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Charles Benjamin Farwell dictations and biographical material, 1890.
BANC MSS Z-Z 7LOCAL
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Title:

Charles Benjamin Farwell dictations and biographical material, 1890

Creator/Contributor:

Farwell, Charles Benjamin, 1823-1903, creator

Abstract:

Business career in Chicago from 1844; terms in Congress; election to the Senate, 1887; views as a Republican on capital and labor, protectionism, and the South; philanthropies; aspects of his character; Farwell genealogy; with newspaper accounts of senatorial contests of 1887 and 1890. Assembled for a proposed biography in Chronicles of the Builders.

Date:

1890 (issued)

Subject:

Republican Party (Ill.)
United States. -- Congress.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce

Note:

Chronicles of the builders.
Also available on microfilm.

Type:

Autobiographies.
Genealogies.

Physical Description:

10 items.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 675:11) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS Z-Z 7LOCAL

Origin:

Illinois