Letter : Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. to My Dear Mr. Brewster, 1863 Nov. 14.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

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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Williams, Eleazar, 1789?-1858.

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Son of Thomas Williams, a St. Regis Indian, and his wife Mary Ann Kenewatsenri. He serves as a scout for the Americans on the northern border of New York during the War of 1812, and later as an Episcopal missionary to Indians in New York and Wisconsin. He claimed he was the real Dauphin of France. From the description of Iroquois language grammars, [between 1840 and 1858]. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 53288312 Eleazar Williams was a missionary to the Indians...

Skenandoa, Oneida chief, ca. 1706-1816.

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Merian, G., fl. 1863.

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Brewster, Mr., fl. 1863

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Flagg, Azariah C. (Azariah Cutting), 1790-1873

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Flagg was a prominent New York City politician. From the description of Papers, 1824-1866. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309769773 Born in Clinton County, N.Y. Moved to Plattsburgh, ca. 1811; established the Plattsburgh Republican newspaper, ca. 1812-1813. Appointed secretary of state in 1826; served as state comptroller, 1834-1839, and 1842-1846. From the description of Letter : Albany, to N.S. Benton, 1832 July 10. (Buffalo ...

Webster family.

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Cornelius, Thomas Walter

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Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...