Morgan-Gardner family papers, 1789-ca. 1900.

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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Morgan, George C., b. 1833.

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Morgan, Richard Price, 1790-1882

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The Morgans were a Welsh family, whose members emigrated to America in the late 18th century. Welsh dissenting minister and scientist George Cadogan Morgan was born in 1754 in Brigend in the county of Glamorgan. Morgan left Oxford after a year to attend the dissenting Hoxton Academy, and then preached in Norwich and Hackney. Sympathizing with the American Revolutionary War, he also was a supporter of the French Revolution. In July of 1789, while accompanying three friend...

Gardner, Henry A, 1845-1911.

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Morgan, George Cadogan, 1754-1798

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Gardner, Henry A., 1816-1852.

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