Correspondence : to Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, Chairman, Committee on Military Affairs, 1859 Jan. 24.

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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Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884

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Diplomat, Confederate officer, and U.S. Representative from Berkeley County, Va. (later W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1815-1883. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536991 Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538814 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington, D.C.], to t...

Fuller, Alpheus G., 1822-1900.

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Alpheus G. Fuller, hotel proprietor, was born in Scotland, Conn. in 1822. After moving to St. Paul, Minn. in 1850, Fuller built and owned a hotel in that city. In 1857 he joined in the founding of the first white settlement near Sioux Falls, S.D. Fuller remained in eastern South Dakota for the next three decades. He died in Connecticut in 1900. From the description of Correspondence : to Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, Chairman, Committee on Military Affairs, 1859 ...