, 1876-05-08


THE LECTURE.
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than atated to you with WOW OF exciting
among our people spirit OF historical research |
which vould rcsult In recoyerInR lost ucrs- !
= +, M, .,a s,.rr,ant. a,d n,.,i,g rr,, rac,-a
u"Fo'' "''a "9s"tAoAo' "''.4 p'assoh nto1 Aa.eAu
shs expefionced u ou1 eaF!S sottlefa' haa no
ambition to figure "a lecturer. Or as ah!stoF'an.
hntshad rhs n,oceetia vara rtvan with nteaa-
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men mora at home In Tho ie1tuFo hela' ss the
mass six months In preparing ous, Two, or tbroe
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.r,nn tt,o.n h. th. !. tho,r .,is n,.sn. ~ 1,r-
'44H6 soom az .a'n =. 'ua'. e9e ~
thom and 1t is one of rhe noble objects of this !
Askoojs..on to furnish YOU. st m hour when you
h.yo no vor)dty nurs,itr nor relirfous outer-
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Wook~day pay from 6o cents to dollar for'
can think of no other object that would
hnvo brought mo hofo1o you With q written
,not,,-. fa,t th,, tno ,utv naomi, r,v ,.vo,rod
upon me- auo pof'os1noo IL Win p'cAsute'
Thore are scarcely half dozen reraons.
habtuAtod to public speaking, Who weso hefe be-
fore tho oity yas incorpoTateG. I WAS polo oon-
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uusso' " puoa p'''1 aos '"9 sSs'1
Should lend oil in this !mport.n. u,attor.
TIE "c1lcAoo DEMOCRAT"
vas commenced On tho 2Gth Of Noyomber. 1883
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hloas 10 THIS city Augustine u. Taylor. no"
living in thia city, saw tho press landod; and
Walter KimbalI. now living In tina city, was
,tu,tnr In tI,n nf3ca and aav tho frat n,,mber
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printed. Ihas paper 1eii 1nto my hanas IN NO
Of current events, but MAO vaet amount ot
information touching tho early history Of tho
900. N.-,hurast ~ il, s,d roa.ct;on ,t,+ IL.
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Same hro which h1erE a"ay my hles, aldo ewopt
away thoso OF every one else, and a'l our public
records. Dat there arc copie. Of tho Chicago
n.,u,cro, .cat,orad ali ovar rim northneet m
"e'". 'sa''o'eu "i' o''' tuo A'o.su"oa'' ~ ~
"eii - OF oshof papers ana uocou'da1H anat "A
be OF service IN restoring our lost history. NO per-
ron should destroy aly papers or documents Of 4
~. nr}or n ,hatr n thar. ia mr. onc vim vantu
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1ueu1t !et tao'n ~ ssnt ~ Ill., auu W.! t*ae
care Of them until our Chicago Historical Society
becomes rsorganized. Our old settlers arc fast
psssiug away. Some OF tho fow remaining have
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'et5 'o'o".''o 'aon.o4''', os 'uou1 Nv ~ u'0-
couraged because shoy 10 not temenaoor oa'es.
It ia facts that wo want; aoa by comparing
them With other egenss, tho tlates Of which vs
know, we eau in tiu,e obtain tho exact dAtes OF
ali OF them. Whilo so many Of our old settlers
among theIr efrocta old papora whose yaluo
tholr legal represoptis1yoa do not appreciate.
Many old packages have been given to mo with
tho ronark that tbey did not $50 of what uso
thoy could be to mo. One widow Aeut mo some
pjccos OF newspapers, which tito ualoo had kind
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