14. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36524841 ...