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
179 See map of Illinois country.
180 “St. Clair Papers,” I., 193; II., 345.
181 “Laws of N.-W. Ter.,” 1800, I., 47-51.
_ 182 Ibid._, 1800, I., 58-61.
_ 183 Ibid._, 1800, I., 178.
_ 184 Ibid._, 1800, I., 61-71.
_ 185 Ibid._, 1800, I., 119-21.
_ 186 Ibid._, 1800, I., 197.
187 “Laws of N.-W. Ter., 1800,” I., 226-7; “Laws of Ill. Ter., 1815-16;”
_Ibid._, 1816-17, 4; _Ibid._, 17-19.
188 “Laws of N.-W. Ter., 1800,” I., 157-61; McMaster, “Acquisition of
the Pol., Social and Industrial Rights of Man in Am.,” 64-66; 16th
Cong., 2d Sess., “Rept. of Com. No. 63.”
189 “Laws of N.-W. Ter., 1800,” I., 184-5.
190 “Statutes at Large,” II., 58-9; “Annals of Cong.,” 6th Cong., 1007;
_Ibid._, 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 275.
191 “Misc.,” I., 206-7.
192 “St. Clair Papers,” II., 533-4.
193 “Annals of Cong.,” 8th Cong., 1st Sess., 489, 1659-60.
194 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 486-7.
195 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 483-92; original among the House files
at Washington.
196 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 476-83.
197 “Laws of Ind. Ter.,” 1807, pp. 12-13.
198 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 498-506.
199 “Annals of Cong.,” 9th Cong., 1st Session, 469.
_ 200 Ibid._, 466-8; “Misc.,” I., 450; “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II.,
494-7.
201 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 505-10.
202 “H. J.,” 8th and 9th Cong., 611.
203 “Annals of Cong.,” 10th Cong., 1st Sess., 1976, 2067.
_ 204 Ibid._, 10th Cong., 2d Sess., 971-3, 1093; “Stat. at Large,” II.,
514-16.
205 “Annals of Cong.,” 10th Cong., 2d Sess., 1093-4.
206 “St. Clair Papers,” II., 318.
207 Cutler, “Life of Manasseh Cutler,” II., 382.
208 “ ‘Father Clark,’ or the Pioneer Preacher,” 202; Moses, “Illinois,”
I., 228.
209 “Pub. Lands,” I., 256.
210 “Annals of Cong.,” 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 469. The land bought in
Kentucky was probably near Eddyville, which the purchaser founded.
211 Littell, “Laws of Ky.,” I., 275-7, 687; Speed, “The Wilderness
Road,” _passim_.
212 Schultz, “Travels on an Inland Voyage,” I., 129-32.
213 “Annals of Cong.,” 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 1049. Speech by Matthew
Lyon of Kentucky.
214 Schultz, “Travels on an Inland Voyage,” I., 132.
215 For vivid accounts of journeys between the East and Ohio, giving an
excellent idea of the difficulties of transit, in the period
1795-1809, see Cutler, “Life and Times of Ephraim Cutler,” 17-22,
38-41, 90-103; also, many passages in Cutler, “Life, Journals and
Corr. of Rev. Manasseh Cutler.” A similar journey made in 1790 is
described in “St. Clair Papers,” II., 164.
216 Collot, “Journey in N. A.,” I., 192-3, 239.
217 “ ‘Father Clark,’ or The Pioneer Preacher,” 193.
218 Schultz, “Travels on an Inland Voyage,” II., 38.
219 Cuming, “Sketches of a Tour,” 245; Schultz, “Travels on an Inland
Voyage,” I., 199; Moses, “Illinois,” I., 265.
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