| 1. | !["Received in store from Barge [Adrana] for Mr. Z. Brown, Chicago, to forward to M. Kingman & Company,](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/cfd&CISOPTR=35 "\"Received in store from Barge [Adrana] for Mr. Z. Brown, Chicago, to forward to M. Kingman & Company,") | "Received in store from Barge [Adrana] for Mr. Z. Brown, Chicago, to forward to M. Kingman & Company, Buffalo, April 29, 1840." | | Steamboats and vessels from the East stopped at Chicago's port, which served as a great thoroughfare for both goods and passengers bound for the interior of the country. |
