Letter : Chicago, to Captain Morgan and others, Danville, Ill., 1827 Aug. 5.

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Letter : Chicago, to Captain Morgan and others, Danville, Ill., 1827 Aug. 5.

Autograph letter signed. Kinzie and other early settlers of Chicago thank Captain Achilles Morgan and his soldiers for coming to defend them when threatened with an Indian attack.

1 item (1 p.) ; 34 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650252

University of Chicago Library

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Scott, Stephen J., fl. 1827.

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Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall, 1802-1886

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Chabanee died ca. 1869. Further information on him is not available. Melander & Bro. Photographers were located at 208 East Ohio, on the corner of Clark Street, in Chicago. They specialized in portraits and landscapes. From the description of Note on Indian Chief Chabanee, 190u. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 43598666 ...

Morgan, Achilles.

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Heacock, Russell E., fl. 1827.

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Kinzie, John, 1763-1828

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Born in Quebec,1763; trader with Native Americans in Detroit until after War of 1812. Until 1796, his affiliations were British. Located in Chicago in 1804. Was a trader who accumulated considerable wealth, but lost most of his property in War of 1812. From 1804 until his death in 1828, he lived in Chicago, saving the years 1812-16 when, with no garrison in Chicago, his family found refuge in Detroit. In 1798 Kinzie married Eleanor McKillip. MMQ. (from Sketches of members of Kinzie family in Ill...

Beaubien, John B., fl. 1827.

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Wolcott, Alexander, 1790-1840

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Kinzie, James, fl. 1827.

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Hall, David, fl. 1827.

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