ning and jumping.
Either one of them can jump over a line held at his own height, a
little over six feet.

New Design. Jan. 12, 1820.

A full account of my Indian fights will be found among my papers.

New Design. Dec. 10, 1820.

Looking back at this time, 1820, to 1809, when we organized the
Canteen creek Baptist Church on a strictly anti-slavery basis as
Jefferson had suggested as a [center] from which the anti-slavery
movement to finally save the State to freedom could be directed, it is
now clear that the move was a wise one as there is no doubt but that
it more than anything else was what made Illinois a free State.

New Design, Ill. Jan. 4, 1821.

Among my papers my family will find a full and connected statement as
to all the churches I have caused to be formed since my settlement in
Illinois.

* * * * *

There were many of our family notes which were faded out and Rev. J.
M. Peck retained some when he made father's history and many were
misplaced by other friends, but we have had all copied [that] are now
in our possession which are of interest.

REV. JAMES LEMEN, Jr.,
(Son of Rev. James Lemen, Sr.).

Ridge Prairie, Ill. June 4, 1867.

My father's account of his Indian fights and statement of all the
churches he caused to be founded in Illinois, above mentioned,
{p.32} were loaned to Rev. John M. Peck a short time before his death
and have not been returned, but the information contained has already
been published except a few confidential facts as to his relations
with Jefferson in the formation of the Canteen Creek Baptist Ch., now
the Bethel Baptist Church.

REV. JAMES LEMEN, Jr.
(Son of James Lemen, Sr.)

II. PECK'S HISTORY OF THE JEFFERSON-LEMEN COMPACT

Rock Spring, Ill., June 4, 1851.

The history of the confidential relation of Rev. James Lemen, Senior,
and Thomas Jefferson, and Lemen's mission under him, which I have
prepared for his son, Rev. James Lemen, Junior, at his request from
the family notes and diaries.

J. M. PECK,
Per A. M. W.

CHAPTER I.

The leading purpose of Thomas Jefferson in selecting James Le