[The Great Fire]
Illinois Staats-Zeitung, Nov. 1, 1871
Mr. Franz Arnold has left for Europe as a representative of the German National Bank and of H. Greenebaum and Company, in order to make available the millions needed for the reconstruction of Chicago. At the same time Mr. Blum has gone to New York in order to have the mortgages (with coupons attached) fabricated, which shall serve as security for the millions that shall be borrowed from Europe.
