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Olson, Sophia B. The Fall of Chicago. Chicago: The Author, 1871. Purple wraps. Second edition (cover), third edition (title page), covers and contents in gilt-metallic lettering. 8pp. A poem about the Great Chicago Fire, published “in aid of fire sufferers.” Accompanied by a letter from Rufus W. Powell to his nephew, Oct. 17, 1922, enclosing the pamphlet and relating that it was written by his great aunt Sophia “& sold by her to make a living for a white.” Chipped and soiled.