James Taylor Graves papers, [ca. 1850]-1891, bulk 1862-1867.

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...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1863)

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Graves, James Taylor, 1841-1923.

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Civil War soldier and Congregational minister. The son of Rev. Horatio Nelson Graves and Martha (Arms) Graves, James Taylor Graves was born in 1841. He entered Yale with the Class of 1865, but left after his freshman year to join the Union army. Graves served for a year as a corporal in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry, mainly in Louisiana, before reentering college as a sophomore with the Class of 1866. In 1870 he graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary and was a...

Graves, Horatio Nelson, 1807-1852.

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Graves family.

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