Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained. Missing page numbers correspond to blank pages. Page numbers are in format {p.xx}.] The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and the Northwest Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818 A Paper read before the Chicago Historical Society February 16, 1915 By Willard C. MacNaul [Illustration: Arms] The University of Chicago Press 1915 Copyright by CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1915 CONTENTS {p.03} INTRODUCTION 1. Sketch of James Lemen.................................. 7 2. Lemen's Relations with Jefferson in Virginia........... 9 3. Lemen's Anti-Slavery Mission in Illinois-- Slavery in Illinois until 1787...................... 11 Prohibition of Slavery by Ordinance of 1787......... 11 The Slavery Conflict under Gov. St. Clair (1787-1800)....................................... 12 The Slavery Conflict under Gov. Harrison (1801-1809)....................................... 13 Slavery Question in the Movement for Division of Indiana Territory in 1808-9.................... 16 James Lemen's Anti-Slavery Influence in the Baptist Churches until 1809....................... 16 Slavery under Gov. Ninian Edwards (1809-1818)....... 19 Slavery in the Campaign for Statehood in 1818....... 19 4. Available Materials Relating to the Subject........... 23 5. Account of the "Lemen Family Notes"................... 24 DOCUMENTS I. Diary of James Lemen, Sr.............................. 26 II. History of the Relations of James Lemen and Thos. Jefferson, by J. M. Peck.................. 32 III. How Illinois Got Chicago, by Jos. B. Lemen............ 37 IV. Address to the Friends of Freedom..................... 38 V. Recollections of a Centennarian, by Dr. W. F. Boyakin................................... 39 VI. In Memory of Rev. Jas. Lemen, Sr...................... 41 VII. Statement by Editor of _Belleville Advocate_.......... 41