Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Cook County, Illinois, Vol. 1 of 2: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
The Editors and Publishers in their laborious researches have received from all with whom they have come in contact nothing but courtesy and assistance. Particularly are their grateful ac knowledgments due the Officers and attendants Of the Chicago His torical Society, the Chicago city'library, the Municipal Library, the Library Of Congress, the War Department and the various and numerous city and county departments. T 0 Hon. William D. Barge, assistant corporation counsel, and C01. Francis A. Eastman, city statistician, are thanks due for valuable assistance and special favors. After all, the most important, valuable and reliable sources of infor mation were found in the Old newspaper files wisely preserved and guarded in the Chicago Historical Society Library and the Chicago City Library and kindly submitted to our writers and compilers with out any restrictions.
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