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This is the third of at least four such editions of this map published by the
R.P. Studley Company, with proceeds going to the victims of the fire. The
Studley map is larger and more colorful than most of the many similar maps that
appeared with accounts of the fire. The O'Leary cottage is located at the upper
left-hand point, and one can clearly see how the fire moved north and east from
there. (Note that "North" is to the right on this map.) Also apparent is that the fire jumped both the south and main branches
of the Chicago River, and that the North Division suffered the most extensive
damage.
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The Burnt District 