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Ancestry.com. The great conflagration : Chicago, its past, present and future : embracing a detailed narrative of the great conflagration in [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Sheahan, James W.. The great conflagration : Chicago, its past, present and future : embracing a detailed narrative of the great conflagration in the north, south and west divisions, origin, progress and results of the fire : prominent buildings burned, character of buildings, losses and insurance, graphic description of the flames, scenes and incidents, loss of life, the flight of the people : also, a condensed history of Chicago, its population, growth and great public works : and a statement of all the great fires of the world. Chicago, Ill.: Union Pub. Co., 1871.