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Above are CBOT members tickets dating from 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1882. I cannot find any historical reference to the particular person whom these memberships belonged to so my assumption is he was a regional merchant most likely.
For those with an interest regarding the early history of the CBOT, I suggest reading the research which Mark Geiger has been embarking upon such as this paper: Social Networks on the Exchange Floor
