Report : Albany, N.Y., to Charles E. Hughes, governor, 1907 Oct. 28.

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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Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

New York (State). Governor (1907-1910 : Hughes)

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Charles Evans Hughes was born on April 11, 1862 in Glens Falls, New York. He married Antoinette Carter in 1888 and together the couple raised four children. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1884 and later served as professor of law at Cornell University. In 1905, Hughes gained valuable insight that would serve him in future years by leading an inquiry into malpractices of the New York City utilities industry and the New York life insurance scandals. Hughes defeat...

Samson, William Holland, 1860-1919.

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Rochester, N.Y., journalist and historian particularly interested in the history of western New York and its Indian tribes. From the description of Claim of the Cayuga Indians ... : scrapbook, 1894-1896. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41070619 ...

Decker, George Palmer, 1861-1936

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Rochester, N.Y., attorney who together with the firm of John Van Voorhis' Sons (Charles and Eugene Van Voorhis) represented the Cayuga Nation in their claims against the state of New York. In 1906, the attorneys filed a memorial to the state which was heard by the Commissioners of the Land Office, asking that cash profits realized by the state on sale of Cayuga land cessions dating from the treaty of 1789 be paid to the Nation, or that the state's indebtedness to the tri...

New York (State). Attorney General's Office

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In 1906, attorneys for the Cayuga Nation (George P. Decker and John Van Voorhis' Sons) filed a memorial with the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state of New York, requesting that cash profits realized by the state in the sale of Cayuga land cessions dating from the treaty of 1789 be paid to the Nation, or that the state's indebtedness to the tribe be acknowledged. From the description of Before the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state of New York in the matter of th...