Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7.

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Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7.

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December 7, 1915, letter from Wallace Heckman to Edward E. Ayer, relating the family tradition that his great-great-grandfather, Andrew Fairley (later spelled Farley), an Ohio County, W.Va., landowner, participated in a peace conference with James Logan, a Mingo chief residing near the Ohio and Scioto Rivers. This conference took place in 1774, soon after Logan's family had been massacred by white settlers.

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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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Farley, James, d. 1890.

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Heckman, Wallace, 1851-1927

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Chicago lawyer and businessman. From the description of Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37853154 Wallace Heckman was born May 2, 1851 in Moscow Mills, Missouri. He attended Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, graduating in 1874. After marrying and relocating to Chicago, Heckman served as senior member of the law firm Heckman, Elsdon, & Shaw from 1885 until 1903. He then beca...

Logan, James, -1780

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American Indian chief. From the description of Address to Earl Dunmore [manuscript], 1774 ca. Oct. 10-17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809853 ...

Fairley, Andrew, landowner.

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Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...

Farley family.

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