Letter and certificate, [ca. 1894]-1903.

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...

Pierre Margry Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library)

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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...

Tree, Lambert, 1832-1910

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Chicago jurist, diplomat, and Newberry Library trustee, 1892-1903. From the description of Letter and certificate, [ca. 1894]-1903. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40450428 Cook county lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and US minister to Belgium and Russia. Lambert Tree was born in Washington, DC November 29, 1832, the son of a post office clerk. He began his education in private schools in the capital, attended the University of Vir...

Chadenat, Charles, 1859-1938

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Margry, Pierre, 1818-1894

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Historian. From the description of Index of documents pertaining to French exploration of the New World, 1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982797 French historian. From the description of Annotated copies of Guizot's De la démocratie en France and Margry's response : Paris, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79266125 From the description of Annotated copies of Guizot's De la démocratie en France and Margry's response : Paris, 1849. (Unknown). Wo...