k_, 1817. 360 pp.

Pages 17-35 give an inaccurate description of Illinois' population and
resources.

BROWN, WILLIAM HUBBARD. _An historical Sketch of the early Movement in
Illinois for the Legalization of Slavery, read at the annual Meeting of
the Chicago Historical Society, Dec. 5, 1864._

_Chicago: Fergus Printing Co._, 1876. 31 pp. _Fergus hist. Series_, No. 4.
8vo. 25 cents.

Especially valuable for the great struggle over slavery in Illinois in
1822-24. First printed in 1865, under the auspices of the Chicago
Historical Society.

BUCKLEY, JAMES MONROE. _A History of Methodists in the United States._
(Volume V. of _American Church History_.) _New York: The Christian
Literature Co._, 1896. xix.+714 pp.

Tells of the founding of Lebanon Seminary, later McKendree College, at
Lebanon, Ill., in 1828.

_Chicago City Directory, for the Year 1855-56, and Northern Illinois
Gazetteer. Chicago: Robert Fergus_, 1855. 150+xxxii.+208+128 pp.

Of slight value for our purpose, although the historical introductions to
the directories of the various cities and towns have a few usable
statements.

_Chicago daily Democratic Press. Railroads, History and Commerce of
Chicago, three Articles. 2d ed. Chicago: Democratic Press Job and Book
Steam Print_, 1854. 80 pp.

Of considerable interest, although many statements are of too late a date
to be used.

_Chicago Magazine. Chicago, Ill._

I., 103-16 (1857), gives an account of the massacre at Fort Dearborn,
August 15, 1812, largely taken from the Kinzie narrative.

_Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov._ 28, 1897.

New light thrown on Old Fort Dearborn. An account of the finding of
important records in the archives of the U. S. government. The archives
contained the original order for building a fort where Fort Dearborn later
stood (order of 1803), and sketches of Fort Dearborn as early as January,
1808. The sketches are reproduced.

CLARKE, S. C. _Prairie State, The._ (_Atlantic Monthly_, VII., 579-595,
_May_, 1861.)

Well written and treats a large number of subjects.

COPELAND, LOUIS ALBERT, B. L. _The Cornish in southwest Wisconsin._ Pages
301-334 of _Wis. Hist. Coll._, XIV. _Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co.,
State Printer_, 1898.

Gives several facts concerning the early history of the Galena region.
Most of the Cornish, however, came after 1830.

DANA, E. _Geographical Sketches on the Western Country: designed for
Emigrants and Settlers: being the Result of extensi