Letter : Williamsburg, [Va.], to Governor [Robert Hunter] Morris, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1755 Feb. 14.

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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Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1754-1756 : Morris)

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Chief justice of New Jersey and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Appointed to the Pennsylvania post by John Penn, Morris' term was marked by his clash with the Pennsylvania Assembly over its refusal to vote funds for the protection of the frontier against the French and Indians. He resigned in 1756. From the description of Report : Philadelphia, to the Governor of Pennsylvania [Robert H. Morris], 1756 June 14. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40066...

St. Clair, John, Sir.

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Lieutenant colonel on Gen. Edward Braddock's staff and deputy quartermaster general of British forces in North America. Appointed quartermaster in Nov., 1754, St. Clair was wounded in the 1755 ambush in which Braddock was killed. He never recovered and was replaced as quartermaster in 1758. From the description of Letter : Williamsburg, [Va.], to Governor [Robert Hunter] Morris, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1755 Feb. 14. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 404488...

Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764

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Epithet: Governor of New Jersey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x0003b1 Jurist and governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Diary of Robert Hunter Morris, 1735-1749. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070618 From the description of Papers of Robert Hunter Morris, 1756-1758. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452304 ...

Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...