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 Notes in Supplement to 
 
 'THE FIRST PRINTERS 
 OF CHICAGO"
 
 NOTES IN SUPPLEMENT 
 TO 
 
 "THE FIRST PRINTERS 
 OF CHICAGO" 
 
 BY 
 
 T>ouglas Q. <J\Cc<jyCurtrie 
 
 CHICAGO 
 
 PRIVATELY PRINTED 
 
 MCMXXXI
 
 An edition of two hundred 
 and fifty copies printed in 
 the month of June, 1931
 
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 NOTES IN SUPPLEMENT 
 TO 
 
 "THE FIRST PRINTERS 
 OF CHICAGO" 
 
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 ^ 
 
 
 In 1927 I published an essay entitled The First Printers 
 
 j^ of Chicago, which contained a bibliography of Chicago 
 
 ^ book and pamphlet imprints from 1836 to and including 
 
 ^ 1850. Since that time a number of additional early Chi- 
 
 "^ cago imprints have come to my attention. Some of these 
 
 :; I have seen and have thus been able adequately to describe. 
 
 ^ To several others I have references at second hand. 
 
 !/) These new imprints in no way alter the history of early 
 
 ^ Chicago printing as originally set forth, but they do add 
 
 , to our knowledge of the products of the press. The most 
 
 ^ interesting by far of those now described herein is Scam- 
 
 mon's Reports of Cases argued and determined in the 
 
 Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, which was printed 
 
 in Chicago in 1840. While the sheets of this book were in 
 
 the bindery, practically all of them were destroyed by fire. 
 
 A note in the copy here described says that only about 
 
 twenty copies were saved. 
 
 ' -? At the time that my first essay was published, I 
 
 searched high and low for a copy of this volume, inquir- 
 
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 ing from libraries east and west, but without success. The 
 one copy thought to exist was in the George W. PaulHn 
 collection, which was not then accessible. 
 
 The other imprint herein listed which is of particular 
 interest to me is The Rosarist's Companion, printed by 
 Ellis & Fergus in 1845. This was described to me by Mr. 
 Paullin, from memory, as "The Roseat," and is men- 
 tioned under that title on page 22 of my essay. The pam- 
 phlet itself came up in the Paullin sale in 1929, and I was 
 thus enabled to get a description of it and also a facsimile 
 of the tide page for reproduction here. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. J. R. Canny for collations and 
 descriptions of titles of a number of the items sold by the 
 American Art Association at the Paullin sale in April, 
 1929. 1 am glad to acknowledge a special obligation also 
 to Mr. V. Valta Parma, curator of the Rare Book Room 
 of the Library of G)ngress, and to Mr. Willard O. Waters 
 of the Henry E. Huntington Library, who have con- 
 tributed descriptions and notes on those titles which arc 
 ascribed respectively to each of those libraries. 
 
 Douglas C. McMurtrie 
 
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 CHICAGO IMPRINTS 
 
 The I Public and General | Statute Laws | of the | State of Illi- 
 nois: I Containing | all the laws published in the "Revised Stat- 
 utes" of 1833, except such as | are repealed, — together with all 
 the acts of a general and public nature, passed by the Ninth Gen- 
 eral I Assembly, at their | First Session, | commencing | Decem- 
 ber 1, 1834, and ending February 13, 1835; | and at their | Second 
 Session, I commencing | December 7, 1835, and ending Janu- 
 ary 18, 1836; I and those passed by the | Tenth General Assem- 
 bly, I at their Session | commencing December 5, 1836, and 
 ending March 6, 1837; | And at their | Special Session, | com- 
 mencing I July 10, and ending July 22, 1837; which are not 
 repealed; | and also the | Militia Law. | Compiled and | ar- 
 ranged alphabetically, | with | occasional references. | Chicago: 
 I Published by Stephen F. Gale. | 1839, 
 8vo. iv, 743 p. 
 
 Printer's imprint on verso of title page. 
 Paullin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 540. 
 
 Reports | of | Cases argued and determined | in the | Supreme 
 Court I of the I State of Illinois. | By J. Young Scammon, | 
 Counsellor at Law. | Volume I. | Chicago: | Stephen F. Gale, 
 106, Lake Street. | 1840. 
 
 13.5 X 21.5 cm. xxiv, 624 p. * 
 
 On verso of title page is the imprint: Chicago: Printed by Hoi comb & Co. 
 To the title page of the copy seen is attached a printed slip reading: 
 "While this volume of Reports was in the hands of the Binder, the entire 
 edition was destroyed, with the exception of about twenty copies (with- 
 out the index) which were saved from the flames." 
 The preface is dated Chicago, December 1840. 
 
 Volume 2 was printed in Boston, 1841; Vol. 3, Chicago, 1843; Vol. 4, 
 Chicago, 1844. The set of four volumes was sold at the Chicago Book 
 Auction, April 21, 1930, for $1200. 
 
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 Statistics | of | Chicago, Ills | together with a | Business Adver- 
 tiser, I and I Mercantile Directory | for | July, 1843. I [R^^] \ 
 By David D. Griswold. | [Rule]. 
 
 24 p. Tide in border of typographic ornaments. Printed yellow paper 
 wrappers. 
 
 On verso of the tide page is the imprint: Cleveland Sc Gregory, Printers, 
 loi Lake Street. 
 
 Tide from reproduction of tide page in American Art Association Cata- 
 logue of the PauUin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 541. This copy now in 
 the collection of Thomas W. Streeter. 
 
 Annual Circular [ and | Catalogue | of the | Ofl&cers and Stu- 
 dents I of the I Laporte University | Session of 1844-45. | Laporte, 
 Indiana I [Rule] \ Chicago: | James Campbell, Printer | 1845. 
 
 13.5 X 20.5 cm. 8 p. Printed yellow paper wrappers. Cover tide identical 
 
 with above except for address "65 Lake Street" following (on the same 
 
 line) the word "Printer." Cover title in ornamental border. 
 
 On the inside of the front cover is an elaborately printed certificate for 
 
 admission to Dr. Knapp's lectures, with a blank space for the name of the 
 
 person to be admitted. 
 
 Library of Congress. Henry E. Huntington Library. 
 
 Proceedings | of the | Grand Lodge | of | Ancient Free and Ac- 
 cepted Masons, | of the | State of Illinois, | at its | Sixth Annual 
 Communication, | Held in the Town of Jacksonville, | October, 
 A.L. 5845, A.D. 1845. I M. W. & Rev. W. F. Walker, Grand 
 Master. | Ordered to be read in all of the Lodges. | Chicago: | 
 Ellis & Fergus, Book and Fancy Job Printers; | Saloon Buildings, 
 Clark Street. | MDCCCXLV. 
 
 8vo. 138 p., I leaf with announcement of the Grand Master and (verso) 
 
 list of errata. 
 
 PauUin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 547. 
 
 The I Rosarist's Companion; | or, | Manual of Devout Exer- 
 cises: I Comprising | night and morning prayers, | prayers at 
 Mass, &c. I [5 lines] \ The Devotion of the | Way of the Cross | 
 of the I Sacred Heart: | And of the Association for a Happy 
 Death, called | Bona Mors. | The Arch-Confraternity of the | 
 
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 ifi^^iSiii^ 
 
 STATISTICS 
 
 or 
 
 CHICAGO, ILLS 
 
 TOGETHER WITH A. 
 
 EHJSHHISSg AIDTEBTJISIEIE; 
 
 ANO 
 
 MERCANTILE DiaECTORY 
 
 rott 
 
 JULY. 1843. 
 
 BT DAVID D. CRISWOLD.
 
 Immaculate Heart of Mary. | For the Conversion of Sinners. | 
 Vespers, — or, evening office of the church, j In Latin and Eng- 
 lish. I Chicago: | Printed for the Proprietor. | And sold by 
 Charles M'Donnel, corner of Market and Randolph | Streets, 
 near the South Branch Bridge. | [1845.] 
 1 8mo. 264 p. 
 
 On verso of the title page is the imprint: Ellis & Fergus, Printers, Saloon 
 Buildings. On the same page: With the approbation of the Right Rev. 
 William Quarter, Bishop of Chicago, 111. Bishop Quarter was the first 
 Catholic bishop of Chicago. 
 
 On a leaf preceding the title page is a statement that the volume was pub- 
 lished by the Rev. Jas. Cumminskey (dated March 25, 1845). 
 Tide from reproduction of tide page in American Art Association Cata- 
 logue of the Paullin Sale, Part I, April, 1929, No. 545. 
 
 Address | Delivered to | the Graduation Class | of the | Indiana 
 Medical College, | at the | Public Commencement, Feb. 18, 
 1847: 1 by I M. L. Knapp, M.D. | Professor of Materia Medica in 
 the Indiana Medical College; Prof, of Chemistry in the | Uni- 
 versity of St. Mary of the Lake, Chicago; Member of the North- 
 western I Academy of the Natural and Medical Sciences, Etc. | 
 Chicago: | Printed at 128 corner of Lake and Clark streets | 1847. 
 13.5x21.5 cm. 22, [i] p. Blue paper wrappers. 
 
 Text ends on p. 22 and is followed by a single page headed Fee Bill, 
 adopted by the Members of the Medical Society of Illinois, at a meeting 
 held in Springfield, Ilinois, January, 1840. . . . 
 
 Library of Congress. 
 
 Speech | of | Wm. Moscly Hall, | of Buffalo, N. Y. | in support 
 of his resolutions, | Which passed unanimously, in favor of a | 
 National R. Road to the Pacific, | on the plan of Geo. Wilkes, | 
 delivered at the great | River and Harbor Convention, at Chi- 
 cago, 111., I in committee of the whole, | July 7, 1847. [ ^^^y 
 rule] I Chicago: | Journal Office Print, | Corner of Lake and 
 Clarke [sic] Streets. | 1847. 
 13.5 X2I cm. 22 p. 
 St. Louis Mercantile Library. 
 
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 THE 
 
 nOSARISTS COMPANION; 
 
 OH, 
 
 M.\.\XAL OF DEVOUT EXERCISES: 
 C01IPRISI5C 
 
 NIGHT AND MORNING PRIYERS,. 
 
 PRAYERS A.T MASS, <Hic. 
 
 Th« Ro>aries of D. V M , ai«L/>f Jesus : l'ic Litt'e 
 
 Office of ihp D. V. h]. : iHe Riri« of liie Con- 
 
 fraVrniiy cf toe Scupulir; loge'.licrvviii: the 
 
 - iodiil^mccs ^laiitrd to xl.v Conficttr* 
 
 uitMja vi' Kojary and Scapular. 
 
 THE DKVOTIOX DF TUT 
 
 WAY OF THE CROSS 
 
 or THE 
 
 SACRED HEART: 
 
 And of C>« Asscc.ation for a Kpppy Dcs'Ji. copied 
 
 licntt Miry. 
 
 THB arck-co!Oc«atsr.n:tt cr- tks 
 
 IMMACULATE HEART. PF MARV. 
 
 For ihe Conversion ofSinncrs. 
 
 VESPERS^-OR.EVCMNG OmcE Or TUE ClllT.CH. 
 
 >."< LATIX A.'»I>«t50I.!S«. 
 
 CHICAGO: 
 
 PRINTED FOB THK PROPRtETOa. 
 
 Aa4 mM by Ciiarktt M'Omm:, con>cror >!a-lict wC Ka»Oc:pv. 
 Sir«cu, Mtr lb« t>o»tb Rrtncb BrtCc* 

 
 To the American and European Subscribers to the Loan for the 
 Completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, | and to holders 
 of canal bonds generally. | [Wavy rule] \ [Chicago, 1847.] 
 
 23 X 28.5 cm. 2 leaves, second blank. 
 
 Dated and signed: Chicago, Dec. 21, 1847. H. T. Dickey. 
 
 Henry E. Huntington Library. 
 
 Journal | of the | Proceedings | of the | Grand Division, | of the 
 I Sons of Temperance, | of the | State of Illinois, | [Device] \ 
 (Printed under the Supervision of the Committee on Publica- 
 tion.) I Vol. 1. 1 Chicago: | R. L. Wilson, Printer, | Daily Journal 
 Office. I 1848. 
 8vo. 335 p. 
 Paullin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 552. 
 
 Illinois and Michigan Canal. | [ Wavy rule] \ Rules, By-Laws & 
 Regulations, | established by the | Board of Trustees, | of the | 
 Illinois & Michigan Canal | in conformity with sec. 15 of the | 
 law of February 21, 1843; 1 ^^ which is added | the rates of toll, 
 I adopted by the | Board of Trustees for the year 1848, | and 
 names of the principal places on the line of the canal, | with 
 their distances from each other. | [Wavy rule] \ Chicago: | 
 
 Printed by R. L. Wilson, | Daily Journal Office. | 1848. 
 14.5 X 23.5 cm. I leaf, 46 p., i leaf. Blue paper covers. 
 Cover title same as title page, in ornamental border. 
 Henry E. Huntington Library. 
 
 An I Address 
 Medical School, 
 
 Delivered at the Opening of the | Rock Island 
 November 7, 1848, | by | M. L. Knapp, M.D., 
 
 President, and Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. 
 
 I [Double rule] \ Chicago: 
 Lake Street. | [Short rule] 
 
 Campbell & Fuller, Printers, | 107 
 
 1849. 
 
 14 X 23.5 cm. 20 p. Printed paper wrappers. Cover title, in decorative bor- 
 der, identical with above. 
 Library of Congress. Collection of Douglas C. McMurtrie. 
 
 Chicago City Directory and Annual Advertiser for 1849-50. By 
 Hatheway & Taylor. Chicago: Printed by Jas. L. Langdon, 1849. 
 Tide from Chicago Book Auction Catalogue i, April 21, 1930, No. 40. 
 
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 AM 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 SBLITB&EI) AT THB OPBNING OF THE 
 
 ROCK mM) mmm mnoou 
 
 NOVEMBER 7, 1848. 
 
 BT 
 
 M. L. KNAPP, M. D., 
 
 nxanfiKT, akd pkofbssor of materia medica and THEAArxvnos.. 
 
 CHICAGO: 
 CAMPBELL & FULLER, PRINTERS, 
 
 107 Lake Street. 
 1849.
 
 Constitution | and | By-Laws | of the | Chicago Building Asso- 
 ciation, I Adopted March, 1849. | [Device] \ Chicago: | Davis' 
 Book & Job Office, 128 Lake St. | 1849. 
 i6mo. [iii]-v, 6-15 p. Printed paper wrappers. 
 Paullin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 554. 
 
 Observations on the Spread of Asiatic Cholera and its Com- 
 municable Nature. By John Evans, Professor of Obstetrics and 
 Diseases of Women and Children in Rush Medical College. 
 Chicago, 1849. 
 8vo. 43 p. 
 
 From the Northwestern Medical and Surgical Journal, of which John 
 Evans, founder of Evanston, Illinois, was at that time one of the editors. 
 Tide from Morris H. Briggs List of March 14, 1930, No. 6. 
 
 Wells's Law^yer, | and | United States Form-Book; | containing 
 I The Constitution of the United States, | with notes and deci- 
 sions, I a complete system of book-keeping, | a table of gold and 
 silver coins, interest tables, | and | Forms | . . . Naturalization 
 papers, letters patent, and important | Information for Business 
 Men. I By a practising attorney, j and | a merchant. | Chicago, 
 III.: I Published by John C. Wells. | 1848. 
 i2mo. 192 p. Printed brown paper wrappers. 
 Paullin Sale, Part I, April 1929, No. 555. 
 
 College I of I Physicians and Surgeons | of the | Upper Missis- 
 sippi, j (Reorganization of Rock Island Medical School:) | 
 Second Session, 1849-50. | Chicago: | Printed at the Democrat 
 Office, 45 LaSalle Street. | 1849. 
 12x21.5 '^"^- II p- 
 
 Henry E. Huntington Library. 
 
 A I Historical Sermon. | [ Wavy rule] \ By Rev. A. M. Stewart, 
 
 I Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chicago, III. | 
 
 [Wavy rule] \ [2 lines, quotation] \ [Filet] \ Chicago, III.: | 
 
 Whitmarsh & Fulton, Book and Job Printers, | 191 Lake Street, 
 
 corner of Wells, (second story.) | [Short rule] \ 1850. 
 
 14 X2I cm. 12 p. 
 
 Henry E. Huntington Library. 
 
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