todaysdocument: October 9 is the last day of National Fire Prevention Week, established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, which raged from October 8 - 10, 1871.  When it was all over, the fire left 100,000 people of Chicago homeless, 300 dead and an estimated $200 million in destroyed property. Petition from citizens of Chicago asking Congress to pass the bill which would allow a drawback of the duties paid upon materials used in the construction and repair of buildings burned during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 02/17/1872 Petition from citizens of Chicago, 2/17/1872, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306405)
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October 9 is the last day of National Fire Prevention Week, established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, which raged from October 8 - 10, 1871.  When it was all over, the fire left 100,000 people of Chicago homeless, 300 dead and an estimated $200 million in destroyed property.

Petition from citizens of Chicago asking Congress to pass the bill which would allow a drawback of the duties paid upon materials used in the construction and repair of buildings burned during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 02/17/1872

Petition from citizens of Chicago, 2/17/1872, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306405)

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