A trew relation given by Robart Wattson captive before the com[m]andrs. att wells ... concerning the takeing and destroying Casco Bay, 1690 May 25.

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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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Sherborne, Samuel.

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Wattson, Robart.

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During May 16-20, 1690, the English fort (Fort Loyal) and settlement at Falmouth on Casco Bay in Maine were besieged and destroyed by a force of approximately 500 French and Abenaki forces. The defending militia commanded by Capt. Davis capitulated after receiving promises that the survivors and their families would be allowed to proceed to the nearest English settlement. Instead all were either killed or taken as captives to Canada. From the description of A trew relation given by R...