Letter : Col: Schuyler['s, New York], to Davenport Williams, Longmeadow, Mass., 1756 Sept. 5.

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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Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795

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Robert Rogers was a soldier and frontiersman. From the description of An estimate of the fur and peltry trade in the district of Michilimackinac, according to the bounds and limits, assign'd to it by the French, when under their government; together with an account of the situation and names of the several out-posts, 1767. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632774 Major Robert Rogers (1731-1795), colonial ranger, Indian trader, frontiersman, and...

Williams, Davenport, 1731-1758

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Williams, Stephen, 1693-1782

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Clergyman. From the description of Stephen Williams diary fragment, 1749-1750. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981591 Longmeadow, Mass., clergyman, who as a child in 1703/1704 was taken captive with his family and other Deerfield residents by a French and Indian raiding party. A Harvard graduate, Williams was minister at Longmeadow for sixty-six years. In 1756 he served as army chaplain to the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Dr. Thomas Williams ...

Williams family

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