military expeditions,
early stage and mail routes, historic sites, dates of settlement of the
principal towns.

BONHAM, JERIAH. _Fifty Years' Recollections with Observations and
Reflections on historical Events, giving Sketches of eminent
Citizens--their Lives and public Services. Peoria: J. W. Franks & Sons_,
1883. 536 pp.

The "fifty years" seem to have begun shortly after 1830. The biographical
sketches, however, give several facts in regard to the origin and
immigration of such early leaders as Coles, Edwards, Reynolds, Carlin, and
others.

BOYD, CARL EVANS. _County of Illinois, The. Am. Hist. Rev._, IV., 623-35.
July, 1899.

A scholarly history of Virginia's ephemeral County of Illinois, although
in error as to the dates of its beginning and ending, respectively.

BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY MARIE, Esq. _History of the late War between the
United States and Great Britain. Containing a minute Account of the
various military and naval Operations. Baltimore: Cushing, 1817. 4th ed.
Baltimore: Cushing & Jewett_, 1818. xxiv.+348 pp. _6th ed. Philadelphia:
James Kay_, 1839. 298 pp.

Valuable. Several times translated. Impartial. Gives a short account of
the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812.

BROWN, CHARLES R. _The Old Northwest Territory: its Missions, Forts, and
trading Posts. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Brown, Moore & Quale_, 1875. 32 pp.

The work consists of an historical and chronological map (14-1/2 x 15
inches), and notes upon the 94 sites located upon it. Eleven of the sites
are in Illinois. Valuable and suggestive, although deficient in citation
of authorities.

BROWN, HENRY. _The History of Illinois from its first Discovery and
Settlement to the present Time. New York: J. Winchester_, 1844. vi.+492
pp.

The author confesses to having written in haste and to having borrowed
stories from other states simply to amuse his readers. Worthless except to
furnish a few topics which one may wish to verify. Criticism: _Draper
MSS_., Z No. 2.

BROWN, SAMUEL R. _The Western Gazetteer; or, Emigrant's Directory, (1817)
containing a geographical Description of the western States and
Territories, viz., the States of Ky., Ind., La., O., Tenn., and Miss., and
the Territories of Ill., Mo., Ala., Mich., and N. Western, with an
Appendix containing Sketches of some of the western Counties of N. Y., Pa.
and Va.; a description of the Gt. Northern Lakes; Indian Annuities, and
Directions to Emigrants. Auburn, N. Y.: H. C. Southwic