A talk from the Honorable Will[ia]m H. Drayton Esqr., one of the beloved men of South Carolina : to the beloved men, head men & warriors of the Cherokee Nation at the Congarees : speech, 1775 Sep. 25.

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A talk from the Honorable Will[ia]m H. Drayton Esqr., one of the beloved men of South Carolina : to the beloved men, head men & warriors of the Cherokee Nation at the Congarees : speech, 1775 Sep. 25.

September 25, 1775, speech of William Henry Drayton to Cherokee leaders assembled at Congarees, explaining colonial economic grievances and arguing that it was in the tribe's best interest to oppose the British.

1 item (2 folded sheets (8 p.)) ; 33 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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