Letters, 1906-1907.

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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Samson, William Holland, 1860-1919.

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Rochester, N.Y., journalist and historian particularly interested in the history of western New York and its Indian tribes. From the description of Claim of the Cayuga Indians ... : scrapbook, 1894-1896. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41070619 ...

Decker, George Palmer, 1861-1936

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Rochester, N.Y., attorney who together with the firm of John Van Voorhis' Sons (Charles and Eugene Van Voorhis) represented the Cayuga Nation in their claims against the state of New York. In 1906, the attorneys filed a memorial to the state which was heard by the Commissioners of the Land Office, asking that cash profits realized by the state on sale of Cayuga land cessions dating from the treaty of 1789 be paid to the Nation, or that the state's indebtedness to the tri...

Van Voorhis, Charles

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