Letter : Boston, [Mass.], to Edm[un]d Goffe, 1724 July 27.

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Letter : Boston, [Mass.], to Edm[un]d Goffe, 1724 July 27.

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July 27, 1724, letter from Gov. Dummer to Col. Edmund Goffe, the commander of forces on the "western frontier" between Salisbury and Brookfield, containing instructions concerning the selection and placement of troops.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 30 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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Dummer, William, 1677-1761

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Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1716-1730 : Dummer)

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A native of Massachusetts, William Dummer acted as governor and commander in chief of Masssachusetts Bay from the departure of Samuel Shute in 1723 to the arrival of William Burnett in 1728. He conducted Dummer's War (which his predecessor had declared in 1722 against the Abenaki Indians of Maine) mainly on Massachusetts' northern and western frontiers. From the description of Letter : Boston, [Mass.], to Edm[un]d Goffe, 1724 July 27. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38874270 ...