Francus, Joseph B.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Horace G. Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: spe-chas
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, primarily related to the business of real estate in early Chicago.
Dates:
1843 - 1902
John S. Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-wri
Abstract
John Stephen Wright (1815-1874) moved to Chicago from Massachusetts with his father in 1832. In 1833, Wright took a census of Chicago and published a lithographed map of the town in 1834, the year he began a real estate business. This collection concerns his purchase of land in the city in 1848 and the subsequent history of that land over the next two decades.
Dates:
1848 - 1866