g Co._, 1890. 521 pp.

This volume is the fourth of the collections of the Chicago Historical
Society. It is one of the most valuable collections for the study of early
Illinois history. Contains, among other things, Pierre Menard Papers, John
Todd Papers, John Todd's Record-Book, Lists of Early Illinois Citizens,
and Rocheblave Papers.

MEEKER, Dr. MOSES. _Early History of the Lead Region of Wisconsin. In Wis.
Hist. Coll._, VI., 271-96. _Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver, State
Printers_, 1872.

Very valuable. Dr. Meeker came to Galena in 1822 and settled there in
1823. The article gives the history of the settlement of the lead region
to 1825.

_Michigan pioneer and historical Collections. Lansing, Mich._, 1877-1900.
29 vols.

Valuable for the French and British periods of Illinois history.

_Mount Carmel, Articles of Association, for the City of. Chillicothe: John
Bailhache_, 1817. 4to. 22 pp.

Mt. Carmel was to be, and now is, on the west bank of the Wabash in what
is now Wabash county, Illinois. The articles drawn up by the proprietors
and their agent contain curious provisions in regard to the support of
church and school. Some Puritanic rules are given. (In _Ill. Local Hist.
Pam._, VII., in Library of Wisconsin State Historical Society.)

_Niles' weekly Register, Baltimore._

Of great value for the period 1811-1830. Its notices of foreign
immigration are extensive.

OGDEN, GEORGE W. _Letters from the West. New-Bedford: Melcher & Rogers_,
1823. 126 pp.

Describes several of the Illinois towns, and characterizes their
inhabitants. A part of the work is plagiarized from Harding, _Tour through
the western Country_. Reprinted in Thwaites, _Early western Travels_, XIX.

_Olden Time_, I., 1846, 403-15. _George Croghan's Journal of his Route._

Interesting sketches of the French.

OWEN, A. R. _Ums Jahr 1819 und 1829._ In _Deutsch-Amerikanische
Geschichtsblaetter_, Jahrgang 2, Heft 2, pp. 41-43. _Chicago: April_, 1902.

Not sufficiently definite, reliable, or extensive to be of much value.

PALMER, JOHN. _Journal of Travels in the United States of North America
and in Lower Canada, performed in the year 1817. London: Sherwood, Neely,
and Jones_, 1818. vii. 456 pp.

Pages 411-20 are on Illinois. Too inaccurate to be of great value,
although some information in regard to roads may be used. Tells of routes,
methods, and cost of travel.

PALMER, JOHN MCCAULEY. _Personal Recollections of John M. Palmer.
Cin