Bishop family papers

  • Creator Names Bishop, Hiram N.
  • Title Bishop family papers [manuscript], 1868 Apr. 15-1900?
  • Physical description 23 items (27 p.)
  • Collection summary Photocopies of a scrapbook of items relating to members of the Bishop family of Chicago and Ravenswood (Ill.). Includes obituaries and funeral notices for Rev. Hiram N. Bishop; reports on St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago; business affairs of coal dealers who employed Frank C. Bishop; and F.A. Bishop's paint and grain commission business. Includes a telegram (1871 October 9) from Blake Whitehouse & Company asking about damage to its coal yards caused by the Great Chicago Fire.
  • Names
    • Bishop, Hiram N.
    • Bishop, F. A.
    • Bishop, Frank C.
    • Bishop family.
    • St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Bishop family.
    • Bishop, F. A.
    • Bishop, Frank C.
    • St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Coal trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Episcopalians Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Families Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Fires Illinois Chicago. 19th century.
    • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Ravenswood (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 19th century.
  • Genre Telegrams. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.