Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . uilt mercantileMcCutchen. businesses, and merchants who had large out-It is interesting in this connection to record standing accounts were utterly ruined. Businessthe impressions of a visitor to Rushville, a man stability thus shaken to its very foundation, wasof wide experience in the world and who had not restored for ten or twelve years to from London, England, to visit with The rapid development of Rushville in the firstrelatives in this city. We refer to William Ar- decade of its history was such as to attract at-miger Scripps, who visi
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . uilt mercantileMcCutchen. businesses, and merchants who had large out-It is interesting in this connection to record standing accounts were utterly ruined. Businessthe impressions of a visitor to Rushville, a man stability thus shaken to its very foundation, wasof wide experience in the world and who had not restored for ten or twelve years to from London, England, to visit with The rapid development of Rushville in the firstrelatives in this city. We refer to William Ar- decade of its history was such as to attract at-miger Scripps, who visited Rushville in the sum- tention in the great trade centers of the Eastmer of 1S33. To reach this city he traveled a and South, where our merchants made annualdistance of 1G50 miles from Xew York City by trips to purchase merchandise, and the town grewboat and stage, and was thirty-six days making rapidly. The fever of speculation was rifethe trip. He arrived in Rushville July 25, 1S33, throughout the West, and this was augmented by.
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