Chicago: Its History
and Its Builders

A CENTURY OF MARVELOUS GROWTH

BY

J. SEYMOUR CURREY

Honorary Vice President Illinois State Historical Society, Vice Presi-
dent Cook County Historical Society, Member Chicago Histori-
cal Society, American Historical Association, Illinois
State Library Association, National Geograph-

ical Society, Chicago Geographic Society.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXI

DOUGLAS IN CHICAGO-THE OLD UNIVERSITY

FOUR YEARS OF EXCITING EVENTS NORTH MARKET HALL MEETING IN 1854-MR.

BROSS' ENCOUNTER WITH DOUGLAS SHEEHAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE MEETING-BROSS'

REVIEW-EARLY PAVING AND GRADING RAISING THE TREMONT HOUSE TO NEW

GRADE AN ENTIRE BLOCK ON LAKE STREET RAISED-POPULARITY OF THE NICHOL-

SON PAVEMENT-GENERAL TRADE IN THE FIFTIES-APPRECIATION OF REAL ESTATE

-TRADE REVIEWS-PROGRESS IN RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION-PANIC CONDITIONS IN

1857-THE OLD CHICAGO UNIVERSITY-INTEREST OF SENATOR DOUGLAS IN THE UNI-

DIFFICULTIES-CESSA-

STUDENTS-FINANCIAL

VERSITY-ATTENDANCE

OF WOMEN

TION OF ACTIVITY-TABLET PLACED IN HONOR OF DOUGLAS-REMINISCENCES OF

THE OLD UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS WHO AFTERWARDS BECAME EMINENT RIOTS OF

1855-THE KNOW

1

NOTHING PARTY

CHAPTER XXII

LINCOLN IN CHICAGO

AND

FIRST APPEARANCE OF LINCOLN IN CHICAGO-WASHBURNE'S REMINISCENCES-POLITICAL

ISSUES OF 1854-EDITORIAL CONVENTION AT DECATUR THE BLOOMINGTON CON-

VENTION-LINCOLN'S "LOST SPEECH" THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN-LINCOLN

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD-M'CLELLAN'S RECOLLECTIONS-LINCOLN'S

FONDNESS FOR SHOWS-ARRIVAL OF SENATOR DOUGLAS IN CHICAGO, JULY, 1858-

GRAND OVATION ΤΟ DOUGLAS LINCOLN'S TREMONT HOUSE SPEECH-UNITED

STATES ZOUAVE CADETS TOUR OF THE ZOUAVES-NAMES OF THE MEMBERS.... 21

---

CHA D'TAR VVIII