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Conflagration Library

Chicago in Flames; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-23436)

Chicago in Flames; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-23436)

The Tribune Reports to Chicago on Its Own Destruction

from the Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1871

(1627 words)
William H. Carter Tells His Brother the Sad News

from Letter of William H. Carter to his Brother, October 15, 1871

(871 words)

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