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Philip M. Neufeld collection of papers relating to Chicago history
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Philip M. Neufeld collection of papers relating to Chicago history, [18--?-1893].
Physical Description
0.20 linear ft. (1 box)
Language
English
Provenance
Gift of Philip M. Neufeld, 1982.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
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, 1812, and of Some of the Preceding Events (Chicago: Ellis and Fergus, 1844) and Wau-Bun: the Early Day in the North-West (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856).
Summary
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Also present are three brief ALS received by Charles F. Gunther, 1883-1893, concerning historical documents relating to Chicago; "View of the Disaster Occasioned by the Flood in the Chicago River on the 12th of March, 1849," engraving by Roswell N. White from a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.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Philip M. Neufeld Collection of Papers Relating to Chicago History. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Philip M. Neufeld Collection of Papers Relating to Chicago History. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Checks - Illinois - Chicago - 19th century.
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