Philip M. Neufeld collection of papers relating to Chicago history, [18--?-1893].

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Philip M. Neufeld collection of papers relating to Chicago history, [18--?-1893].

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Writings, letters, and other papers, most concerning early Chicago settlers John Kinzie and John Cooper. Papers relating to Kinzie are a signature clipped from a document, undated; and a volume containing a draft of "A Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, Aug. 15th, 1812, and Some Events Preceding It," manuscript, with corrections, possibly in the holograph of his son John Harris Kinzie, [1836?], with annotations in manuscript by a former owner; and an undated manuscript draft of an excerpt from the same work, also possibly written in holograph by John Harris Kinzie. Papers relating to John Cooper are an essay about his experiences at Fort Dearborn, written in manuscript in an unidentified hand, with annotations written in holograph by James Grant Wilson, [ca. 1863]; brief notes recording Cooper's memories of John Kinzie and Isaac Van Voorhis, titled "From Diary of August, 1860," written in holograph by Wilson, undated; and a brief ALS to Wilson from W. L. Cooper, a grandson of John Cooper, regarding his grandfather, 1880. Also present are three brief ALS received by Charles F. Gunther, 1883-1893, concerning historical documents relating to Chicago; "View of the Disaster Occasioned by the Flood in the Chicago River on the 12th of March, 1849," engraving by Roswell N. White from a daguerreotype made by P. Von Schneidau, undated; and ten bank checks drawn on a United States depository in Chicago, printed forms written and signed in various hands, including a few signed by John H. Kinzie. The checks were partially burned in the Chicago Fire of 1871, leaving dates and most signatures incomplete.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

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Gunther, Charles Frederick, 1837-1920

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C. F. Gunther, a native of Germany, was a wealthy Chicago confectioner and a collector of artifacts and manuscripts. From the description of Letter, January 12, 1912. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 62881469 Gunther, a native of Germany, was a wealthy Chicago confectioner and a collector of artifacts and manuscripts. From the description of Papers, 1886-1904. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 647976992 ...

Van Voorhis, Isaac.

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Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. From the description of Letters, 1853 Nov.-1908 Feb. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172709192 American author and editor. From the description of Letters received, 1878 Feb. 25-1902 Mar. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937785 Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. F...

Cooper, W. L.

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Kinzie, John, 1763-1828

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Born in Quebec,1763; trader with Native Americans in Detroit until after War of 1812. Until 1796, his affiliations were British. Located in Chicago in 1804. Was a trader who accumulated considerable wealth, but lost most of his property in War of 1812. From 1804 until his death in 1828, he lived in Chicago, saving the years 1812-16 when, with no garrison in Chicago, his family found refuge in Detroit. In 1798 Kinzie married Eleanor McKillip. MMQ. (from Sketches of members of Kinzie family in Ill...

Kinzie, John H., Mrs., 1806-1870

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Kinzie, John Harris, 1803-1865.

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John H. Kinzie, Indian agent and trader, was the son of Chicago pioneer John Kinzie. Before settling in Chicago in 1834, Kinzie served as private secretary to Lewis Cass, territorial governor of Michigan. Later he was an Indian subagent (Prairie du Chien Agency) at Fort Winnebago, Wisc. from 1828-1833. From the description of Life of the honbl. Hoo-wan-nee-kaw or Little Elk, [1912]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37824736 ...

Von Schneidau, P.

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Neufeld, Philip M.,

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John Kinzie and his family were early settlers on the site of Chicago, where Kinzie established a fur trading business in 1804. Doctor John Cooper served as United States Army surgeon at Fort Dearborn, 1809-1811; he was succeeded by Doctor Isaac Van Voorhis. Kinzie and his family were survivors of the massacre of Fort Dearborn soldiers by Indians in 1812. Juliette Augusta Kinzie, who was married to Kinzie's son John Harris Kinzie, was the author of Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15...

White, Roswell N.

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Cooper, John Paul 1869-

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Epithet: gold and silversmith British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0003d0 ...