Speech : Oneida [N.Y.], delivered to the Oneidas, by Skenodoa and Petrus, to his excellency General Schuyler, 1783 July 21.

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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Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830

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Son of Sir William Johnson, Bart. From the description of Deed to Robert Adams, 1771 September 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346499 Sir John Johnson (1742-1830), a New York loyalist leader. In May 1776, he fled to Canada, and, having reached Montreal was authorized to raise a body of rangers that became known as King's Royal Regiment of New York (also known as Queen's Loyal New Yorkers, Sir Johnson's Regiment or Johnson's Royal Greens). In 1776, Johnson's regiment wa...

Butler, John, 1728-1796

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Officer U.S.A. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Greene, 1781 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131796 Loyalist commander in the American Revolution. From the description of Letter : Larunanach, to Lieut. Col. Bolton, Niagara, 1778 July 8. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56822577 Soldier, noted loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letters to James Wadsworth, 1793. (Unkn...

Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...

Reed, Jacob, fl. 1783.

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Petrus, Chief, fl. 1783.

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Skenandoah, -1816

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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...