Fort Dearborn (Chicago, Ill.) manuscript collection, 1808-1924.

  • Title Fort Dearborn (Chicago, Ill.) manuscript collection [manuscript], 1808-1924.
  • Physical description
    • 19 folders and 1 v.
    • 1 oversize folder.
  • Collection summary
    • A few original items (ca. 1808-1838) relating to Fort Dearborn, the U.S. Army fort at Chicago (Ill.); transcripts (usually typed) of original items found in repositories in Washington (D.C.) relating to Fort Dearborn and copied for the Chicago Historical Society (ca. 1892-93) by Daniel O. Drennan; and correspondence, research notes, and newsclippings about the fort's history. Some of the transcripts and letters by Drennan are in a letterpress copy book, including letters to the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition about a reproduction of the fort. Included among the research notes are Charles A. Dilg's comments (folders 12-17) on many different accounts of the attack of Aug. 15, 1812. Oversize materials include U.S. Army muster rolls and inspection returns.
    • Includes a volume with the cover title: Medical Prescription Book / Medical Dept. / U.S. Army that contains a list of prescriptions, 1832-1836, plus lists of trade goods in the 1860s. It belonged to Dr. Phillip Maxwell, and was given to Chicago Historical Society by J.L. Usher and Ellis B. Usher of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on 1881 Apr. 26.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related material at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, includes the "Papers about attempt to reconstruct Fort Dearborn, 1892 April-1893 April." Additional writings by Mr. Dilg are in the manuscripts collection under his name known as "Chicago's archaic history"; also in a few publications.
  • Finding Aids Note Brief finding aid in Mss. Handbook lists descriptions of the Fort Dearborn Massacre.
  • Names
    • United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 1st (1796-1815)
    • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Exhibitions.
    • Dilg, Charles Augustus, 1844-1904.
    • Drennan, Daniel O., ca. 1840-1905.
    • Heald, Nathan, 1775-1832
    • Usher, J. L., donor.
    • Usher, Ellis B., donor.
    • Whistler, John, 1756?-1829.
    • Chicago Historical Society.
    • United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 1st (1796-1815)
    • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Board of Lady Managers.
  • Subjects
    • Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812 Sources.
    • Frontier and pioneer life Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Historiography.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Population To 1875.
    • Fort Dearborn (Ill.)
    • Fort Dearborn (Ill.) History.
    • United States History War of 1812
  • Genre
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Letterpress copybooks. aat
    • Lists. aat
    • Muster rolls. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Returns (Military) aat
    • Transcripts. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.