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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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De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, 1736-1822

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Arent Schuyler De Peyster, British army officer, was born in 1736 the son of a prominent New York family. Following duty in the Seven Years' War, D ePeyster was appointed in 1774 commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, the only British-garrisoned outpost on the Great Lakes above Detroit during the American Revolution. He served in this capacity until 1779. With the assistance of his interpreter, Joseph-Louis Ainsse, and a former French officer and fur trader, Charles-Michel ...

Mouet de Langlade, Charles-Michel, 1729-1801.

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Gautier de Verville, Charles.

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