, and without references.

WILBUR, LA FAYETTE. _Early History of Vermont. Jericho, Vt.: Roscoe
Printing House, 1899-1903._ 4 vols. I., 362; II., 419; III., 397; IV., 463
pp.

Pages 162-3 of Volume III. tell of the unusual cold of 1816-17 and quote
Governor Galusha's reference to the impending famine. No references are
given.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE WASHINGTON. _History of the Negro Race in America from
1619-1880. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1882._ 2 vols. I., X. + 481;
II., 611 pp. The two volumes are also issued as one.

Gives some statistics concerning slaves in Illinois and notes on Illinois
slavery legislation. The author was a negro.

WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM DURKEE. _The History of the State of Maine: from its
first Discovery, A. D. 1602, to the Separation, A. D. 1820. inclusive.
Hallowell: Glazier, Masters & Co._, 1832. 2 vols. I., iv. + 696; II., 729
pp.

Tells of the unusual cold of 1816-17 and of the great movement toward the
West. Strong in citation of authorities. Much above the average of State
histories of its time.

WILSON, HENRY. _History of the Rise and Fall of the slave Power in
America. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co._, 1872-7. 3 vols. I., vii. + 670;
II., 720: III., 774 pp. _Houghton._ 3 vols.

Valuable material on slavery in Illinois. A strong work.

WINSOR, JUSTIN. _The westward Movement: the Colonies and the Republic west
of the Alleghanies, 1673-98; with full cartographical Illustrations from
contemporary Sources. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co._, 1897. 595 pp.

Criticism: _Am. Hist. Rev._, III., 556.

WITHERS, ALEXANDER SCOTT. _Chronicles of border Warfare, or A History of
the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia: and of the Indian
Wars and Massacres, in that Section of the State. Clarksburg, Va.: Joseph
Israel_, 1831. 319+iv. pp. Very rare. _Same. New ed., edited and annotated
by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Cincinnati: Clarke_, 1895.

A few references are to events in Illinois. Criticism: _Am. Hist. Rev._,
I., 170.

YOUNG, WILLIAM T. _Life and public Services of General Lewis Cass. 2d ed.
Detroit: Markham & Elwood_, 1852. 420 pp.

Tells of Gen. Cass' expedition to Illinois during the trouble with the
Sauk Indians in 1827.

INDEX.

A

Aboite river, 35.

Act creating Illinois county, 9, 15.

Act enabling Illinois to form a state government, 115.

Agricultural Society, formed, 168.

Agriculture, 130, 165. _See also_ Farming, Fruits, etc.

Albemarle county, _V