220 “Annals of Cong.,” 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 1049. Speech by Matthew Lyon of Kentucky. 221 “Pub. Lands,” I., 69; “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 448. 222 Ethelbert Stewart, “A Few Notes for an Industrial Hist. of Ill.,” in “Pub. No. 8 of the Ill. Hist. Lib.,” 120. 223 “Draper Coll., Ill. MSS.,” 73, 74. Original accounts of Wm. Biggs, high sheriff of the county of St. Clair in the N.-W. Ter. 224 Hamilton, “Writings of James Monroe,” I., 117. 225 “Statutes at Large,” II., 607. 226 “Pub. Lands,” II., 123. 227 “Statutes at Large,” II., 677; “Pub. Lands,” II., 254-5, 257-8, 210-41. 228 “Territorial Records of Ill.,” (“Pub. of Ill. State Hist. Lib.,” No. III., 109-10). 229 “Pub. Lands,” II., 157-81, 210-41. 230 “Territorial Records of Ill.,” (“Pub. of the Ill. State Hist. Lib.,” No. III., 118-20); “Statutes at Large,” II., 175; “Annals of Cong.” (ed. 1853), 12th Cong., III., 883, 1011, 1015. 231 “State Papers,” 15th Cong., 1st Sess., III., No. 61, p. 6; Poore, “Charters and Constitutions,” Pt. I., 436, 438, 445; “Statutes at Large,” III., 318. 232 “Statutes at Large,” II., 797. 233 Reynolds, “Illinois—My Own Times,” 156. 234 Littell, “Laws of Ky.,” I., 430; “Acts of 1811” (Ky.), 213-15; “Acts of 1816” (Ky.), 107; “Acts of 1817” (Ky.), 326. 235 “Pub. Lands,” III., 2. _ 236 Ibid._, II., 873-4. 237 “Statutes at Large,” III., 125. 238 “State Papers,” II., 14th Cong., 2d Sess., folio. Other volumes of the same number and session are quarto. 239 “Statutes at Large,” II., 591; III., 113; “Pub. Lands,” II., 873-4. 240 Littell, “Laws of Ky.,” I., 395-7, 456. _ 241 Ibid._, I., 430. 242 O’Callaghan, “Doc. Hist. of N. Y.,” III., 1069-83, quarto; 649-57, folio. 243 Agnew, “Settlement and Land Titles of N.-W. Pa.,” 118-19. See also “Jour. of H. of R.” (Pa.), 1792-1794, first page of second appendix to record of 1st Sess. of 3d House; _ibid_., first page of second appendix to record of 1st Sess. of 4th House; Sergeant, “View of the Land Laws of Pa., with Notices of Its Early Hist. and Legislation,” _passim_. 244 Littell, “Laws of Ky.,” I., 516. _ 245 Ibid._, II., 420-2; “Acts of 1811” (Ky.), 213-15; “Acts of 1817” (Ky.), 554; “Acts of 1819” (Ky.), 832. 246 “Acts of 1816” (Ky.), 107; “Acts of 1817” (Ky.), 326. 247 Phelan, “Hist. of Tenn.,” 303. Quoted from Jones, “The Chickasaw Country Lately Ceded to the U. S.” (1819). 248 “Statutes at Large,” III., 307; “Pub. Lands,” II., 741; III., 1-5, 384-5. 249 Brown, “Western Gazetteer, or Emigrants’ Directory” (1817), 33. 250 White, “Descendants of John Walker,” 458-9, 461. 251 A land-office was established at Edwardsville by an act of Apr. 29, 1816.