Papers, 1879-1898 (bulk 1890-1898)

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Papers, 1879-1898 (bulk 1890-1898)

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Correspondence, business receipts & newspaper clippings, most of which document Bass family business activities.

0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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...

Bass, Perkins, 1827-1899.

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Lawyer & businessman with large real estate holdings in Chicago. Born in Williamstown, Vt., Bass moved to Chicago in 1854 to practice law. He was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who appointed him U.S. District Attorney for Northern Illinois. He served as President of Illinois State Normal University (1861-1862), and was a member of both the Chicago and the Illinois Boards of Education. In 1875, he retired from law practice, but continued to manage his family's Chicago a...

Bass, Perkins B., b. 1866.

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