Newberry Library - Letter Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7

Letter Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7

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Open book Letter Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7

Title Letter Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7

Creator Heckman, Wallace, 1851-1927

Date 1915

Place Illinois--Chicago, Ohio

Language English

Subjects Indians of North America, Mingo Indians

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary December 7, 1915, letter from Wallace Heckman to Edward E. Ayer, relating the family tradition that his great-great-grandfather, Andrew Fairley (later spelled Farley), an Ohio County, W.Va., landowner, participated in a peace conference with James Logan, a Mingo chief residing near the Ohio and Scioto Rivers. This conference took place in 1774, soon after Logan's family had been massacred by white settlers. Heckman also discusses his own investigation of Jefferson correspondence, which concluded that such a meeting had taken place, and includes biographical information on Heckman's grandfather, James Farley, who had passed on the Logan story.

Biographical/Historical Note Chicago lawyer and businessman.

Extent 1 item (4 leaves) ; 28 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 379

BibID 140412

Projects Tag Chicago and the Midwest

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2466px × 3278px 23.16 MB

Filename 991404128805867_Ayer_MS_379_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IALV