Letters regarding the Illinois Central Railroad Company : Chicago and Bourbonnais, Ill., 1853 Jan. 9-1929 Jan. 21.

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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Amsbary, Bruce Wallace.

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Kane, C. E.

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Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905

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Benjamin F. Johnson (1818-1905) was a Mormon missionary and patriarch, farmer, orchardist, and freighter. He served as private secretary to Joseph Smith. From the description of Benjamin F. Johnson photograph, circa 1890. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 213457759 Benjamin Franklin Johnson, born 28 July 1818 in New York, was a patriarch in the LDS Church and personal friend of Joseph Smith Jr. From the guide to the Benjamin Franklin Johnson papers,...

Perkins, Joshua Newton, 1804-1876

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Schuyler, Robert, 1797 or 1798-1855

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Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg), 1808-1878

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Johann Georg Kohl (1808-1878) was born and died in Bremen, Germany. He was a well-known cartographer who came to the United States in 1854, at the request of the U.S. government, to write a geographical history of the continent. Kohl returned to Germany in 1857. In 1863, he was appointed city librarian of Bremen. From the description of Papers, 1854?-1857? (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259480 Johann Georg Kohl was a German traveler in America. ...

Shabni, ca. 1775-1859.

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Chiniquy, Charles Paschal Telesphore, 1809-1899

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Corliss, Carlton J. (Carlton Jonathan), 1888-

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Railroad worker, author. Carlton Corliss was born in Crystal, Main, April 20, 1888. Following his education, Corliss entered the railroad service as an office boy in Boston in 1905. From 1909-1914 he was the Chief Clerk for the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. From 1916-1936 he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad Company in Chicago. He was also the associate editor of the Illinois Central Magazine. Corliss was the manager of the Publ...

Osborn, William H. (William Henry), 1820-1894

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Illinois Central Railroad Company

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