Letter : Point Boss, [Wis.], to W[illiam] H. Bruce, [Green Bay, Wis.], 1850 Jan. 15.

Oshkosh, Chief, 1795-1858

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Oshkosh was a chief of the Menominee Native Americans, recognized as the leader of the Menominee people by the United States government from August 7, 1827, until his death. ...

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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Bruce, William H., 1929-

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Cayau, Joseph.

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Green Bay Agency

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George Boyd, agent at Green Bay, was a career War Dept. employee and Indian agent. Probably a native of Maryland and related by marriage to John Quincy Adams, Boyd served as a private secretary to Secretaries of War William Eustis and John Armstrong and as a courier and special agent of the War Dept., before accepting appointments as Indian agent at Michilimackinac (1818-1832) and at Green Bay (1832-1840). From the description of Indian agency at Green-Bay : ...

Smith, A., of Point Boss (Wis.)

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