Petition of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Chicago, Praying an appropriation to protect that city from the encroachments of Lake Michigan. February 17, 1840 . . . [caption title].
[Washington, D. C.]: Blair & Rives, printers, [1840]. First edition. Removed unbound pamphlet, scant 9 x 5.75 inches, 4 pages. With the accompanying map, a sketch chart of Chicago Harbor, “showing changing shore line of Lake Michigan, 1821, 1838, and 1839” (Claussen & Friis), scant 9 x 11.75 inches, engraved..... More