Trip to the Far West : diary, 1856 Jan. 11-May 7.

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Trip to the Far West : diary, 1856 Jan. 11-May 7.

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1 v. (52 p.) ; 34 cm.

Newberry Library

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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...

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South Dedham, Mass., resident who travelled to Iowa and Illinois during the winter and spring of 1856. Sumner journeyed by rail from Boston via Detroit and Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois. He visited Davenport and Dubuque, Iowa, and Chicago before settling in Burlington, Iowa, apparently with the intention of judging whether he would like to emigrate to the region. Sumner returned to Boston by steamboat down the Mississippi and up the Ohio, and by rail. He visited St. L...

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