the manuscript to its author with the note, "Here is your expurgated and correct history of Chicago." Family historian He researched and wrote The Wentworth Genealogy – English and American - twice, which he published privately. The first two-volume edition, also known as the "private edition", published in 1871, was followed by a second, corrected, edition in 1878, which was published in three volumes, for a total of 2241 pages. The total reported cost for both editions was $40,000. The first of the 1878 volumes chronicles the ancestry of Elder William Wentworth, the first of this family in New England, and his first five generations of New World descendants. The second and third volumes discuss the "Elder's" many descendants and others of the name. John was a fourth great-grandson of William. Death Wentworth died at his estate in 1888, aged 73. He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. At his request, his tombstone was a sixty-foot tall granite obelisk that was imported from New Hampshire on two railroad cars. It was, at the time, the tallest tombstone in the west. See also The Wentworth Letter References Further reading Fehrenbacher, Don E. Chicago Giant: A Biography of "Long John" Wentworth (1957). Fehrenbacher, Don E. “Lincoln and the Mayor of Chicago.” Wisconsin Magazine of History 40#4 (1957), pp. 237–44. online External links John Wentworth, "First Inaugural Address", Chicago Public Library John Wentworth, "Second Inaugural Address", Chicago Public Library 1815 births 1888 deaths People from Sandwich, New Hampshire Illinois Republicans Mayors of Chicago Illinois lawyers 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Burials at Rosehill Cemetery Dartmouth College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers Members of the Chicago Board of Education New Hampton School alumni