Letters : W. Norwich and Westminister [England], to J.T. Pettigrew, 1824 Dec. 22-1826 May 24.

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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Norgate, Elias, 1798-1833.

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Elias Norgate, an obscure English journalist, lived with John Dunn Hunter, noted Indian captive, frontiersman, and later author, in the same London boarding house in 1824. Having established a close friendship with Hunter, Norgate wrote a pamphlet at his own expense in 1826 titled Mr. John Dunn Hunter Defended. Norgate later left London and assisted his father in publishing the weekly newspaper in Norwich between 1830 and 1833 when he died suddenly. From the ...

Pettigrew, J. T., fl. 1824

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Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827

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Adventurer; author of "Manners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Mississippi." From the description of John D. Hunter letter to Mr. Bandinel [manuscript], 1824 November 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 753978655 Captive, frontiersman, and author. Seized by the Kickapoo Indians at an early age (ca. 1800) and raised by the Kansas and Osage tribes west of the Mississippi, Hunter learned to read and write after ret...

Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854

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Elliott Cresson was a Quaker merchant and Philadelphia philanthropist. From the description of Letter: Philadelphia to Dr. James Jones, Nottoway Court House, Va., 1835 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555301 ...