It should be added that every paper of any value, which was given to the St. Louis parties to hold was copied and the copies preserved, except mere personal, friendship letters, and of these there was quite a large stock; also that much of Dr. Peck's writings and many letters of his and others were loaned out and could not be given to the St. Louis parties to keep, but all of any real value have been copied or published, except the Lemen-Lincoln interviews and some others, and that even some of these copies are loaned out, among them copies of letters from Dr. Peck, Douglas, Lincoln, Lovejoy, if I recall correctly, and others; though the facts or information in them have already been published, except such facts as will be held for the James Lemen history, and we have copies of them, so nothing will be lost. (Signed) JOSEPH B. LEMEN. O'Fallon, Illinois, January 10, 1911. [N. B. The above communication accompanied the gift of the walnut chest made by the elder James Lemen at Ft. Piggott, which was sent to the custodian of the Baptist Historical Collection at Shurtleff College, early in the year 1913--COMPILER.] REFERENCES {p.59} 1. See p. 26. 2. Reynolds "My Own Times" and "Pioneer History of Illinois." 3. See "Territorial Records of Illinois" (Illinois State Historical Library, _Publication_, III.), and compare p. 54 _post_. 4. See Biographical sketches in "Lemen Family History." 5. See pp. 33, 53. 6. See pp. 27, 28. 7. See pp. 23, 42, 56. 8. Peck, J. M., "Annals of the West," _in loco_. 9. See p. 54 _post_, and Hinsdale, "Old Northwest." 10. Alvord, "Cahokia Records," Introduction. 11. Reynolds, "My Own Times," p. 208. 12. McMaster, "People of United States," II: 30, 31; III: 108; St. Clair Papers. 13. Blake, "History of Slavery," p. 431. 14. See p. 29. 15. See p. 30, and compare No. 16 below. 16. Blake, "History of Slavery," _in loco_. 17. See pp. 35, 36, 43. 18. See p. 53. 19. See p. 30. 20. See p. 30, and compare, Patterson, "Early Illinois," Fergus Historical Coll., No. 14, pp. 141-2. 21. See pp. 30, 35. 22. Reynolds, "My Own Times," p. 170. 23. See p. 36. 24. See p. 55, and compare reference No. 19. 25. See p. 37. 26. See "Centennial History of Madison Co.," I: 52-55. 27. See p. 38. 28. See p. 47. 29. See p. 50. 30. See p. 34. 31. See p. 41. 32. See p. 54. 33. _Cf._ Smith, J. A., "History of the Baptists," p. 40; Benedict, "History of the Baptists," II: 246-8. 34. See p. 39. 35. See pp. 42, 56 and Peck, J. M., "Father Clark," _in loco_. End of Project Gutenberg's The Jefferson-Lemen Compact, by Willard C. MacNaul