Know all men by these presents that we Talotuskee, Colomiskee, and Nelly of the Cherokee Nation of Indians ... do ordain, nominate, constitute, and appoint Gideon Morgan of the county of McMinn in the state of Tennessee our true and lawful attorney ..., 1825 Nov. 18.

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Know all men by these presents that we Talotuskee, Colomiskee, and Nelly of the Cherokee Nation of Indians ... do ordain, nominate, constitute, and appoint Gideon Morgan of the county of McMinn in the state of Tennessee our true and lawful attorney ..., 1825 Nov. 18.

Power of attorney, November 18, 1825, from three Cherokee Indian brothers, Talotuskee, Colomiskee, and Nelly, to Gideon Morgan, a Cherokee Indian residing in McMinn County, Tenn., authorizing him to prosecute their claim to their father's 640 acre reservation in the county.

1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.

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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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