Orders : [Boston, Mass.], to Capt. Pickering and instructions to be given to two Indians to be sent to Montreal & Quibeck, 1709 May 3.

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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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...

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732

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First British governor of Nova Scotia, 1710-1712, 1715-1717. Vetch, a Scotsman by birth, came to America in 1699 and settled first in New York, later removing to Boston. After some years in border trade, Vetch offered his plan of conquest to a Whig Ministry which empowered him to carry it out. In 1710 the expedition under Nicholson and Vetch effected the Capture of Port Royal and Acadia. From the description of Papers, 1708-1712. (Columbia University In the C...

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

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Col. Gov. of Mass. From the description of Order signed : Boston, addressed to Capt. William Pickering of the Province Galley, 1712 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742417 From the description of Order signed : Boston, addressed to Capt. Timothy Clark, 1703 Jun. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742411 Colonial Governor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Roxbury, Mass., to Major Leonard, Judge of the Interior Court of Bristol...

Pickering, John, ca. 1640-ca. 1721.

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Capt. John Pickering was a Portsmouth, N.H., resident and military official. He also served as Portsmouth representative to the New Hampshire and Massachusetts assemblies at various times from 1680-1709. From the description of The way and manner yt St. Johns was taken according to ye best information could gett of both French & English : report, 1709 June. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39893157 ...

Massachusetts. Governor (1702-1715 : Dudley)

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Dudley was the governor of Massachusetts, 1702-1715. From the description of [Documents] / J. Dudley. [1707-1708] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 213339848 Under the leadership of Samuel Vetch and Francis Nicholson, the British colonies made preparations in 1709 to conquer Nova Scotia. Following delays due to troop shortages, the planned offence and conquest occurred late in 1710. From the description of Memorial : Boston, to Her Ma[...