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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864
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feet from the low swamp in which they were situated he gave an instance the whole of a huge hotel the Tremont House was raised 6 to10 feet & not a pane of glass breaks during the operation, whole houses are moved from one street to another without any breakages, he himself had been moved 3 times as he says "I slept in my house one night in one street the next I was in another. The man who cut my hair is a German he will vote for Fremont he says most Germans will. 35 years ago there were nothing but 2 or 3 log huts where Chicago now stands. Changed £30 in 345$.
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feet from the low swamp in which they were situated he gave an instance the whole of a huge hotel the Tremont House was raised 6 to10 feet & not a pane of glass breaks during the operation, whole houses are moved from one street to another without any breakages, he himself had been moved 3 times as he says "I slept in my house one night in one street the next I was in another. The man who cut my hair is a German he will vote for Fremont he says most Germans will. 35 years ago there were nothing but 2 or 3 log huts where Chicago now stands. Changed £30 in 345$.
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