FIFTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, AND THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS OF CHICAGO, FOR THE YEAR 1856: WITH A FULL STATEMENT OF HER SYSTEM OF RAILROADS, AND A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. COMPILED FROM SEVERAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY DEMOCRATIC PRESS

[Chicago]

Published by Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing Establishment, 45 Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1857

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80pp, printed in double columns. Disbound, minimal foxing, occasional pagination in pencil at corners. Good+ to Very Good. A detailed rendering of Chicago's commercial activities during 1856, with valuable material on railroads, City improvements, the Illinois Central and other Railroads, water works and sewage; hotels, boarding houses, other retail establishments; the trade in flour, wheat, hogs, and other commodities; manufactures, government and city establishments, and excellent advertisements, some illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 241. Byrd 2629. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Sabin.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FIFTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, AND THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS OF CHICAGO, FOR THE YEAR 1856: WITH A FULL STATEMENT OF HER SYSTEM OF RAILROADS, AND A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. COMPILED FROM SEVERAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY DEMOCRATIC PRESS
• Publisher: Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing Establishment, 45 Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1857
• Seller catalogs:
  • TRADE
  • ILLINOIS
  • CHICAGO
  • AMERICANA
  • RAILROAD