Papers concerning titles of nobility of the Bermen family : Québec, 1717-1753.

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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Bermen de la Martinière family.

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New France. Intendant (1712-1725 : Bégon)

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Bermen de la Martinière, Louis

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Bigot, François, 1703-1778

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New France. Conseil supérieur de Québec.

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New France. Conseil souverain

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Bermen de la Martinière, Claude 1636-1719

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Seigneur, seigneurial judge, and councillor in the Conseil Souverain of New France. La Martinière came to Canada in 1662, where he assumed ownership of the vast seigneury of Lauson through his marriage to Anne Després. He held various legal positions on the Conseils of the colonial government, aggressively investigating illegal fur trade activities and grain monopolies, and in 1714, was appointed subdelegate to the intendant, Jacques Raudot (1646?-1728). He died in Que...

Chadenat, Charles, 1859-1938

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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 ...

New France. Intendant (1748-1760 : Bigot)

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Bégon, Michel

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Michel Bégon was an administrator in several colonial posts, including Martinique, and was named Intendant of La Rochelle in 1694. From the description of Du commerce d'Espagne et Portugal, [ca. 1696]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80504451 From the description of Du commerce d'Espagne et Portugal, [ca. 1696]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152452 French administrator in several colonial posts. Born 1638; died 1710. From the description of Michel Be...