Journal, 1745 May 17-1747 Aug. 8.

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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Pote, William, 1718-1755

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Falmouth, Maine, surveyor and seaman. While master of a schooner engaged in carrying supplies and men to Fort Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, Pote was captured May 17, 1745, along with his crew and that of another vessel by a party of French and Indians in Annapolis Basin near the fort. He was alloted to the Huron Indians and taken by them and French troops to Quebec, where he was imprisoned by the French at Cazarnes and at a camp until July 30, 1747. From th...

Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903

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Methodist bishop. From the description of Letter, 1889 Aug. 28. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953443 ...

Bastide, John Henry, b. 1710.

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