Illinois in 1837: A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country, Prominent Districts, Prairies, Rivers, Minerals, Animals, Agricultural Productions, Public Lands, Plans of Internal Improvement, Manufacturers, &c., of the State of Illinois ; Also, Suggestions to Emigrants, Sketches of the Counties, Cities, and Principal Towns in the State ; Together with a Letter on the Cultiviation of the Prairies, by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth ; to which are Annexed the Letters from a Rambler in the WestS. Augustus Mitchell, and Grigg and Elliot, 1837 - 143 pages |
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