71 Jay to Livingston, from Madrid, Apr. 28, 1782—“Secret Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 64; or Wharton, “Dipl. Corr. of the Am. Rev.,” V., 363-4; or Sparks, _Ibid._, VIII., 76-8; McCarty to Slaughter, from Ill., Jan. 27, 1781—“Draper’s Notes, Trip 1860,” III., 1-2; incomplete copy in “Cal. of Va. State Papers,” I., 465; Linctot to commanding officer at Falls of Ohio, from Vincennes, Jan. 13, 1781—“Cal. of Va. State Papers,” I., 432; Franklin to Livingston, from Passy, Apr. 12, 1782—Sparks, “Dipl. Corr. of the Am. Rev.,” III., 339. See also _Ibid._, VIII., 150; Sparks, “Franklin’s Works,” IX., 206, Boston, 1856. 72 Linctot to ——, from St. Louis, July 31, 1781—“Draper Coll., Clark MSS.,” LI., 75, original MS. in French; Gratiot to Clark, from St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1781—_Ibid._, LI., 77, original MS. in French. 73 This chapter was read, by request, before the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, on February 8, 1906. 74 In Council, Jan. 29, 1782—“Draper Coll., Clark MSS.,” XLVI., 69, original MS. 75 Demunbrunt to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 5, 1782—“Draper Coll., Clark MSS.,” L., 70; LI., 25, original MS. Demunbrunt, whose name also appears as Demunbrun and De Munbrun, was prominent in early Illinois history. Records signed by him as Lieutenant Commandant _par interim_ appear in “John Todd’s Record-Book” under the dates June 14, 1779, Feb’y, 1782, and March 22, 1782. In 1783, 1784, and probably at other dates he made grants of land in the Illinois country. He served under Clark. From the time Winston was appointed to the command of the County of Illinois, until the coming of St. Clair, Demunbrunt was “commandant of the village of Kaskaskia and its dependencies.” He had important dealings with an embassy from the Cherokee Indians. He was allowed land under the Virginia grants. In his memorial to the General Assembly, he said: “Your memorialist, little acquainted with the mode of doing business in this State, never kept a regular account, depending altogether on the justice and generosity of the Legislature”—“Draper’s Notes, Trip 1860,” V., 15-18; “Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” IV., 315-16; “Pub. Lands,” II., 146. 76 Todd to Winston, June 15, 1779, in “Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” IV., 302; Legras to Clark, from Vincennes, Dec. 31, 1782—“Draper Coll., Clark MSS.,” LII., 67, original MS.; “Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” IV., 289. 77 Letter from Capt. Dodge, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 6, 1783—“Draper Coll., Clark MSS.,” LX., No. 3, p. 48. 78 Dodge to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 3, 1783—_Ibid._, LII., 78. 79 Officers to Clark, from Ft. Nelson, Falls of Ohio, March 30, 1783—_Ibid._, LII., 80. 80 Montgomery to Board of Commissioners, from New Holland, Feb. 22, 1783—“Cal. of Va. State Papers,” III., 441-4.