John Edgerton papers, 1867-1912.

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John Edgerton papers, 1867-1912.

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Forty-two pocket diaries kept by Michigan and New York State farmer John Edgerton that contain scanty entries with many misspellings. The diaries run from 1867 to Edgerton's death in 1912, with the years 1872,1875,1885 and 1890 missing. Sparse content of diaries consists of daily activities on the farm and recordings of his health, the weather, his visitors, and trips to neighboring towns and places. Included is a small collection of personal business letters and documents, mostly dealing with building and land transactions in Michigan and in Chicago, where his agent was his cousin Walter C. Newberry. Also, a few letters from Edgerton's brother Charles, his daughter Grace's autograph book, and a group of early images, undated and mostly unidentified.

2 linear feet (5 boxes)

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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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Edgerton, John, 1829-1912.

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Michigan and New York State farmer. John Edgerton, the son of Ezekiel and Maria Parker Edgerton, was born in Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York in 1829. He worked as a farmer in Manlius and Bridgeport, New York, and then in the 1880s was farming in Michigan, near Traverse City and Owosso. In 1900 he was living in Minoa, New York, near Syracuse, and he died there in 1912. Apparently Edgerton moved from New York State to several locations in Michigan, and then back to Ne...

Newberry, Walter Cass, 1835-1912.

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Civil War soldier, 81st New York Infantry and 24th New York Cavalry; mayor, Petersburg, Virginia, 1869; moved to Chicago in 1876, engaging in mercantile business; postmaster, 1888-1889; member, 52nd U. S. Congress, 1891-1893. From the description of Correspondence, 1897-1901. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34990668 ...