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CHICAGO GAS LIGHT & COKE Co.,
November 25, 1865.

MR. JOHN C. HILTON:

DEAR SIR: The sample of Marshfield (Illinois) Coal and Coke, said to
have been made from the same kind of coal seen at your office this day,
I consider much SUPERIOR to ANY COAL I have ever seen produced
from ANY MINE IN THIS STATE. Wishing you success in your undertaking,
I subscribe myself,

Yours very respectfully,
P. T. BURTIS,
Supt. & Engineer Chicago Gas Light & Coke Co.
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We cheerfully endorse the statement made by P. T. Burtis, Esq., Su-
perintendent and Engineer of the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company.

S. B. COBB, President Gas Light & Coke Co.
THO'S S. DICKERSON, Firm Dickerson Sturges & Co.
C. H. S. MIXER, "Leland & Mixer, Packers.
M. D. GILMAN, "Gilman, Granis & Farwell.
SAMUEL I. WALKER.
LILL & DIVERSEY, Brewers & Malt Manufactures.
R. McCLARY, See'y Sand's Ale Brewing Company.
CARLISLE MASON & SON, Excelsior Iron Works.
O. KENDALL, Steam Bakery.
NATHAN CORWITH.
Dr. L. D. BOONE.
ROB'T HALE, General Sup't Chicago & Alton Rail Road.
B. W. PHILLIPS, Firm. B. W. Phillips & Co., Insurance.
JOHN G. ROGERS, Attorney at Law.
JA'S E. TYLER, of Tyler, Ullman & Co.
DAVID A. GAGE, of Gage, Waite & Co., Sherman House.
JAMES G. DUDLEY, of George, Dudley & Tuerman.
DANIEL L. BOONE, Coal Broker, 164 State Street.

I HAVE EXAMINED the COAL & COKE referred to, and find it a SUPE-
RIOR ARTICLE of ILLINOIS COAL.

C. G. HAMMOND,
President North-Western National Bank. (Formerly General Sup't of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail Road.

JNO. B. DRAKE, Firm Gage & Drake, Tremont House.
W. WARREN COBB, Chicago Gas Light & Coke Co.

And hundreds of others who have carefully examined the Coke and Coal
now on exhibition at the Banking House of A. C. Badger & Co., Dearborn
Street.

The Coal from these mines can be seen in quantities at the yards of
Messrs. O. W. Goit & Co., Coal Dealers, Southwest end of Van Buren
Street Bridge, where it is for sale by the ton or car.