Letters written from Lake County, Illinois soldier home to his parents in Warren Township, Illinois regarding life and events in the Illinois 65th Infantry regiment and on the battlefield. Correspondence, discharge and pension papers, and newspaper article are arranged chronologically. The folder also includes mounted uniform buttons and Army and Regimental pins and the History and Roster of the Sixty-Fifth Illinois Infantry. There are photocopies of all the documents in a second folder
File contains a "true copy of the original abstract of title" to North Part of the City of Highland Park, Lake Co., Ill. The document shows the history of the property from 1844 to 1867. There are three copies in this file. Two of the copies are signed by Alvah S. Rogers certifying the document is a true copy of the original. The third copy is signed by Louis J. Gurnee certifying that it is a true copy of the original.
"Choice lots and residences for sale. For maps and information apply at the Office of the Company, 154 Washington Street Chicago, Ill. or at the Highland Park House. Frank P. Hawkins, General Agent."
Louis Nelke & Co., Chicago, Lithographer and Engraver
This folder contains various images of buildings from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.
Winter Scene looking north from Central Ave. on Sheridan Rd. [taken by Robert Brand] [photocopy], 1869 Old City Hall, Built 1930, No Date Highland Park Hotel with patrons standing outside on the first floor [framed], No Date