Scrapbooks relating to James A. Mulligan and his family.

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Scrapbooks relating to James A. Mulligan and his family.

Scrapbooks of clippings, photographs, etc. relating to Col. James A. Mulligan and his family and their activities. Compiled by Mrs. Mulligan and her grandson John C. Carroll, Jr. Volumes 4 and 5 have much material on the World's Columbian Exposition.

5 v. ; 30-38 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7205576

Chicago History Museum

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Mulligan, Marian Nugent, 1841?-1908,

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Carroll, John Charles, 1885-1939

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Mulligan, James Adelbert, 1830-1864

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Lawyer; clerk at the Department of the Interior beginning in 1857; Colonel of the Irish Brigade (23rd Illinois regiment) during the Civil War. At the Battle of Lexington, Missouri, in 1861 he was taken prisoner, only to be freed through an exchange later that year. He was fatally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, Virginia, in July, 1864. From the description of Papers, 1857-1885. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 25210578 Colonel in the 23rd Illinois Infantr...

Mulligan family.

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