Narrative of the massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of some proceeding events.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinzie, John H., Mrs., 1806-1870, author.

Contributor:

Ellis & Fergus, printer.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812.

Illinois--Fort Dearborn.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

34 pages, [1] leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Printed by Ellis & Fergus, book and job printers, Saloon Buildings, Clarke Street, 1844.

Notes:

With some changes, this forms chapters XVIII and XIX of the author's Wau-bun, the "early day" in the North-west (1856).

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2021 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy has manuscript provenance note ("Purchased form direct descendant of Capt. Nathan Heald, the commander of Fort Dearborn whose garrison was massacred.") in pencil on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy bound in contemporary Chicago half red roan over marbled boards; gold-stamped black morocco title label on left board; 4 gold double rules on spine.

Cited in:

Schimmel, C.F. OK, I'll do it myself (2nd ed., revised), 21

OCLC:

1102013748