Proceedings : at a meeting of the Commiss[ione]rs for the Indian Affairs at the Council Chamber in Boston, 1734 Aug. 16.

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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Bull, Nehemiah, 1701-1758.

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Massachusetts. Council

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Samuel Adams was an American patriot and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From the description of Order for powder magazine guard, 1779 July 21. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56357672 During the colonial period (1629-1686) certain members of the Court of Assistants (which functioned not only judicially but also legislatively as part of the General Court, constituting from 1644 its upper house, though without the formal title--see: Mas...

Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America

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The "Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England" was chartered in 1649 for the purpose of converting the New England Indians. In 1661/62 it was rechartered and named the "Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America." The Company sponsored missionaries in America until the Revolutionary War at which time its missionary activities were turned to Canada. In 1961 it was still functioning under the name of "New England Company." From th...

Sergeant, John, 1710-1749

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Stephen Williams (1693-1782), Congregational clergyman, was born in Deerfield, Mass. Williams played an important role in establishing the Stockbridge mission to the Housatonic Indians in western Massachusetts in 1734 and in securing the services of the Rev. John Sergeant as its first minister. Sergeant commenced to educate and christianize the Indians until his death in 1749. From the description of Letters, 1739-1743. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id:...

Winthrop, Adam

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Colonel commanding troops at Castle William. From the description of LS : Castle William, to Isaac Addington, 1711 June 12. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165782 ...

Williams, Stephen, 1693-1782

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Clergyman. From the description of Stephen Williams diary fragment, 1749-1750. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981591 Longmeadow, Mass., clergyman, who as a child in 1703/1704 was taken captive with his family and other Deerfield residents by a French and Indian raiding party. A Harvard graduate, Williams was minister at Longmeadow for sixty-six years. In 1756 he served as army chaplain to the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Dr. Thomas Williams ...