Letter from Augustus Garrett by Jas. H. Collins, his attorney relinquishing claim to Lot No. 8 in Block 53, Lot No. 5 in B. 51, Lot One in B. 51 and three in B. 51 to N.J. and D.B. Brown.

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Letter from Augustus Garrett by Jas. H. Collins, his attorney relinquishing claim to Lot No. 8 in Block 53, Lot No. 5 in B. 51, Lot One in B. 51 and three in B. 51 to N.J. and D.B. Brown.

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This item is part of a group of legal transfer letters to the Board of Canal Commissioners from various individuals transferring rights to Lots by Block number in the original town of Chicago. Letters related to the sale of land along the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Chicago, Illinois.

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Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission Board.

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N. J. Brown.

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Collins, Jas. H.

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D. B. Brown.

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Garrett, Augustus, 1801-1848

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Augustus Garrett, born in New York City in 1801, became involved in various business enterprises as a young man. After a series of financial failures, he settled in Chicago in 1834, where he began investing in commercial real estate; served as an agent for the National Fire Insurance Company of New York; and in concert with his New York business partner, John F. Seaman, as a wholesaler to Chicago merchants. He served one term as Mayor of Chicago in 1843-44. His commercial property h...