Arthur Bronson papers, 1829-1871.

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Arthur Bronson papers, 1829-1871.

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Correspondence, land conveyances, accounts, receipts, abstracts of title, deeds, mortgages, leases, foreclosure papers, indentures, and other legal documents, mostly relating to Bronson's real estate business and transactions in Chicago, elsewhere in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. Correspondents include agents, land speculators, and many businessmen especially in Chicago and in Milwaukee. Topics include land speculation, surveys, preemption claims, and day to day operation of Bronson's business. Bronson's association with Chicago politician Hiram Pearson, ca. 1835-1844, is represented by over 100 items. The collection is arranged in two parts: part one is miscellaneous papers in chronological order, and part two is composed of papers involving well-known businessmen, divided into folders by name and the folders filed alphabetically. Collection includes a 20,000 dollar bond for Canal Block no. 1, June 13, 1838, signed by many leading businessmen; also a statement of leased lots in Block 1 and an account of rents from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, 1840; and abstracts of title for lots in Block 1. Also present are papers re. the conveyances made by Billy Caldwell of land reserved to him by the Treaty of Prairie Du Chien in 1829 and other land. There is a copy of the charter for a Chicago cemetery (later Lincoln Park); items re. Beaubien family land claims; and letters from John Temple in the early 1830s about the astonishing growth of Chicago and the potential increase in land values that would be created by building a railroad or canal. Papers, ca. 1839-1844, detail the financing, construction, and furnishing of the elegant hotel known as the Lake House for 100,000 dollars at the corner of Kinzie Street, Rush Street, and Michigan Street in Chicago. A few items related to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company. Several letters by Charles Butler concern property in Indiana near LaPorte; other items concern litigation about later ownership of Archibald Clybourne's 12-acre farm.

3 linear ft. (5 boxes)1 microfilm reel : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera neg. of Frederic Bronson land book)

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