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1Title:  The story of Chicago    
 Creator:  Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894 
 Publication:  Dibble, Chicago,1892. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  B 2998 
 Extent:  xxiii, 488 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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2Title:  A winter in the West: letters descriptive of Chicago and vicinity in 1833-4    
 Creator:  Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884 
 Publication:  Fergus Print. Co, Chicago,1882. 
 Notes:  Selections from edition of 1835. 
 Call #:  P 3083 
 Extent:  64 p. front.(port.) 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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3Title:  A wild kind of boldness: the Chicago history reader    
 Creator:  Adams, Rosemary K. 
 Publication:  William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, Chicago Historical Society, Grand Rapids, Mich, Chicago,c1998. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F38ZD W668 
 Extent:  xiv, 458 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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4Title:  The annals of Chicago: a lecture delivered before the Chicago lyceum, January 21, 1840    
 Creator:  Balestier, Joseph Neree, b. 1815? 
 Publication:  Fergus printing company, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.1 
 Extent:  48 p. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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5Title:  The present and future prospects of Chicago: an address delivered before the Chicago Lyceum, January 20, 1846    
 Creator:  Brown, Henry, 1789-1849 
 Marshall, James Augustus, b. 1809
 Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
 Publication:  Fergus Printing Co, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.9 
 Extent:  48 p. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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6Title:  A history of the city of Chicago: its men and institutions. Biographical sketches of leading citizens    
 Publication:  The Inter ocean, Chicago,1900. 
 Call #:  B 4621 Oversize 
 Extent:  490 p. illus. 32 x 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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7Title:  The Lakeside annual directory of the City of Chicago    
 Publication:  Chicago Directory Co. [etc.], Chicago, Ill,1875-1917. 
 Notes:  Description based on: 1916. 
 Call #:  F38ZG 
 Extent:  v. ; 33 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Directories | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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8Title:  The Rail-roads, history and commerce of Chicago    
 Creator:  Daily Democratic Press 
 Publication:  Democratic Press Job and Book Steam Printing Office, Chicago,1854. 
 Notes:  Text ends on page 71; remaining pages are devoted to advertisements. "Second edition of five thousand copies."--p. 3. 
 Call #:  Pam. R782 
 Extent:  80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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9Title:  The development of Chicago, 1674-1914: shown in a series of contemporary original narratives    
 Creator:  Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880- 
 Publication:  The Caxton club, Chicago,1916. 
 Notes:  Title within ornamental border. "One of an edition consisting of one hundred and seventy-five copies on Italian hand-make paper and three copies on imperial Japanese vollum." 
 Call #:  B 3159 
 Extent:  7 p. 1., 9, 290 p. front., illus., plates, facsim. 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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10Title:  The story of old Fort Dearborn    
 Creator:  Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), 1844-1928 
 Publication:  A.C. McClurg, Chicago,1912. 
 Notes:  Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. 
 Call #:  B 8039 
 Extent:  173 p. front., plates, ports., maps, facsim. 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Massacres -- Illinois -- Chicago | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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11Title:  Chicago, the wonder city    
 Creator:  Seeger, Eugen, 1851- 
 Publication:  G. Gregory Printing Co, Chicago,1893. 
 Notes:  At head of title: 1837, 1871, 1893. 
 Call #:  F38ZC S45 
 Extent:  xii, 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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12Title:  The Chicago massacre of 1812: with illustrations and historical documents    
 Creator:  Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894 
 Publication:  The Dibble publishing company, Chicago,1893. 
 Notes:  Pages 219-224, publisher's advertisements. 
 Call #:  E356 C532K 
 Extent:  224 p. front., illus. 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Massacres -- Illinois -- Chicago | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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13Title:  History of chicago, Illinois    
 Creator:  Moses, John, 1825-1898 
 Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894
 Publication:  Munsell & co, Chicago and New York,1895. 
 Notes:  At head of title: Aboriginal to metropolitan. Added title pages, illus. 
 Call #:  F38ZD M897 
 Extent:  2 v. fronts., illus., plates, ports. 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
 
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14Title:  Fergus' directory of the city of Chicago, 1839    
 Creator:  Fergus, Robert, 1815-1897 
 Publication:  Fergus printing company, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.2 
 Extent:  68 p. front. (port.) 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Directories | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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15Title:  Chicago and its distinguished citizens: or, The progress of forty years. Being a record of the important events in the history of Chicago, and a description of its industries, professions and societies, together with biographical sketches of prominent citizens    
 Creator:  Wood, David Ward. 
 Publication:  M. George & Co, Chicago,1881. 
 Call #:  F38Z W874h 
 Extent:  573, [6] p. ports. 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
 
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16Title:  Chicago: past, present, future    
 Creator:  Wright, John S. (John Stephen), 1815-1874 
 Publication:  Horton & Leonard, printers], Chicago,1868. 
 Call #:  F38ZD W951 
 Extent:  xxvi, 404 p. plates, fold. map, fold. plan. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce
 
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17Title:  Half-century's progress of the city of Chicago: the city's leading manufacturers and merchants    
 Publication:  Chicago : International Pub. Co,1887. 
 Notes:  At head of title: 1837-1887. Cover title: City of Chicago, the new metropolis, a half century's progress. 
 Call #:  F38ZM I61 
 Extent:  381 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Manufactures | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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18Title:  Antoine Ouilmette, a resident of Chicago A.D. 1790-1826: The first settler of Evanston and Wilmette (1826-1838) with a brief history of his family and the Ouilmette reservation    
 Creator:  Grover, Frank R. (Frank Reed), b. 1858 
 Publication:  Evanston Historical Society, Evanston, Ill.],1908. 
 Call #:  Pam. G724 
 Extent:  26 p. pl. 
 Subjects:  Ouilmette, Antoine, 1760-1841 | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Evanston (Ill.) -- History
 
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19Title:  Chicago, her history and her adornment    
 Creator:  McIlvaine, Mabel 
 Publication:  C.D. Peacock, Chicago,c1926. 
 Notes:  "Illustrations sketched from figurines and relics of the Chicago Historical Society." On cover: "Great Northern Railway Company. Compliments of C. D. Peacock, Chicago." 
 Call #:  Pam. M1154 
 Extent:  47 p. illus. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel
 
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20Title:  Wau-bun: the "early day" in the North-west    
 Creator:  Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 
 Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, 1835-1917
 Publication:  Rand, McNally & company, Chicago, New York,[c1901] 
 Call #:  F42JE K56W3 
 Extent:  xiii. 15-393, a-j p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Fort Winnebago (Portage, Wis.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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