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From: Pat Sabin <>
Subject: Re: [ILDUPAGE] History of DuPage 1857
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 23:36:33 -0400


Oops! I meant to reply to Jim Bauer privately- he hasn't been feeling
well.

Pat

Pat Sabin wrote:
>
> Hey, you're not supposed to be answering e-mail!
>
> Yes, that's the one. I had Higginson reprint the book for me (for more
> than $28.00!). Either these pages were missing from their original, or
> they goofed in the reprint. Sounded like an interesting story, and it
> stopped in mid sentence.
>
> I don't know if I mentioned this, but the copy I got, which is literally
> a bound photocopy of the original 1857 book, has the Sabin and Vaughn
> names underlined in the book. That can only mean that whoever owned the
> original was connected to my family. Isn't that amazing?
>
> Thank your wife for offering to transcribe. That would be wonderful,
> but there is no rush. I know you've both got more important things on
> your minds. I hope you're feeling a little better today.
>
> Pat
> Jim Bauer wrote:
> >
> > At 10:10 AM 10/2/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> > >I am chipping away at transcribing the 1857 town histories (albeit often
> > >diverted by juicier topics). I was working on Addison Township, and
> > >find that I am missing two pages, right in the middle of an interesting
> > >story! If anyone has access to the 1857 history by Vallette and
> > >Richmond and would be willing to transcribe pages 148 and 149, please
> > >let me know.
> > >
> > >
> > Pat
> >
> > I think I have the book you are looking for...The History of DuPage Couty
> > by Vallette & Richmond. Are you looking for opening page #147 of "The
> > History of the Town of Addison". Then continued on page 148 and finishing
> > up on page 149 with the wording of
> >
> > "first white child in the town. Three barrel of frozen apples
> > were.............."
> >
> > If this is it, let me know. My wife said she would transcribe it for you.
> >
> > Jim Bauer
> >
> > P.S....noticed this book for sale on e-bay a few days ago. The bid was up
> > to $28.+

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