Henry J. Aten papers, 1896-ca. 1920.

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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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Aten family.

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Aten, Henry J., 1841-1913.

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Civil War soldier and Kansas politician. Henry J. Aten was born near Astoria, Fulton County, Ill., October 12th, 1841 to parents Richard Aten and Ann Peterson. Aten worked on a farm and attended school winters until the Civil War broke out. He enlisted on August 8th, 1861, joining the 85th Illinois regiment. After the war, Henry Aten attended Chicago Business College. He taught business courses in Quincy, Illinois, and in 1870 moved west to Hiawatha, Kansas. In Kansas At...

Harris, Nicholas.

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