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CH ICA GO H I STO RICA L SOCI ETY

SE M I CE NTE NN IAL ANNIVE R S A RY

I o FEBRUARY 7 , g 7

H E fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the Chicago T Histo ri cal S ociety was marked by a special meeting of the t its u l Socie y and a reception in B i ding, on the evening of

h ru 1 0 . a T ursday, Feb ary 7, 9 7 Some two thousand invi t tions

its r e had been sent to members , f iends , an d correspond nts and more than four hundred persons were present at the exercis es . President Head had in vited the following ladies to represent

as e a in e $ the So ciety hostess s , and ssist him in receiv g the gu sts

ni M i . . t a r c . l Mesd mes Cy us Bentley, A ta C B a ne , T B Blacks one ,

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W B i E l W . B f . B W . . illiam la r, iphalet latch ord, Joseph T owen, J

K . a r . s . Calhoun , ate S Caruthers , Ch rle H Conover, Frede ick A

a a s n l Delano , Thom s Dent, J cob M . Dickin o , Marshal Field ,

r . l . F G in G C F . G C rede ick M i p , John J lessner, harles unther, ar

. ar s . o r . ter H H ri on , Annie M Hitchc ck, Gu don S Hubbard,

i r . . m Charles L Hutch nson , George S Isha , Harry P att Judson ,

K K r r n Chauncey eep , Samuel H . e foot, Bryan Lath op , Joh V h E M a . mi 0 . c ea Mason Loo s , Frank Lowden, Franklin g , zra B

M M c ormic i k cC a t . k s M c orm c E C . C g g , Net ie F , Cyru H , dward w V . rr é L a erne . G Mason, George Me y eather, W Noyes , Honor

i a . E . . l Palmer, Ferd n nd W Peck, ugene S Pike, George M Pu l n l . i . . S c man , John S Ru ne ls , Mart n A Ryerson , Otto L hmidt ,

O . W W ll . W rson Smith, James M alker, Norman i iams , Mary J il

h . il i K h r E marth, Jo n P W son ; and M sses at arine A nold, lizabeth

r l z . E n i Head , Ma y L Newberry, i abeth Ski ner, Freder ka Skinner, w E . and Helen Sno . The President and those of the above named ladies who were in attendance stood in the entran ce from the Main H all to the Gilpin Library and received the gues ts who were formally pre E c sented by members of the xe u tive Committee .

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W the c O f the hen the hour arrived for exer ises occasion , the audience assembled in the Lecture Hall in such numbers as to exhaust its seating capacity and many gentlemen stood through i the ent re programme . E On the stage beside the President were Messrs . zra B . M cC a E K E gg , lij ah ent Hubbard , and dwin Doak Mead . Presi

M c a dent Head stated to the audience that Mr. C gg was the sole surviving Charter Member and Incorporator of the Chicago His

i l . E tor ca Society ; that Mr dwin D . Mead O f Boston was the Vice President and a working member O f the Massachusetts Historical f Society 3 that Mr. Hubbard was one O the first white children

born in Chicago . He also announced that the E xecutive Com mittee had some weeks since invited Governor Deneen to be t presen and deliver an address, appropriate to the occasion, and read a letter from the Governor expressing his regret that impera tive Official duties had at the last moment obliged him to remain

the in Springfield, and extending to Society his congratulations on its Semi -centennial anniversary and wishing it pro sp erity for the n . t r future . Mr Head also read a co gratulatory le te from Daniel

t O f C . Roberts , presiden the New Hampshire Historical Society . The formal exercises were then Opened by President Head who spoke as follows th e Fifty years ago , a body of early citizens of Chicago inter e sted in collecting and preservi ng the records O f the early t exploration and settlemen of the State , having procured from the

the C hica O authorities a proper charter for g Historical Society, f met and perfected the organization O the Corporation . The

fift 1 8 y years which have passed since February 7, 57, have been t for the Socie y, periods of modest prosperity as well as of discouraging storm and stress . Twice have its buildings and collections been destroyed by fire, and many books and

O f va t - manuscripts great lue , irre rievably lost ; yet to day, at the

O f - t beginning its second half century, the Society is in his beau

fir — n d tiful e proof building, with more than one hu dred thousan t volumes, manuscrip s, and memorials of the early days , and is entirely free from deb t . Of the early citizens who were the founders and incorporators - E NT N I A L E N 1 8 SEMI C E CEL BRATIO . 3

E M o f the . . cC a Society, but one survives , Mr zra B gg , a man who for more than fifty years has been held in high esteem and honor

by the people of Chicago . He has consented to read to us, this

n c eveni g, a paper ontaining various incidents connected with the

1 N r O f th e t 8 1 . O ea ly life Socie y, and prior to the great fire of 7 M c a . introduction to a Chicago audience is needed for Mr. C gg ’ M c a s e Mr . C gg addr ss was as follows i t In the gospel accord ng to Saint Luke, it is recorded tha our “ Saviour said to his disciples in o ne O f his parables $ I say unto you , though he will not rise and give b ecause he is his friend , yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as ” he needeth . It was forcibly brought to my mind when your “ ” President did not permit me to say N 0 after an express e d unwillingness to occupy some of your time this evening, the w fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of this Society, ith some

- account of its early history . If the repetition of a twice told tale

c wearies you till the hairs seem hard, let his b e the blame . v I would ha e avoided it, for it is not altogether a pleasure . The result of what was so many years ago begun is before you ; this h fine building, its books and manuscripts , its portraits , t ese last perpetuate as far as may be done on canvas , the actors , their

e e t fac s r call their respective doings , and the promise of wha may

- yet be, yet these portraits are prints of foot falls in the march of time 3 one actor the less, one more break in the ranks , till the wh place has some pain to the survivor o will not down .

The beginning, the very beginning, and it is to this I am to

c . A e e . onfine myself, was small few gentl m n , Mr Mason writes ,

in ' twelve number, by whom requested, I do not recollect, prob f ably by the Rev. William Barry, met at the o fice of Messrs .

M cC a u Scammon and gg in the b ilding, then standing on the

L aS alle 1 8 6 to northeast corner of Lake and streets , April 3 , 5 , consider the idea of forming a Historical Society in this city for the collection and preservation of historical material re lating more particularly to Chicago , but also to the State, which was

e every day being mad and lost, there not being anybody caring b O f for its preservation . They were usy men , every one them , n as indeed was everybody in Chi cago at that time . The burde 1 8 4 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

was v of material life hea y, a city was building, sewage and water m but systems ust be had, not here and there one, many, streets

w e - were to be laid out , road ays and sid walks made, school houses and churches , warehouses and dwellings were to be built, more bridges were need e d ; the city itself was being raised from the mud ; there was a whole system of municipal government to be substantially reorganized to keep pace with so rapid a growth all at once ; and it must all the time be looked to that neither

. t Milwaukee, nor St Louis , nor Cincinna i, nor any other place,

t c far or near, ook away any one of the advantages whi h our loca

ff . tion o ered us They were not men of wealth , as wealth was m easured fifty years ago ; there were few wealthy men here then , though some of them afterward became so nor did they depend v but upon their daily work to li e ; it was the day of small things , comparatively, and a return was acceptable . I do not recollect, c w ertainly, who they were, but one can guess ith almost absolute sureness as to many of them, as one name after another appears later in this account .

e This me ting of April, before mentioned, was followed by

a th another later in the same month , the 4 , and an organization

h r t was . t e had, William H Brown being first p esiden , and

William Barry recording secretary and librarian . Mr. Brown

H e i n was an O ld resident of the State . came to Illinois

1 8 1 8 December, , the population of the State at that time was not

v K k e O f e e o er settled in as askia, then the s at gov rnm nt, choosing Illinois because it had that summer adopted a free “ - I IImO I s government, and purchased a one half interest in the ” 1 8 1 Intelligencer, which paper dated back to 5, and was the first

r . 1 8 2 newspaper published in the Territo y In 3 , he was at that time living in Vandalia, he did valiant work with pen and voice on the side of the Free - State party when an effort was made looking toward and intending the adoption of a new constitution

e not permitting slav ry . His activity in this direction did increase his popularity in that region and an incipient effort was mad e to

1 8 . s mob his paper. In 3 5, he removed to Chicago These fact descri are not, perhaps, quite germane here, yet they give some p

m an tion of the . The contest he had made was as close and - E NT E N I A L N 8 SEMI C CELEBRATIO . 5

t co m impassioned as it was momentous . Suppose tha at the m encem ent slave ~state of the civil war, Illinois had been a , supporting the secession column , the whole machinery of the v d $ K state go ernment in the han s of the South nowing him well ,

I linger about his name, because of the early stand he took which but foreshadowed in its regard for the right every action of his life .

These April meetings were the beginning . On February 7 ,

1 8 was . 57 , a charter had and the embryo attained legal existence Listen to the somewhat grandiloquent terms of its Preamble $ “ t WHEREAS , it is conducive to the public good of a Sta e to encourage such institutions as have for their Obj ect to collect and preserve the memorials of its founders and benefactors , as well as the historical evidences of its progress in settlement and popala t v ion , and in the arts , impro ements and institutions which distin guish a civilized community, and to transmit the same for the instruction and benefit of future generations ;

Be it enacted, etc . I will name the incorporators in the order named in the act n William H . Brown , William B . Ogde , Mahlon D . Ogden ,

. Y B G J oung Scammon , Mason rayman , Mark Skinner, eorge

M ni rr . K z Z . a e e . . a , John H in ie, James V Blaney , Isa c N Arnold , W' V E I . . D . W . A . anH . dward Tinkham , J ebster, Smallwood,

Higgins, N . S . Davis , C . H . Ray, S . D . Ward , Franklin

E . M cC a . Scammon , William Barry, and zra B gg h Most of t em , doubtless , were present at, and all of them in sympathy with the obj ect of the two meetings in April . This is but a list of names O ffering little information to the generation of

- w to day . It ould be a satisfaction to speak more in detail of at

as least such of them I knew more intimately . The time is all

to o . - n . short They were household ames Mr. Mahlon D .

Ogden was a partner of Mr. Arnold and at one time Probate K d e . . Ju g John H inzie , and here I hesitate for a moment, loth to pass on without some words . If anything is said there should Z be much . James V . . Blaney, able physician , ever in the search for some later way of alleviating disease and suffe ring . J . D .

Webster, a graduate of West Point, and afterward a gallant soldier

r who , at the bloody battle of Pittsburg Landing, when , towa d the 1 6 R 8 CHICAGO HISTO ICAL SOCIETY.

' close of the first day the confederate troops had driven our army

th e t nearly to river, by parking our ar illery along the bank t t n checked heir advance ill ight came ; and the next morning, E B v . . uell and ictory Dear friend and neighbor, dward I

- Tinkham . Dr. N . S . Davis who afterward , a stranger from far away

- Chicago , when he stood before an audience of world assembled doctors in London captivated them . He has j ust gone, at a ripe

v to the old age, acti ely employed up very end , crowning a life

- service to his fellow men .

Of the twenty charter members , thirteen were residents of the

North Side ; then , perhaps, the most popular quarter of the city

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e . for the better class of dw llings Mr. Arnold s pleasing house

now was on the spot where we are , and the others, I think ,

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e . almost all of them , liv d within a stone s throw

Mr. William B . Ogden , at the time of its organization and t t t before its char er, permit ed the Society the emporary use of a room on the southwes t corner of Clark and Lake streets till some other arrangement should be made . Shortly after, Mr . Julian S . Rumsey gave it more comfortable quarters in a building erected by him on the west sid e of L aS alle street between Lake and t Randolph , where it remained a couple of years, and from here it came to this side of the river to the northeast corner of North

K i . a Wells and inz e streets , to rooms set apart for it by Mr W lter

w rr . e be . L. N y Collections in the beginning were slow A few t pine shelves were all that were needed for a ime, and every gain

- t was welcomed . Lieut . Gov . William Bross , hough this was later, ’ “ ” t Kin sboro u h s c gave it at one ime Lord g g Mexico , a olored copy,

se t . some three or four folio volumes , a stately indeed They

’ n be were spread O a table and Mr. Barry s bright eye gleamed as

' o ne w ac uisition displayed them , perhaps as pr ud of his q as either J ames Lenox or John Carter Brown would have been of a newly

ra n acquired illuminated missal , the probable work of F A gelico , - - n or to come nearer home, a then j ust discovered, hitherto unknow ” volume of “J esuit Missions which had then lately passed into

’ the latter s possession . I must look back for a moment to more thoroughly emphasize some of these men . The proj ect to build a railroad from - N 1 8 SEM I C E NT E N I A L C E LEBRATIO . 7

‘ Chicago to Galena was not ne w but it was moribund . It was sought to revive it with Mr . Ogden as president, and build the

was road . This the commencement of an era in the railroad history of this State, almost in the railroad history of the United

States , for it was , perhaps , the first time a railroad was built in advance of population instead of waiting till a present population needed it . I remark in passing that I have heard that at the time this road was chartered, the Galena members of the legislature refused to vote for it unless the name of Galena was given first place

a a . G alena and Chic go Union , not Chic go and Galena Union

Galena was the more important place . To make a commence ment, Mr . Ogden , with Mr . Scammon and perhaps others , gave a personal note for A banker here, though one of the

e . dir ctors , refused to loan to the road that or any amount H e

t . would loan to them , individually, but not to the corpora ion

- The amount is amusing in the light of to day . It was on a trip to urge subscriptions for stock that Mr . Scammon used the figure, “ ” T h e Iron Horse will yet slake his thirst in the Fox River .

was The Fox less than forty miles away, and the western terminus

so sa of the road was on the open prairie, and might one y was the eastern , for the common council had refused it entrance into the city . It seemed rather a vainglorious boast . The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company, of which the Galena was the progenitor and is now one of its divisions , operates t o day

n o f over seve thousand four hundred and fifty miles road , has

é - e - employ s , and its annual pay roll exce ds twenty three millions of dollars .

d . . w The late Ju g e H W Blodgett, and not anybody kne

Chicago and its people better than he, in a public address styled “ ” i Mr. Og den The man who made Ch cago . I think this was not quite fair . Mr . Ogden was a man of extraordinary force ,

saw character, ability, and push ; he and foresaw with great insight ; he can scarcely be given too much praise , but many men in those days were helping to mak e Chicago ; some of them I

e e e mention her . I recoll ct w ll Mr. Scammon riding, day and

' h and nig t, through rain dust and storm and heat, appealing to , 1 8 8 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY . urging the farmers along the line of the proposed road to

a a shar subscribe for stock and pay the first inst lment, e, as l

. . e e did Mr Isaac N Arnold, and to a l ss r degree John B . Turner and others . The road they traveled, figuratively speaking , was

o ne not a level . Money was scarce , the population sparse, there was some indifference , some dissent, one innkeeper denouncing railroads as undemocratic institutions that would ride rough shod over the people and grind them to powder . All the people u wanted, said he, were good, common roads pon which every body could travel . Some of the subscriptions were paid at th e

O f end a law suit . Mr. Brown was one of the directors and at one time presiden t . Chicago was not much more than a frontier town ; there were not many houses north of Huron street on the North Side or

o n south of Harrison street the South Side, with a narrow line of buildings along the west bank of the river. The prairie with its fl carpet of owers came almost to our doors . All the gentlemen I have named were at the front and were

C harter members of the Society, as were J udges Skinner and

M anierre. They were all mainsprings in our city , makers of

a u m e n Chic go , all b sy , very busy, more to be done an hundred n fold, tha there were men to do . I mention them by name and speak of their surroundings , as I should be glad to speak of

I v m e Others whom ha e not na ed , incorporators and memb rs of n the Society , did time permit, because, then and for ma y years after, they gave to it, to its beginnings and its support, not of

re their leisure, but of their al ady overburdened time, without any idea of personal return ; they believed it for the best interest of the community of which they formed part ; and they should have foremost place in a meeting in this room on an occasion like this . $ “ Seen now in the distance, it looks like a small matter It took time . The same men who helped to build the railroad with their

- energy and self sacrifice were behind the Historical Society .

Chicago during these years was in a condition of ferment . An

ff . amusing anecdote is told, typical of a airs as they then were A

C 01 itizen of the land of Thoreau , of quiet Pawtucket Nantucket, r intending to move with his family to this city , called on a builde - NT L N 1 SEMI C E E N I A CELEBRATIO . 89

was here, this was about the middle of May, and said that he intending to remove to Chicago, had bought a lot, and wished , if l possib e, a house, of which he had the plans with him , to be ready on his arrival which would be about the middle of October then next, and that he very much hoped that this was feasible .

fe w his The builder, hesitating for a moments , with his finger to “ ’ forehead , The native hue of resolution sicklied o er with the ” “ pale cast of thought as if considering possibilities said , This is Thursday . I have an elevator to put up tomorrow, Friday ; and have promised a Presbyterian church for Saturday . I will ” build your house on Monday . The travesty of facts to one who was then here and has a recollection of the times , makes this broad farce amusing . Absolutely there are some true lines in the caricature .

And foremost among them was Mr. Barry, the Rev . William

Barry, a Unitarian clergyman in delicate health and because of it without a charge , an enthusiast, the very embodiment of a

so collector of historical matter . No pamphlet so small or appar

was ently valueless but it worth preserving if it but contained, not what was then , but what would sometime be worth something,

histo r historically . No elderly man who knew personally some him ical incident but he would have commit it to paper or, if he w ould, to write the history of his times , and many apparently ephemeral publications proved sometimes valuable almost imme i l d ate . y He once, not many years later, asked the Galena and

set of Chicago Railroad Company, or its successor, for a bound its reports . It had already become a leaf in the histo ry of

. r the western progress The answer came, that with g eat regret road had to admit that it had not a full set ; two years or more ,

n . as I recollect, were lacki g He was able to supply them . He had cared for them , year by year, as they appeared . He did most of the active work for years , the earlier ones, gratuitously ,

e later, but after some years , for a small, very small comp nsation till want of strength required him to stop . Writing to Mr . Mason , president of the Society, a few years ago in response to a request

e from him for some information about Mr. Barry, I repli d , and I “ e can but repeat it here, he attend d to the correspondence, 1 0 9 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

wa unpacked the boxes, s most earnest and untiring in soliciting exchanges , made up the packages to be sent in return , kept the t in records including the minutes of meetings , wen day by day

t t-office summer and in winter, in sunshine and in s orm to the pos for the mail, and carried in his arms , or even if very bulky on his ” back, heavy bundles of papers and books to the Society rooms . The removal to the N ewbe rry Building had stimulated move ment and the collection became varied and though fragmentary, A t ’ interesting. the Society s third annual meeting, its library numbered over nearly books , pamphlets , maps ,

was 1 8 . and manuscripts , and this despite of th e panic of 57 It was attracting attention and was receiving many gifts . Meetings were held at residences of members and the Society’ s affairs were discussed over a plate of ice - cream and a piece of sponge - cake for refreshments . Mr. Barry was indefatigable . He traveled

the to widely throughout State, and always with an eye single his

m the do inant purpose, expressed in original constitution , that the obj ect of the Association was to encourage historical inquiry, and spread historical information especially within the State of Illinois ; to collect a library and manuscripts ; to solve historical

i him doubts . The mound builders and the r work interested and he had collected much information relating to them , he inter ’ vi e wed the State s pioneers and gathered facts from their personal history and preserved it , stimulating the writing of papers by the ’ t ff Society s members . I recollec his making an earnest e ort to ’ have some member write the history of Mason and Dixon s line . The rate of increase became more rapid each succeeding year

e wberr and the two rooms given it by Mr . N y soon became crowded ; pamphl e ts jolted newspapers and they alike crowded b the books . Larger quarters were a necessity ; the li rary had

r but t grown over two thousand numbe s in a year ; , hough the

1 8 was panic of 57 had somewhat expended its force, it not a very propitious time for raising money for an organization which h f t h . t e only indirectly appealed to t e public All the same , e for 1 86 must be made . A committee was appointed on J anuary 9, 4, a subscription for a lot and building was started and though it d in t ragged somewhat, the co mmittee about a year repor ed

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This is also true of the territorial and state government of Illi t nois , including all laws , j ournals , and records of every depar N ment . We have large collections of the documents of the orth

western States and Territories, and Mr . Barry has made especial efforts to collect the Session Laws and legislative records of all the colonie s and of all the states and territories from their first

organization down . We have those of Virginia for two hundred

r t yea s , those of Massachuse ts very nearly complete from the

beginning, those of Pennsylvania and N ew J ersey for one hundred years and those of the Western States including Ohio

nearly perfect.

The lawyer is evident in this enumeration . There were many

manuscripts . I mention a few of them Th e original j ournal of the expedition by Maj or Livingstone and the younger Baron Castine from Port Royal to Q uebec in h 1 1 0 to th e . ad 7 . I t came Society from Gurdon S Hubbard who it from his relative Governor Saltonstall of Connecticut . John Kinzie senior’ s manuscript account of the Indians residing in Chic ago in the early part O f the century ; the original memorial to

Congress for the separation of Illinois from the Indiana Territory, “ which alleged that Illinois has a population of 3 0 0 0 and that its connection with Indiana is an unnatural and destructive ” w ’ alliance . George Flo er s correspondence with Lafayette,

Jefferson , Cobbett, and other distinguished men , the original

E mancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln . It does not seem worth while to continue the enumeration . t t to - The his ory from his time on till day, your President will

8 1 8 1 tell you . The evening of October , 7 , saw building, books, th maps, and manuscripts intact, the morning of the 9 a pile of brick , mortar, and ashes where they had been .

’ M s w A . cC a t the conclusion of Mr gg address , hich was heard with many enthusiastic expressions of appreciation , President Head said $

As I was walking along State street this afternoon , I met an

- E f . . . . old time and much esteemed riend, Mr dwin D Mead Mr Mead is one of the high authorities on the early history and d Ne w E d t t evelopment of nglan , and especially the S a e of Massa - C E N T E N I A L N I SEMI CELEBRATIO . 93

“ C husetts. His lecture s and pamphlets issued through the Old ” e South Church of Boston , are a mine of int resting and valuable information regarding the intellectual growth and development

fo r a of New E ngland . Mr. Mead has been m ny years one of the active, working managers of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and has kindly consented to say a few words to us this evening .

Mr . Mead extended to the Chicago Historical Society the cordial congratulations of the Massachusetts Society and gave a most interesting summary of the historical relations be tween New E ngland and Chicago in the Middle West , making special men tion of several gentlemen who h ad been active in the develop it ” ment of Chicago and the work of s Historical Society .

I n e e the absence of Governor Dene n , the Pr sident stated that the E xecutive Committee had urg ed him to add some remarks suggested by th e occasion and he spoke as follows

M a h e . cC as Our honored memb r, Mr gg , given us an admirable s II O sis th e d th e y p of incidents in early ays of Society, up to the

e th e tim of great fire , which entirely destroyed its accumula tions . Books numbering about one hundred thousand volumes , rare manuscripts , and historical letters and data, much of which

be d . was unique and can never replace , were destroyed Three years later, the accumulations of these three years were wiped

I n 1 8 d out in the second fire . 74, with un aunted courage, the pion e ers began for the third tim e the work of up - building the institution . For nearly twenty years , the meetings of the Society

e f were, in a way, a movable feast, it having occupied s veral di fer

u 1 8 2 ent q arters ; but in 9 the present building was commenced ,

1 8 6 use and in 9 , it was formally dedicated to the and work of the Society . n t I am o an early member of the Historical Society, having

1 8 0 are j oined in 9 , and my reminiscences mostly measured by

f E . . . the terms in O fice of Mr . dward G Mason and Mr John N

e i nl . occas o Jew tt I had y , at an earlier date , attended the public

E . meetings of the Society during the pre sidency of Mr. . B

$ T he xecu v ee re re s excee n l h no rec r was e E ti e C ommitt g t , di g y, t at o d mad ’ o f M r M e s v r n re s n r u ress and h heref re can . ad e y i te ti g imp ompt add , t at it t o not b r nte h r i f ll e p i d e e n u . 1 94 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY .

- Washburne , the predecessor of Mr . Mason . His life work illus

trates anew the fact that America is the land of opportunity .

. of Mr Washburne, whose home, for the greater part his life , was

at Galena, was for many years a member of Congress ; later, Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Grant ; then Min

ister to France . Returning to America, and taking up his abode

in Chicago , he sprang almost at once from the comparatively

i obscure position O f French E mbassador to the p residency o f the

Chicago Historical Society, which position he held until his

. f death He was a most affable and dignified presiding O ficer, much interested in the work of the Society, and contri buted to its v shelves many olumes and public documents of value . His work here was a fitting crown of a laborious and honorable life .

E . Mr. dward G Mason , after serving for several years as the

ffi - e cient Vice President of the Society, was chosen as its Presi

ih 1 8 8 was re - dent 7, and annually elected for eleven years there

' O f uil i after . His special work was the erection the b d ng which

- shelters us to night . This building cost Nearly one half this cost was borne by the donation of Henry D . Gilpin . e The next largest item was from John Crerar. Aft r this

w t 2 0 were perhaps t enty others, subscribing amoun s from $ 5 to

6 000 $ , such subscriptions being secured almost wholly by the T he efforts of Mr. Mason . amount finally raised was said by - t the archi ect , Henry Ives Cobb, to b e sufficient to complete the building, but when it was finished there was a deficiency of about

This was ultimately paid, one half by the gift of Mr .

G eorge M . Pullman , and the other half by the generous bequest

Y . . t of Mrs . J . Scammon The Socie y thus now owns the building and contents , free from debt . The building is the permanent i r u . monument to Mr . Mason . He was its inspi ng geni s

Mr. Mason was, in many ways, an ideal citizen of Chicago, the

n . city O f his pride and love . She ever had a more loyal son

c The growth of the ity in material wealth , and especially in the cultivation and development of the arts , which are made possible by accumulated capital, was to him , a source of constant j oy; and to the development of those arts , few contributed more than he . For the purpose of securing manuscripts and other material - SEMI CE NTEN N IAL CELEBRATION . I 95

of concerning the early history of Illinois, which were in danger v being lost, Mr. Mason spent many months , isiting all parts of

Illinois and the neighboring states, and portions of Canada . w Wherever he was , and however engaged , he al ays had an eye alert for adding anything of value to the splendid collection

is which now enriches this building . This collection without parallel in the Nation , when we consider the brief time and limited means available for the work . n occu The studies of Mr. Mason in the period of the Fre ch u u patio of Illinois, and ab out the q aint old towns of Cahokia

K . and askaskia, were most thorough and exhaustive The lives

m e e and anners of these fronti r peopl ; their fondness for, and introduction here of the gai e ty and lightness of French peasant t life, so u terly in contrast with the sombre gravity of the Puritan

E the founders of New ngland ; the midnight dances in forest, “Where many a youth and many a maid Were dancing in the chequered shade ;

' the harvest - time frolics ; their devo tion to their religious faith and its priestly expositors ; the quaint and frolicsome love making of the youths and maiden s ; the arcadian and idyllic — simplicity of their lives all were p ictured in our genial Presi ’ dent s mind as if he had lived among them in those earlier days . M ifflin He had arranged with Houghton , Company, Boston , to write for th e ir series of American Commonwealths the History of Illinois , and his passing away before the completion of this work was almost a national calamity . The work would have been especially full as to th e hundred years of the French ocen

a i p t o n. But on the shelves and in the archives of this Historical Society can still be found the greater part O f the material he had proposed to use in the work , and some future student and writer will still find here the foundation for a picture of the French occupation of Illinois - for a History of Illinois rivaling the fasci

O f nations romance .

While Mr . Mason was not one of the heroic workers who

its e organized this Society and carried it through arly struggles , yet his work was so great and valuable that he may properly be

2 characterized as among its founders . 1 96 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

. w tt Hon John N . Je e was chosen President of the Society in

1 8 . 99, a year after the death of Mr Mason , and filled the posi

1 0 tion until his death in 9 4. Mr. Jewett had been for many

years one of the leading members of the Chicago bar, and a dili

of gent student American history, especially the history of the M region now known as the iddle West . He was thus fitted for

th e h e the ' dutie work to which was called, and performed s of the

position with conscientious fidelity . He almost never missed a f meeting of the Society or its o ficers , and his sound j udgment e was of constant valu in the management of its affairs .

‘ ~ After his death , a Memorial Meeting was held in this hall , h n when the C icago Bar Associatio , of which Mr. Jewett had

L aw b een president, and the John Marshall School , of which he n was dean , j oined this Society in deliveri g addresses of eulogy . E On the following day , the xecutive Committee, at a special

’ to t meeting, adopted and caused be spread upon the Socie y s

was records , a Memorial , an engrossed and bound copy of which and sent to Mrs . J ewett , from which I quote “ The memory of John Nelson Jewett has been publicly and

formally honored by oration and eulogy . The community in which for half a century he had been an eminent and an t w honorable citizen , has attes ed the height of esteem in hich it h im held . “ v It is now our pri ilege , as those who were perhaps closest to

him in this work of his latest years, to pay the last and most f ff h intimate tribute o a ection , and to spread upon our records t e

last expression of honor, until the pen of some gifted writer shall adequately chronicle the life and character of him who has passed

from our daily sight, “ in I t is hard to speak of Mr. J ewett the past tense . S O impressive was his personality, and so vivid is his picture i n our to minds, that with difficulty we realize his absence is be t longer than for the day, and tha t the rich tones of his maj es ic voice must henceforth but echo through the infinite silence . “ diffidence When , after much urging, he with accepted the

’ “ e to the and Society s presidency, his h art warmed work , none of v his predecessors was ever more de oted to its welfare, none - N N N N 1 SEM I CE TE IAL CELEBRATIO . 97 l abored more zealously, in season and out of season , in its

his f. behal From vast treasury of intellectual strength , of legal

acumen , of profound learning, of sound j udgment, of sterling integrity, he gave lavishly to the care and guidance of the

’ the his Society s affairs . In four years of presidency , he called

’ the - this Committee together for Society s work sixty four times . It had not been so often assembled in the preceding twenty - five

e years . What more eloquent testimony could th re be to his

e e unselfish d votion , his untiring en rgy, h is grasp of detail, and v f his aggressi e leadership in shaping, per orming, and directing the duties devolve d upon him and upon this Committee $ “ n He found the Society dormant, its fi ances disturbed, and its records in chaos ; he left its work syst e matiz e d and in active

progress , its trust funds intact and productive . The disaster that th reatened at the beginning of his presidency has yielded to

e his mastery, and solvency and prosperity hav been established

. was in its stead While he j ustly proud of these results , he disclaimed the credit for their accomplishment . The reward of it his labors was the success he achieved . “ The glove of velvet adorned, but did not mask , his hand of

. ff iron Stately in bearing, courtly in manner, masterful in a airs , g racious in his simplicity, he won the respect, the admiration ,

and the affection o f those who were priviliged to know the Man . His presidency brought honor to our name among the historical societies of the world . “ Those who knew John N . Jewett bes t loved him most and have the chief right to mourn ; and we who sat at his feet and held up his hands in this work claim it our due to m ” spread upon our records this to o meager tribute to his me ory . The records of the Society make mention of many interesting

. 1 88 0 incidents during the past fifty years In , the Society was troubled by the existence of a mortgage of upon its the n

new building, the holders of which were pressing for payment . E At a meeting of the xecutive Committee, where this matter had Z been discussed , Mr . L . . Leiter asked that he might be allowed to attend to that . A little memorandum book is no w in the

’ possession of the Society, showing the results of Mr. Leiter s 1 98 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

c . a tivity as a canvasser It shows that Judge Mark Skinner,

E . . . e dwin H Sheldon , Henry J Willing, and Mr L iter himself, 2 00 K each contributed $ 5 , and Dr. D . . Pearsons and Albert A .

1 0 0 0 Munger each $ , whereby the mortgage was cancelled . Mr. Leiter was for many years a liberal giver for the work of the

Society . He paid the expenses o f publishing the first and second volumes of its collections .

The unique and valuable papers of President James Madison ,

filling eight large folio volumes , which contain some fourteen w hundred letters written by Mr. Madison , ith some few received by him , during his public life, were purchased by Mr . Marshall

t . Field, and presented by him to the Socie y He also paid the

c t cost of publishing the third volume of its ollec ions, being the f E O ficial letters and documents of Ninian dwards , territorial governor of Illinois . We are often told from the pulpit that he who giveth is no t t ax the hereby impoverished , and the truth of this m im is seen in t fact that after the liberality of the two gentlemen , las named, t v Messrs . Leiter and Field, hey ha e still left their families amply provided for. The list of men and women who have been offi cers and

s members of the Historical Society is a notable one, and embrace a goodly proportion of the men who are credited with being the i makers of Chicago . Among them we find the names of Will am

B . O I . A H D . G . Y . gden , saac N rnold, enry ilpin, J Scammon , k E w . . M c rmic . ewberr C o Walter L N y, d in H Sheldon, Cyrus H , '

H . W . B . B N . K . F G enry J illing, T lackstone, airbank, eorge Z m . v . M Pullman , Le i Leiter, Mark Skinner, Marshall Field , Willia E K . . . Blair, Charles B . Farwell , S . H . erfoot, Dr R N Isham , dwin

K . E . . C . Larned, Henry W. ing, dwin S Isham , Wm G Hibbard, D C . W. Fullerton , John H . unham , George Sturges, Chalkley

. . R . n J Hambleton , Julian S umsey, John B Turner, Jonatha

m . . Burr, Dr . John H . Foster, Willia Bross , A H Burley, Hugh

r . D H . G . L . H . M cV iC ke F. H . W T ickey, oomis, J , inston , John

E . M a W . . R H B cC entworth, J T yerson , Thomas oyne , zra gg ,

K . . Lambert Tree, D . . Pearsons, Henry H . Porter, A C Bartlett,

E . f . E E W . Blatch ord , Byron L Smith , dward . Ayer, Samuel M

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c d the in These bequests are sa redly guarde , come alone is h expended , and the names of the donors , attached to t e special

t r funds , will be passed to a grateful posterity , who will bless hei

’ M acaule s his generosity and be benefited thereby, long after y Z “ t toric New ealander shall, in the mids of a vast solitude where

a c London was, take his stand on broken ar h of London Bridge, ” to sketch the ruins of St . Pauls .

E c ven these prospe tive bequests, while pleasing, have their sad

th e and mournful side, Since in each case we must mourn loss of

to a loved and honored member. Should anyone wish guard t against this sadness , and make the endowmen a donation rather

the E xe cu than a bequest, such person , by communicating with v o t ti e C mmittee or the Treasurer, can doub less make an arrange

ment for a suitable commercial discount for cash .

’ Following the applause with which Pre sident Head s address

was received, the audience left the Lecture Hall and found enter

a m t in ent in the various departments of the Building . The Gilpin t Library, the Stickney Library, the Manuscrip Room, and the

all its . Museum , were open and each attracted quota of the guests Refreshments we re served on the large bronze tables in the

Reading Room , where the decorations were American Beauty c roses, and a special exhibit of photographs, manus ripts , and

other monuments of the first days of the Society , arranged by the

an to House Committee d the Librarian , bore eloquent testimony

the foresight of the founders . A large number of the ladies and gentlemen present had bee n ’ c residents of Chicago for the whole fifty years of the So iety s life, and this gathering gave to these people such an opportunity as had rarely been offe red of meeting a goodly number of their

fri ends and acquaintances O f early days .

e Upon no other occasion , xcept the dedication of the Building

1 8 6 the 1 0 in 9 and reception in 9 3 , commemorative of the Cen

nnial te of the erection of Fort Dearborn , had so many persons the attended a meeting as the guests of Society, and the occasion was one of the m ost interesting in its history .

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I N C O R P O R AT O R S

u d r WILLIAM BARRY, Fo n e JAMES VAN ZANDT BLANEY MASON BRAYMAN WILLIAM HUBBARD BROWN N ATHAN SMITH D A vrs VAN HOLLIS HIGGINS JOHN HARRIS KINZIE GEORGE M A NI E R R E E zR A BUTLER M C C A G G MAHLON DICKERSON OGDEN W I L L 1 A M BUTLER OGDEN CHARLES HENRY RAY FRANKLIN SCAMMON JONATHAN YOUNG SCAMMON M ARK SH INNER

WILLIAM A . SMALLWOOD EDWARD ISLAY TINKHAM SAMUEL DEXTER WARD JOSEPH DANA WEBSTER

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B enefactors

J O N AT H A N BU R R P H I LO C A R P E N TE R J O H N C R E R A R

R E T . MAU O G A R R TT H EN R Y DlLWO R T H G I L P I N H U N T I N G TO N WO L C OTT J AC KS O N FR A N C E S E LIZA BE T H OG DE N LUC R ET I A P O N D G E O R G E MO R T I ME R PU L L MA N MA R IA S H E L DO N S C A MMO N E L I ZA BE T H H A MMO N D S T I C KN E Y L UC R E T I A J A N E T I LTO N E L I A S TAY L O R WAT KI N S H E N R Y J E N KE N S WI L L I NG

rs s wh b u h m or r rt to th e ci t are r ll d as f rs Pe on o eq eat oney p op e y So e y en o e Bene acto . 2 06 C HICAGO HISTORICAL SOC IETY

M embership

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’ a m nts carr w it/z tncm tne r /ct to lzola o ce to vote p y e y ig fi , , and take art in the rocee n s o t/ze S ociet to t/ze use o p p di g f y , f tbe L ibrar and R ea in -room to admis ison to all L ectures y d g ,

’ and E ntertainm ents and to a co o t/ze S ocie s current , py f ty

u i s P bl cation .

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I G ive and B e ueatlt to tbe C bica ’ o H istorica S ociet g g l y ,

I ncorporated by S pecial A ct of tire L eg islature

S tate o I inois A rove F ebruar 1 8 tlze sum o f ll , pp d y 7, 57, f

D ollars . CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 0 7

O F F I C E R S

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P R E S I D E N T S

WILLIAM HUBBARD BROWN W ALTER LOOMIS N EWBERRY J ONATHAN YOUNG SCA MMON EDWIN HOLMES SHELDON ISAAC N EWTON ARNOLD ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE EDWARD GAY MASON JOHN N ELS ON JEWETT FRANKLIN HARVEY HEAD

V I C E - P R E S I D E N T S

WILLIAM BUTLER OGDEN JONATHAN YOUNG SCAMMON WALTER LOOMIS N EWBERRY G EORGE M A NI E R R E EDWIN HOLMES SHELDON T HOMAS HOYNE EZRA BUTLER M C C A G G G EORGE FREDERICK RUMSEY ROBERT TODD LINCOLN W ILLIAM HICKLING ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE JOHN WENTWORTH ALEXANDER CALDWELL MCCLURG GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH EDWARD GAY MASON FRANKLIN HARVEY HEAD THOMAS DENT LAMBERT TREE 2 0 8 CHIC AGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

T R E A S U R E R S SAMUEL DEXTER WARD EDWARD ISLAY TINKHAM WILLIAM BLAIR FRANKLIN SCAMMON GEORGE FREDERICK RUMSEY BELDEN FARRAND CULVER

THOM AS H . ARMSTRONG ROBERT REID SOLOMON ALBERT SMITH BYRON LAFLIN SMITH AUGUSTUS HARRIS BURLEY N HENRY H . ASH

GILBERT B . SHAW EDWARD GAY MASON $Acting ) ORSON SMITH

C O R R E S P O N D I N G S E C R E TA R I E S CHARLES HENRY RAY EZRA BUTLER M C C A G G

S E C R E TA R I E S A N D L I B R A R I A N S WILLIAM BARRY

THOMAS H . ARMSTRONG

LEMUEL G . OLMSTEAD WILLIAM CORKRAN W J . HOYT BELDEN FARRAND CULVER ALBERT DAVID HAGER JOHN MOSES EDWARD GAY MASON $Acting ) CHARLES EVANS W . cr t r JAMES FERTIG, Se e a y i M . ibr r CAROLINE MCILVAINE , L a an

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E X E C U T IV E C O M M I T T E E

WILLIAM K . ACKERMAN ISAAC N EWTON ARNOLD EDWARD EVERETT AYER ELIPHALET WICKES BLATCHFORD JOSEPH TILTON BOWEN BELDEN FARRAND CULVER WILLIAM ALDEN FULLER JOHN DEKOVEN JOHN HIGH DUNHAM GEORGE LINCOLN DUNLAP LYMAN JUDSON GAGE

T . MAURO GARRETT DANIEL GOODWIN CHARLES FREDERICK GUNTI-IER CHALKLEY JAY HAMBLETON WILLIAM HICKLING SAMUEL HUMES KERFOOT

r SAMUEL HUMES KERFOOT , J LEVI Z IEGLER LEITER EZRA BUTLER M C C A G G EDWARD GAY MASON GEORGE MERRYWEATHER WALTER CASS N EWBERRY DANIEL KIMBALL PEARSONS JULIUS ROSENTHAL GEORGE FREDERICK RUMSEY JULIAN SIDNEY RUMSEY JONATHAN YOUNG SCAMMON OTTO LEOPOLD SCHMIDT EDWIN HOLMES SHELDON MARK SKINNER GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH LUCIAN TILTON JOHN BICE TURNER ELIAS TAYLOR WATKINS JOHN WENTWORTH HENRY JENKENS WILLING

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T R U S T E E S O F T H E G I L P I N F U N D

AUGUS T US HARRIS BURLEY CLARENCE AUGUSTUS BURLEY EUGENE HEALD FISHBURN WALTER LOWRIE FISHER WILLIAM BUTLER OGDEN

ERSKINE M . PHELPS GEORGE FREDERICK RUMSEY EDWIN HOLMES SHELDON H ENRY JENKENS WILLING PETER LYNCH Y O E

' - - T he and ex o czs . PRESIDENT, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, fi

2 1 2 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

L I F E M E M B E R S

D A D A M S P , JOHN MCGREGOR LEITER, JOSEPH N +ARNOLD, ISAAC EWTON +LLOYD, JESSIE BROSS

+BLACKSTONE, TIMOTHY BEACH +LOOMIS, HORATIO GATES

BLATCHFORD, ELIPHALET WICKES LOWDEN, FRANK ORREN

+BOGUE, GEORGE MARQ UIS LYTTON , HENRY CHARLES N BOND, BENJAMIN ICODEMUS +MCVICKER, JAMES HUBERT

B . +BOOMER, LUCI US +MEEKER , ARTHUR BURR

+BOWEN , CHAUNCEY THOMAS +MOORE, ROBERT

+BOWEN, JAMES HARVEY +MOSS , ROBERT EDWARD N +BROSS, WILLIAM + EWBERRY, WALTER LOOMIS

+BROWN, WILLIAM HUBBARD +OGDEN , MAHLON DICKERSON A +BURLEY, ARTHUR GILM N +OGDEN , WILLIAM BUTLER

COBB , HENRY IVES OGDEN , WILLIAM BUTLER

+COOLBAUGH , WILLIAM FINDLAY PAGE, BENJAMIN VAUGHAN

+CULVER, BELDEN FARRAND PALMER, HONORE

M . +DERBY, WILLIAM +Q UAN , WILLIAM JOSEPH

+DICKEY, HUGH THOMPSON +RAYMOND, BENJAMIN WRIGHT

+DUNLAP , GEORGE LINCOLN +REED, JOSEPH SAMPSON

+ELLIS, J . ALDER +REID , ROBERT

E L Y . + , DAVID J ROBERTS , JAMES HENRY N O +FAIRBANK , ATHANIEL KELLOGG +RUMSEY, GE RGE FREDERICK

+FARNAM , HENRY +RYERSON , JOSEPH TURNER S A P I E H A FARNAM , WILLIAM WHITMAN + , LOUIS N +FARWELL , CHARLES BENJAMIN + SCAMMON, CHARLES TRUFA T I ‘ R A N K L I N FARWELL, JOHN VILLARS +SCAMMON ,

+FARWELL , MARCUS AUGUSTUS +SCAMMON , JONATHAN YOUNG

+FERRY, WILLIAM HENRY +SCAMMON , MARIA SHELDON

+FIELD , MARSHALL SEIPP, CATHARINA ORB D S M A L L +FORSYTHE, JOHN P , ALVIN EDMOND

+ FULLER, SAMUEL WORCESTER +SMITH , GEORGE N +FULLERTON , ALEXANDER ATHANIEL +SMITH , PERRY HIRAM

GREENEBAUM , HENRY +SPALDING, JESSE

+GURNEE, WALTER SMITH +THOMPSON , DANIEL

M . H . HILLEBRAND , GERHARD +THOMPSON , HARVEY H HONORE, HENRY . +TURNER, JOHN BICE

+HOYNE, THOMAS +TYRRELL , JOHN

+JANSEN , EGBERT LEFEVRE +WALKER, GEORGE CLARKE

JEWETT, ELLEN ROUNTREE WARNER . EZRA JOSEPH D W A T K I N S +JOHNSTON, SAMUEL P , ELIAS TAYLOR vn O N E s W i J , KILER KENT + ENTWORTH , JOHN

+KERFOOT , SAMUEL HUMES +WHEELER , CALVIN THATCHER r KERFOOT . SAMUEL HUMES , J . +WINSTON , FREDERICK HAMPDEN

N B . Y O E +KIDDER , ATHAN + , PETER LYNCH

+KINZIE, JOHN HARRIS CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 1 3

A N N U A L M E M B E R S

+ACKERMAN , WILLIAM K . BLOUNT, FRED MEACHAM 0 W ADAMS, GEORGE EVERETT BODMAN, LUTHER .

ADSIT , CHARLES CHAPIN +BOUTELL , LOUIS HENRY M I R A +ADSIT, JAMES . +BOWEN, PARDEE 0 ALDIS , OWEN FRANKLIN BOWEN , JOSEPH TILTON D B O Y D o ALLERTON, SAMUEL WATERS P , JAMES 0 A N T I S D E L , ALBERT +BRADLEY, DAVID EMERY

+ARMOUR, GEORGE BRADLEY, J . HARLEY

ARMOUR , GEORGE ALLISON +BRADLEY, WILLIAM HENRY

+ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH +BRAUN , GEORGE PHILIP 0 C . AUSTIN , FREDERICK o BROOKS, JAMES CARTER 0 W O O . r. +AVERY, THOMAS MORRIS BR KS , JONATHAN , J O +AYER , BENJAMI N FRANKLIN BR WN , EDWARD OSGOOD

C . o BADGER , ALPHEUS BROWN , SAMUEL LOCKWOOD C o BAILEY, EDWARD PAYSON BRYAN , ALFRED .

BAKER, ALFRED LANDON BRYAN, FREDERICK WILLIAM

+BAKER , WILLIAM TAYLOR BRYAN , JOHN CHARLES

+BALLARD, ADDISON +BRYAN , THOMAS BARBOUR

N . BAN ARD, HENRY CLAY BRYSON, WILLIAM J

BARNARD, FREDERICK BUCKINGHAM , EBENEZER

BARNES , CHARLES JOSEPH BUNN , JOHN WHITFIELD 0 BARRETT, SAMUEL E . +BURCH , ISAAC HOWE r BARTHOLOMAY, HENRY, J . +BURLEY, AUGUSTUS HARRIS R M E L A NC T H O N BA TON, ENOS BURLEY, CLARENCE AUGUSTUS

+BASS, PERKINS +BURLING, EDWARD

+BATES , ELI BURTON , LEGRAND STERLING 0 H . + BAXTER, DANIEL FRANK BUSH , WILLIAM B unB U T L E R EACH , MYRON HAWLEY l , HERMON BEARDSLEY B U T z BEALE, WILLIAM GERRISH , OTTO CHARLES

B . H . + BECKWITH , CHARLES +CALHOUN, JOHN H +BEEBE, THOMAS . CALHOUN , WILLIAM JAMES

+BEECHER , JEROME +CAMPBELL , WILLIAM J . H +BENTLEY, CYRUS CANNON , THOMAS . o BILLINGS , CORNELIUS K . GARRISON CARPENTER , AUGUSTUS ALVORD 0 BILLINGS , FRANK CARPENTER, GEORGE BENJAMIN W 0 B o BISHOP , HENRY . CARSON, JOHN . 0 C . BLACK , JOHN +CARTER , JAMES

R S . S . + BLACKWELL , OBERT CARUTHERS , KATE F BLAINE, ANITA MCCORMICK +CARVER , BENJAMIN . 0 BLAIR , CHAUNCEY J . CHALMERS, WILLIAM JAMES 0 R R BLAIR , EDWARD TYLER CHANDLE , FRANK . W o BLAIR , FRANCIS MORRISON +CHANDLER , WILLIAM . B L A 1 R 0 E + , LYMAN CHARNL Y, JAMES

BLAIR , SARAH SEYMOUR +CHASE, SAMUEL BLANCHARD M - +BLAIR , WILLIA CHATFIELD TAYLOR , HOBART CHATFIELD 0 P . BLANCHARD, ROLLIN CHENEY, CHARLES EDWARD Z + BLANEY, JAMES VAN ANDT +CHESBROUGH , ELLIS SYLVESTER 2 1 4 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANN UAL MEMBERS Continued

0 CLARK , JOHN MARSHALL +DUNHAM , JAMES SEARS C P D U N H A M N +CLARKE, GEORGE . P , JOH HIGH o CLARKE, GEORGE WASHINGTON DURAND, ELLIOTT

+CLARKE, J OHN VAUGHAN EASTMAN , SIDNEY CORNING

0 S H E R B U R NR B . +CLARKSON, J . THORN EATON ,

+CLARKSON, ROBERT HARPER EBERHARDT, MAX N +COBB, SILAS BOWMAN EDDY, AUGUSTUS EWLAND

H . COBURN, LEWIS LARNED o ELLIS , THOMAS 0 COFFEEN, MILO LESTER EVANS , CHARLES C O L A H A N o , CHARLES +EVANS, JOHN 0 COLLIER, JOHN EWEN , JOHN MEIGGS 0 C . COLLYER, ROBERT o FARGO , JAMES 0 COMAN , SEYMOUR FARWELL, GRANGER r CONOVER . CHARLES HOPKINS FARWELL, JOHN VILLARS , J . 0 C . N +COOK , BURTON FAY, CHARLES ORMAN D C O O P E R P , JOHN SNIDER FERGUS , GEORGE HARRIS 0 CORBIN , CAROLINE FAIRFIELD FERRY, CHARLES HERBERT

+CORSE, JOHN MURRAY +FIELD , HENRY E +CORWITH , HENRY FISHBURN , EUGEN HEALD R N +CO WITH, ATHAN FISHER, LUCIUS GEORGE N R +COUNSELMA , CHARLES FISHER , WALTE LOWRIE 0 S +COWLES , ALFRED FLINT, THOMPSON J . . 0 CRAMER, AMBROSE o FLOWER , JAMES MONROE

N R A . CRA E, CHA LES RICHARD +FORSYTHE, GEORGE P FO S T E R +CRERAR, JOHN P , JOHN HERBERT

CURTISS , CHARLES CHAUNCEY +FOSTER , JOHN WELLS

0 T . UL CUSHING, EDWARD FRANKEL , J IUS

N . +DAVIS , ATHAN SMITH FREER, ARCHIBALD E

N r. DAVIS, ATHAN SMITH , J +FREER, LEMUEL COVELL PAINE

M . N +DEARBORN , LUTHER +FREER , ATHAN MARBLE

DEERING, CHARLES +FULLER, ALLEN CURTIS

DEERING, WILLIAM FULLER , OLIVER FRANKLYN

DEKOVEN , ANNIE LARRABEE FULLER, WILLIAM ALDEN

+DEKOVEN, JOHN +FULLERTON , CHARLES WILLIA M A DELANO , FREDERIC ADRIAN +GAGE, DAVID .

DENT, LOUIS LEE o GAGE, LYMAN JUDSON 0 , J . DENT, THOMAS, GARDINER EDWIN

0 C . T . DEWOLF, OSCAR +GARRETT, MAURO

B . +DEXTER , WIRT +GERARD , JOHN 0 DICK , ALBERT BLAKE GILES, WILLIAM A DICKINSON , LBERT GLESSNER , JOHN JACOB M A C G A V I C DICKINSON , JACOB +GLOVER, JOSEPH OTIS

N r. DIXO , ARTHUR +GOODWIN, DANIEL , J

P . C +DODGE, GEORGE E . +GOODRI H , GRANT

. +DOGGETT, WILLIAM ELKANAH GOODRICH , HORACE ATWATER

D 0 L E H . + , JAMES +GRANT , WILLIAM CUTTING R D ow . , S E + , J HALL G EENLEE RALPH T BBINS

D ow . + , WILLIAM CARY GRESHAM OTTO G N N +DUG A , JAMES +GRIGGS, SAMUEL CHAPMA R DUMMER, WILLIAM FRANCIS . +G INNELL, JULIUS SPRAGUE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 1 5

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Z U I NG L I U S H o T z +GROVER , + , CHRISTOPH H O U G H T E L I NG Z GUNTHER , CHARLES FREDERICK + , WILLIAM DE ENG W GURLEY , WILLIAM . +HOWE, SAMUEL H A DD UC K + , EDWARD HIRAM HULBURD , CHARLES HENRY

+HAGER, ALBERT DAVID HUNT, ROBERT WOOLSTON A +HAINES, JOHN CHARLES +HURLBUT, HORACE . 0 N HALSEY, J . J . HYDE, JAMES EVINS

+HAMBLETON, CHALKLEY JAY HYNES , WILLIAM J . S o HAMILL, CHARLES DAVISSON IN ULL , SAMUEL o HAMILL, ERNEST ALFRED +ISHAM , EDWARD SWIFT

HAMILTON , DAVID GILBERT ISHAM , GEORGE SNOW

HAMILTON , HENRY EDWARD +ISHAM , HENRY PIERREPONT N o HAMLIN, JOHN AUSTIN +ISHAM , RALPH ELSON u A C KS O N +HAMMOND , CHARLES GOODRICH c , HUNTINGTON WOLCOTT

N S . +HAN AH , JOHN +JACKSON , OBADIAH 0 HARDING , AMOS J . +JACOBSON , AUGUSTUS 0 F. HARDING , GEORGE +JANES, JOHN JAMES

O E R R E M S G . r. +HARMON , CHARLES L OMIS o J , WILLIAM , J N HARRIS, GEORGE BACON +JEWETT, JOHN ELSON 0 HARRIS , JOSEPH JEWETT, SAMUEL ROUNTREE N HARRIS , ORMAN WAITE +JOHNSON , ENOS 0 HARRIS , ROBERT o JOHNSON , HERRICK P O H NS O N HARRISON , CARTER HENRY PJ , HOSMER ALLEN

HARRISON , WILLIAM PRESTON +JOHNSON , WILLIAM SAGE

HARVEY, FRANK WILLIAM +JONES , DANIEL AMASA C HARVEY, TURLINGTON WALKER JONES , DAVID BENNETT E L I P H A z HASKELL , FREDERICK TUDOR o JONES , WARNER

LUTHER JONES, JOSEPH RUSSELL

HEAD , FRANKLIN HARVEY +JONES , MAHLON OGDEN 0 HEALY , EDITH JONES , THOMAS DAVIES W 0 o HEATH, ERNEST . JUDSON , HARRY PRATT 0 H HECKMAN , WALLACE +KALES, FRANCIS .

+HENDERSON , CHARLES MATHER +KEEP, ALBERT

+HIBBARD , JOHN RANDOLPH KEEP, CHAUNCEY

+HIBBARD , WILLIAM GOLD +KEITH , EDSON

+HICKLING, WILLIAM KELLEY, WILLIAM EDWARD

P . +HIGGINS, CHARLES +KELLOGG, CHARLES

+HIGGINS , VAN HOLLIS KERFOOT, ANNIE WARFIELD LAWRENCE

HIGH , GEORGE HENRY KERFOOT, WILLIAM DALE S P +HIGH , GEORGE MEEKER +KIMBALL, CHARLE .

r S . +HIGH , JOHN, J . KIMBALL, EUGENE N HIGINBOTHAM , HARLOW ILES +KIMBALL , WILLIAM WALLACE E R HITCHCOCK , ANNI MCCLURE +KING, AURELIA . CASE E +HITCHCOCK , CHARL S KING, FRANCIS

+HJORTSBERG, MAX +KING, HENRY WILLIAM 0 R N HOLDSWO TH , JAMES J . +KIRK , JAMES ALEXA DER 0 B E HOLMES, CHARLES . +KIRK , JOHN BALDERSTON I R A +HOLMES, +KIRKLAND , JOSEPH N o HOOPER , HE RY +LAFLIN , GEORGE HINMAN

HOPKINS, JOHN PATRICK +LARNED, EDWIN CHANNING 2 I CH ICAGO HISTORICAL SOCI ETY

AN N UAL MEMBERS— Continued

D G M A S O N B . o LARNED, WALTER CRANSTON Z , ROSWELL

+LARRABEE, CHARLES ROLLIN MAYER, LEVY

LATHROP , BRYAN +MEARS, CHARLES L N LATHROP , HELEN . ALDIS +MEARS , ATHAN D M E D I L L +LAWRENCE, CHARLES BURRALL P , JOSEPH

LAWRENCE , DWIGHT MERRYWEATHER , GEORGE D I WI L L E R +LAWRENCE, EDWARD FRANKLIN P , HENRY GILES V LAWSON , ICTOR FREMONT MILLS, LUTHER LAFLIN

LAY, ALBERT TRACY +MOHR, JOHN L E E + , DAVID STEWART MOORE, JAMES HOBART

o LEEDS , WILLIAM BATEMAN +MOORE, SILAS MILTON L E R E N S , THIES JACOB MORGAN , FRED WILLIAM D LEICHT, EDWAR ALBERT MORRIS , EDWARD

0 M . V . LE MOYNE, JOHN MORRIS , FRANK T H R EA D G O L D +LESTER , JOHN MORRIS , HENRY CRITTENDEN

P L I L L W I L L L I A M I R A N . P , MORRIS ,

LINCOLN , ROBERT TODD o MORSE , JAY COLLINS o LOESCH , FRANCIS J . MORTON , JOY

+LOMBARD, JOSIAH LEWIS +MOSES , ADOLPH P M O S E S +LONG , JOHN CONANT P , JOHN

+LOOMIS , JOHN MASON M ULLIKEN, ALFRED HENRY

LOOMIS , MARY HUNT MULLIKEN , CHARLES HENRY o LORD, JOHN BROCKETT M UNGER , WESLEY

0 I R A . +LORING , SANFORD E . M UNN , Y

T N H . o MCAULEY, JOHN . + ASH , HENRY N +MCCLURG, ALEXANDER CALDWELL o ELSON , M URRY N MCCONNELL, CHARLES HENRY EWBERRY, WALTER CASS 0 N MCCORMICK , ALEXANDER AGNEW + EWELL , JOHN N +MCCORMICK , CYRUS HALL EWMAN , JACOB

0 N R . MCCORMICK , HAROLD FOWLER IXON , WILLIAM

N W . +MCCORMICK , LEANDER JAMES OYES , LAVERNE ' 0 0 D . MCCORMICK , ROBERT HALL O CONNOR . JEREMIAH

o 0 P . MCCORMICK , ROBERT SANDERSON ODELL, JOHN J . O P E I C E R MCCORMICK . STANLEY + , ALEXANDER D M C C O R M I C K P , WILLIAM SANDERSON +OGDEN , FRANCES ELIZABETH

o A . +MCCREA , SAMUEL HARKNESS ORB , JOHN

0 0 M . MCEWEN , JOHN OSBORN , CHARLES 0 E H . +MCKENNAN , OSBORN , WILLIAM H NRY

M C KI NL O C K 0 A . , GEORGE ALEXANDER OTIS , WILLIAM C U M I N G MACMILLAN , THOMAS +PALMER, POTTER M A C VE A G H , FRANKLIN +PARDEE, THERON o 0 MCWILLIAMS , LAFAYETTE PATTERSON , ROBERT WILSON ,

N H . +MAGEE, HAI ES PECK , FERDINAND WYTHE M S A . MAIR , CHARLE +PENCE, ABRAM ORRIS M A N I E R R E 0 + , GEORGE PERCE , LE GRAND WINFIELD

0 . 0 M A N I E R R E r. . , GEORGE, J PERLEY EDWARD E

0 M A N I E R R E 0 N G . , WILLIAM REID PETTIBO E, ASA M . +MASON , EDWARD GAY PHELPS , ERSKINE

0 S . o , T MASON , HENRY BURALL PHILLIPS HOMAS o MASON , JULIA STARKWEATHER PIKE, EUGENE SAMUEL CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 1 7

AN N UAL MEMBERS— Continued

P S M A L L A . o PITKIN, CHARLOTTE WHITEHEAD P , EDWARD 0 A PITKIN , HARVEY ELLICOTT +SMALLWOOD . WILLIAM .

+POTTER, ORRIN WOODWARD +SMITH , CHARLES GILMAN 0 +PRENTICE, SARTELL SMITH , CHARLES MATHER 0 PRICE, VINCENT CLARENCE SMITH , DELAVAN A +PULLM N , GEORGE MORTIMER SMITH , FREDERICK AUGUSTUS

W . Q UAN , HENRY SMITH , FREDERICK BELCHER 0 F Q UINCY, CHARLES . +SMITH , GEORGE WASHINGTON W +RAWSON , STEPHEN . SMITH , ORSON R A Y S M I T I I + , CHARLES HENRY + , SOLOMON ALBERT 0 0 H RAYMOND, HENRY J . SMITH , T. . N REAM , ORMAN BRUCE +SMITH , WILLIAM HENRY

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r. ROOD , JAMES , J +STANTON , GEORGE E .

+ROSENBERG, JACOB +STARK , JAMES LANDON

0 H . ROSENFELD, MAURICE STARKWEATHER, FRANK 0 H . +ROZET, GEORGE STARKWEATHER, RALPH EDWARD

RUBENS , HARRY +STEIN , CHARLES

+ RUMSEY, JULIAN SIDNEY +STICKNEY, EDWARD SWAN

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0 P . SCHMITT , FRANK +SWING, DAVID

0 R . 0 T E H . SCOTT , CAROLINE GREENE ALBOTT, LISHA

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+SHERWOOD, HENRY MARTYN TON , CORNELIUS J .

V F B . +SHIPMAN, STEPHEN . TURCK , ENTON

VO L U NT I N E C . o SHORTALL, JOHN GEORGE +TURNER ,

SHORTALL , JOHN LOUIS TUTTLE , FREDERICK BULKLEY 2 I 8 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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R 0 G . +UNDE WOOD, JOHN MILTON WELCH, FLETCHER v W N M . E L L I NG +VAN ORTWICK , WILLIAM b , JOHN CALVIN VO C K E + , WILLIAM WELLS , FREDERICK LATIMER

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A . o WATKINS , VINE WINSTON, FREDERICK SEYMOUR o WATSON, GEORGE WRENN , JOHN HENRY o W WEBER, HERMAN YOUNG, GEORGE .

o R . +WEBSTER , GEORGE YOUNG , JAMES

+WEBSTER, JOSEPH DANA o YOUNG, KIMBALL

2 2 0 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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C . H UG U N I N +AMBLER , JOHN + . JAMES ROBERT

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, + , A . APPLETON EDWARD DALE CLARK “ JOHN

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H . W , T . A . +ARMSTRONG HOMAS +COLLET, OSCAR

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