In the matter of the application of the People of the State of New York, on relation of the Cayuga Nation of Indians, resident in the State of New York, of David Warrior, Elon Eels, and Ernest Spring, Chiefs and members of the Cayuga Nation of Indians, and of Adelburt Mort for a mandamus against the

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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New York (State). Governor (1907-1910 : Hughes)

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Charles Evans Hughes was born on April 11, 1862 in Glens Falls, New York. He married Antoinette Carter in 1888 and together the couple raised four children. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1884 and later served as professor of law at Cornell University. In 1905, Hughes gained valuable insight that would serve him in future years by leading an inquiry into malpractices of the New York City utilities industry and the New York life insurance scandals. Hughes defeat...

Spring, Ernest.

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Decker, George Palmer, 1861-1936

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Rochester, N.Y., attorney who together with the firm of John Van Voorhis' Sons (Charles and Eugene Van Voorhis) represented the Cayuga Nation in their claims against the state of New York. In 1906, the attorneys filed a memorial to the state which was heard by the Commissioners of the Land Office, asking that cash profits realized by the state on sale of Cayuga land cessions dating from the treaty of 1789 be paid to the Nation, or that the state's indebtedness to the tri...

John Van Voorhis' Sons.

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Van Voorhis, Charles

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Warrior, David

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Eels, Elon.

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Van Voorhis, Eugene, 1950-

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Mort, Adelburt.

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Cayuga Nation.

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New York State, Supreme court

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Czolgosz fatally wounded President William McKinley at the Pan- American Exposition, 6 Sept. 1901. From the description of The People of the State of New York vs. Leon Czolgosz : transcript, 1901 Sept. 23-26. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113709 Mr. Shaeffer, trader, lived in the village of Manlius, in the county Onondaga, New York. He was in debt (2,882 pounds or $7,205) to Leonard Ganswoort and Philip S[chuyler?] Van Rensselaer. From the descr...

New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

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The Commissioners of the Land Office were appointed to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. From the description of Minutes, 1784-1796, 1807-1869. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 79409505 The Commissioners of the Land Office were first appointed in 1786 to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. Among the activities preformed to carry out this function were the approval, rejectio...