Very valuable for the history of northern and eastern Illinois from 1818 to the close of the Black Hawk war. Most of the work is autobiographical. Mr. Hubbard was an employee of the American Fur Company. Later he was in business in Danville and Chicago. HARDING, BENJAMIN. _A Tour through the Western Country, A. D. 1818 & 1819. New London: Samuel Green, 1819._ 8vo. 17 pp. The inducements which Illinois offered to emigrants are described with a degree of sense rarely displayed in the period to which the work belongs by writers of advice to emigrants. The American Bottom and the prairies are described. HARRIS, WILLIAM TELL. _Remarks made during a Tour through the United States of America, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819._ Describes Shawneetown (1818), and speaks of the great number of wagons, horses, and passengers which crossed the ferry there. HECKE, J. VAL. _Reise durch die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1818 und 1819. Nebst einer kurzen Uebersicht der neuesten Ereignisse auf dem Kriegs-Schauplatz in Sud-Amerika und West-Indien. Berlin: H. Ph. Petri_, 1820-21. 2 vols. 16mo. I., 228; II., xvi. + 326. pp. Interesting and incorrect. The author tells well both of what he knows and what he does not know. Tells foreigners how to reach Illinois. HENRY, WILLIAM WIRT. _Patrick Henry. Life, Correspondence, and Speeches. New York: Charles Scribners Sons_, 1891. 3 vols. I., 20 + 622; II., 652; III., 672 pp. The third volume contains instructions issued by Gov. Henry to officers of the County of Illinois, and some correspondence of those officers. _Historical Register of the United States. Philadelphia: G. Palmer_, 1814-1816. II., 60-62 (second pagination) gives Capt. Heald’s official report of the massacre at Fort Dearborn on August 15, 1812. HODGSON, ADAM. _Remarks during a Journey through North America in the Years 1819-21, in a Series of Letters: with an Appendix, containing an Account of several of the Indian Tribes, and the principal missionary Stations, &c. New York: Samuel Whiting, 1823._ 8vo. iv. + 335 pp. The author did not visit Illinois, but he gives an interesting criticism of Mr. Birkbeck’s venture in Illinois. He conversed with persons who had visited Birkbeck’s settlement. Criticism rather unfavorable. HOLMES, ISAAC. _An Account of the United States of America_, [1823] _derived from actual Observation, during a Residence of four Years in that Republic: including original Communications. London: Caxton Press_, 1823. 16mo. viii. + 476 pp. Most of the author’s remarks are general. He, however, mentions Birkbeck and advises emigrants to settle in the East rather than to go West as Birkbeck advised. HULME, THOMAS. _Journal._ In Cobbett, “A Year’s Residence in the United States of America,” 259-309. 3d ed. _Andover: B. Bensley_, 1828. The Journal was of a journey through the West in 1817. Birkbeck’s settlement and the manner of traveling were described. Some information in regard to prices was given.