Some facts of interest concerning the first school in the county, and the early settlers and their manner of living, are given by those old settlers who were chief actors. _Mandements des Évêques de Québec. Québec: Imprimérie Générale A. Coté et Cie._, 1887-88. I., (1659-1740), 588; II., (1741-1806), 566; III., (1806-1850), 635; IV., (1850-1870), 794 pp. A valuable collection of manuscripts. They tell of a monopoly on sending missionaries to Illinois, and one letter (II., 205) gives a good idea of the worldliness of the Kaskaskians of 1767. The first two volumes alone concern us. MASON, EDWARD G. (_Editor_). _Early Chicago and Illinois. Chicago: Fergus Printing Co._, 1890. 521 pp. This volume is the fourth of the collections of the Chicago Historical Society. It is one of the most valuable collections for the study of early Illinois history. Contains, among other things, Pierre Menard Papers, John Todd Papers, John Todd’s Record-Book, Lists of Early Illinois Citizens, and Rocheblave Papers. MEEKER, Dr. MOSES. _Early History of the Lead Region of Wisconsin. In Wis. Hist. Coll._, VI., 271-96. _Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver, State Printers_, 1872. Very valuable. Dr. Meeker came to Galena in 1822 and settled there in 1823. The article gives the history of the settlement of the lead region to 1825. _Michigan pioneer and historical Collections. Lansing, Mich._, 1877-1900. 29 vols. Valuable for the French and British periods of Illinois history. _Mount Carmel, Articles of Association, for the City of. Chillicothe: John Bailhache_, 1817. 4to. 22 pp. Mt. Carmel was to be, and now is, on the west bank of the Wabash in what is now Wabash county, Illinois. The articles drawn up by the proprietors and their agent contain curious provisions in regard to the support of church and school. Some Puritanic rules are given. (In _Ill. Local Hist. Pam._, VII., in Library of Wisconsin State Historical Society.) _Niles’ weekly Register, Baltimore._ Of great value for the period 1811-1830. Its notices of foreign immigration are extensive. OGDEN, GEORGE W. _Letters from the West. New-Bedford: Melcher & Rogers_, 1823. 126 pp. Describes several of the Illinois towns, and characterizes their inhabitants. A part of the work is plagiarized from Harding, _Tour through the western Country_. Reprinted in Thwaites, _Early western Travels_, XIX. _Olden Time_, I., 1846, 403-15. _George Croghan’s Journal of his Route._ Interesting sketches of the French. OWEN, A. R. _Ums Jahr 1819 und 1829._ In _Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichtsblätter_, Jahrgang 2, Heft 2, pp. 41-43. _Chicago: April_, 1902. Not sufficiently definite, reliable, or extensive to be of much value. PALMER, JOHN. _Journal of Travels in the United States of North America and in Lower Canada, performed in the year 1817. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones_, 1818. vii. 456 pp.