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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good+ condition. First Edition. A collection of publications about early Chicago history, some being reprints of earlier editions, bound in one volume. Some earlier editions are listed in Sabin. All publications except one have their own title page. The binding is quarter leather, with hinges repaired, and moderate shelfwear. Minor foxing to some pages. 1) THE ANNALS OF CHICAGO: A Lecture Delivered Before The Chicago Lyceum, January 21, 1840, by Joseph N. Balestier. Republished from the Original Edition of 1840. Second edition. 48 pages. 2) Wentworth. EARLY CHICAGO: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Sunday Lecture Society, at McCormick Hall, on April 11, 1875, with Supplemental Notes. With an engraved frontisportrait of the author. 48 pages. 3) Wentworth. EARLY CHICAGO: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Sunday Lecture Society, at McCormick Hall, on May 7th, 1876. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of the author. 56 pages. 4) W.H. Brown. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EARLY MOVEMENT IN ILLINOIS FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF SLAVERY, Read at the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, December 5th, 1864. Printed on light pink paper. 30, [i] pages. 5) Caton. THE LAST OF THE ILLINOIS and A Sketch of the Pottawatomies. Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, December 13, 1870. 30 pages. 6) Caton. ORIGIN OF THE PRAIRIES. Read Before the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, December 30th, 1869. 55 pages. 7) H. Brown. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF CHICAGO. An Address Delivered Before the Chicago Lyceum, January 20, 1846. 32 pages. 8) Martineau. CHICAGO IN 1836. STRANGE EARLY DAYS. No title page. 48 pages. 9) FERGUS' DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, 1839. With City and County Officers, Churches, Public Buildings, Hotels, etc. Also, List of Sheriffs of Cook County and Mayors of the City Since Their Organization. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of the author. [ii], 68, [ii] pages. 10) W.H. Brown, Raymond, Scammon, Walker, Church. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of W.H. Brown and B.W. Raymond. 48 pages. 11) Smith, Maxwell, Wilson, Harris, Davis, Brown, Kerchival, Clarke, Lowe. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Part I. 48 pages.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY to Governor Samuel Merrill, who himself contributes four individual addresses between 1868 & 1872 (# 24-27 inclusive, 109 pages total). Front board gilt-stamped with "Presented to Governor Merrill. Des Moines, Iowa". Also INSCRIBED in black ink on ffep: "With the greatest respect, Mrs Ada North (?) - Des Moines - February 1876", & then SIGNED below "Hattie G. Merrill". Samuel Merrill (1822-1899) was the seventh governor of Iowa from 1868-1872, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. Titled "Messages and Inaugurals of the Iowa Governors from 1846 to 1874" (actually to 1876, not 1874 as indicated in title). Contains a total of 31 SEPARATE MESSAGES/INAUGURALS/SPEECHES (almost 600 pages) all bound together in the one volume. Various imprints. Begins with (#1) Message of Governor James Clarke to the First General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Dec. 1846 (14pp). Followed by 30 additional messages/speeches to the State of Iowa (some multiple) by the following: Samuel Merrill; James Clarke; Ansel Briggs; Stephen Hempstead; James W. Grimes; Ralph P. Lowe; Samuel J. Kirkwood; William M. Stone; & Cyrus C. Carpenter (full details with dates supplied on demand). Contains some sporadic manuscript details, mostly indicating Governors & dates. Bound in the original gilt-stamped leather boards, professionally rebacked with maroon buckram spine, with original endpapers bound in. Spine gilt-lettered with "Iowa Governors' Messages". Slight handling wear, mild foxing, hinges reinforced from inside (holding tight), otherwise a VERY GOOD nice clean solid leatherbound copy. A total of 597 pages of text, plus dividing blanks. Heavy volume, extra shipping may be required. RARE & UNIQUE. Signed.