Letters : Chicago, Ill., 1855 Nov. 5-Dec. 26.

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Letters : Chicago, Ill., 1855 Nov. 5-Dec. 26.

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Typed transcripts of two letters from Benjamin F. Johnson at the Illinois Central Railroad offices at 48 Michigan Ave. in Chicago, to railroad officials W.H. Osborn, and J. Newton Perkins, concerning railroad matters in Bourbonnais and Kankakee.

2 items ([6] leaves) ; 28 cm.

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