Jonathan Chapin to Lucius Chapin, October 11, 1871
| Description: |
Relates in some detail eye-witness accounts of the massive forest fire that consumed hundreds of acres of forest, destroyed Peshtigo, Wisconsin and took the lives of at least 1500 people. This fire occurred on the same day as the great fire in Chicago. Chapin, Lucius Philander, 1832-1915 |
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| Origin: | 1871-10-11 |
| Created By: |
Chapin, Jonathan Edwards, 1829-1911 |
| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll62/id/1345 |
| Collection: |
Wabash College - Chapin Letters Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Neenah (Wisc) Greencastle (Ind.) |
| Subjects: |
Great Fire, Peshtigo, Wis., 1871 |
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