The settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830Boggess, Arthur Clinton
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The settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830
Boggess, Arthur Clinton
Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865
81 Board of Commissioners to Gov. Benjamin Harrison, from Jefferson
county, Feb. 17, 1783—“Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” IV., 350-1.
82 Walker Daniel to Board of Commissioners, from New Holland, Feb. 3,
1783—“Cal. of Va. State Papers,” III., 430-2.
83 “Jour. of Cong.,” III., 383-5.
84 “Jour. H. of Del.,” Va., May Sess., 1780, 25, 69, 70.
85 Law, “The Colonial Hist. of Vincennes,” 1858, 117-8, gives a copy of
the deed. For claims under such deeds see “Pub. Lands,” I., 294-8.
86 “Pub. Lands,” I., 301.
87 “Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 342-4.
_ 88 Ibid._, IV., 379-80; Thwaites, “The Boundaries of Wisconsin,” in
“Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” XI., 452, gives a map of Jefferson’s
proposed states.
89 “Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 473, 477.
90 John Edgar to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Nov. 7, 1785—“Draper’s Notes,
Trip 1860,” VI., 214-5.
91 Petition to Clark, from Vincennes, Mar. 16, 1786—“Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.,” LIII., 23.
92 Petition to Congress, from Vincennes, June 1, 1786—_Ibid._, LIII.,
31.
93 Clark to Richard H. Lee, pres. of Cong., from Louisville, received
June 8, 1786—“Draper’s Notes, Trip 1860,” VI., 208-9.
94 Moses Henry to Clark, from Vincennes, June 12, 1786—“Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.,” LIII., 32.
95 Daniel Sullivan to Clark, from Vincennes, June 23, 1786—“Draper
Coll., Clark MSS.,” LIII., 35; John Small to Clark, same place and
day—_Ibid._, LIII., 36.
96 John Edgar to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Oct. 23, 1786—_Ibid._, LIII.,
56.
97 Clark to people of Vincennes—_Ibid._, LIII., 52.
98 Letter from a man at Falls of Ohio to a friend in N. England, Dec.
4, 1786—“Secret Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 321.
99 “Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 688-9.
100 Harmar to Sec’y of War, from Fort Harmar, May 14, 1787—“St. Clair
Papers,” II., 20-1; Maj. Wyllys to Harmar, from Fort Finney, Rapids
of Ohio, Feb. 6, 1787—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” I., 281-2; Knox
to Harmar, June 19, 1787—_Ibid._, I., 303. See also _Ibid._, I.,
290; Sec’y of War to Harmar, Apr. 26, 1787—“St. Clair Papers,” II.,
22.
101 Harmar to Sec’y of War, from Vincennes, Aug. 7, 1787—“St. Clair
Papers,” II., 27-9; Address of Am. settlers at Vincennes to Harmar,
transmitted to the War Office, Aug. 7, 1787—“Draper Coll., Harmar
Papers,” I., 337-9; Address of French at Vincennes to Harmar, July
28, 1787—_Ibid._, I., 331-3.
102 Harmar to Sec’y of War, from Fort Harmar, Nov. 24, 1787—“St. Clair
Papers,” II., 30-2.
103 Harmar to the Sec’y of War, from Fort Harmar, Nov. 24, 1787—“St.
Clair Papers,” II., 34.
104 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Nov. 3, 1787—“Draper Coll.,
Harmar Papers,” I., 352.
105 Harmar to Sec’y of War, from Fort Harmar, Nov. 24, 1787—“St. Clair
Papers,” II., 35.
106 “Draper’s Notes, Trip 1860,” VI., 170-3.
107 “Secret Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 301-29.
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