| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Newburgh beginnings -- Prosecuted and put to cost -- The great fairy land of fortunes -- Crash and conversion -- The politician -- Their separate spheres -- The founder. |
| Summary |
"Augustus Garrett and Eliza Clark Garrett were a very influential couple in old Chicago. Augustus served two terms as mayor of Chicago. The story of his wife Eliza, the chronicle of a spiritual journey, reflects the struggles of sincere, pious women to come to terms with tragedy in an age when most people attributed every unhappy event as divinely determined"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Garrett, Augustus, 1801-1848.
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Garrett, Augustus, 1801-1848. |
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Garrett, Eliza Clark, 1805-1855.
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Garrett, Eliza Clark, 1805-1855. |
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Garrett Biblical Institute -- History.
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Garrett Biblical Institute. |
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History. |
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Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Mayors. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Women philanthropists. |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cosgrove, Charles H. Fortune and faith in old Chicago. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020] 9780809337941 (DLC) 2019023445 |
| ISBN |
9780809337958 (electronic book) |
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0809337959 (electronic book) |
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9780809337941 (hardcover) |
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