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Excerpt from Politics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois: Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; A Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Chapter i.-first Settler of Chicago, 5. Various Appellations of Chicago. Garies' River, 6. The Main River Bed Changed. Chicago in Virginia. Treaty of Greenville. Original Site of Chicago. Illinois in Indiana Territory. Fort Dearborn Established. First Commandants of the F ort. Massacre of 1812, 7. Captain John and Lieutenant Wrn. Whistler. Memorial Meeting of Citizens, 9. Address of Thomas Hoyne, 10. Illinois Territory. Provisions of the Ordinance of 1787. Congressman Nathaniel Pope. Illinois admitted to the Union.. Chicago in Various Counties. Earliest Political Records. Earliest Valuation, 11. First Election Ordered. First Public officials. First Marriage, 12. First Clergyman. Chicago Never in Vermillion County. First Voting Precincts Formed. First Taxpayers, 13. List of First Justices of the Peace. First poll-list, 14. Personal History of First Voters. Daniel P. Cook, 15, 16. Grant for the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Vot'e 0n Constitution Legalizing slavery..fi1'st Canal Commissioners. First School Trustees. Survey of the Town of Chicago. First Tavern License, 17. First Local Improvements. State Election of '1830. Vhere Held. Death of John Kinzie, 18. Personal History of Voters of 1830. Special Elections, 19, 21. Mark Beaubien and His Fiddle, 22, 23. Arrival of Early Settlers. Gurdon S. Hubbard. First Militia Muster R011. First Mounted Troops, 24, 26. Cook County Organized. First County Election, First Officials, First Commissioners' Court, Proceedings of Same, Election of 1838, 26, 28. Original Town of Chicago Incor porated. First Board of Trustees, Proceedings, 29, 30, 31. Important Meetings of Citizens, 31. Gubernatorial Election of 1834. First Drawbridge and F irst Vessel Built at Chicago. Their Builder. First Shipment of F reight Down the Lakes. First Public School Teacher, chapter II. - Presidential Campaign of 1836. City Charter Discussion Tahe Charter Procured. Charter Election Called. Original Wards and Boundaries. The Election. Official Returns by Wards and Divisions, 33, 36. John H. Kinzie. Mayor, William B. Ogden, 37, 43 The City Seal, . Oldest Buildings Land Deals. The Early Press, 44, 45. Settlement of Social and Political Lines, 46. Election of 1838. First Appearance in Chicago of Stephen A. Douglas, His Election to Congress. National Campaign of Cider Recollections. Old Tippecanoe's popularity. Chicago and Cook County Remain Democratic. Chamblee and Billy Caldwell on Gen. Harrison, 47, 50. Early Ab01iti0n ists, 50. First State Convention held in Chicago. State and Congressional Election of 1842. National Campaign of 1844. Result in Chicago and Cook County, 51. Municipal Elec tions. Mayor Buckner S. Morris, 52. Mayor Benjamin 7. Raymond, 53. Mayor Alex ander lloyd..mayor Francis C Sherman His First Inaugural Message, 54. Mayor Raymond's Second Election. Action of the Democratic Convention. Mayor Raymond's Inaugural Message, 55. Mayor Augustus Garrett. His First Inaugural Message. Retrenchment recommended..the Underground Railroad Criticised, 56, 57. Mayor Alson S. Sherman, 57. Augustus Garrett's Second Election and Inaugural. Many Improve ments Recommended, 58. Mayors John P. Chapin and James Curtiss. City Wards Increased to Nine, 59. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
