Eli Samuel Parker papers, ca. 1850-1885.

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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Converse, Harriet Maxwell, 1836-1903

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Converse had been named as a chief of the Six Nations (of the Iroquois). From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892-1897. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226041260 Poet, essayist, and Six Nations advocate born in Elmira, N.Y. Wife of musician Frank Converse; friend of Ely S. Parker. From the description of Harriet Maxwell Converse note : Buffalo, to Mr. Langdon, ca. 1897. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat re...

Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...