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, and a Refutation of the Misrepresentations of Mr. Cobbett. London: J. Rigdway, 1819._ iv. + 32 pp. Two letters--one from Lexington and the other from New Albion, Ill. Highly colored. FORSYTH, Maj. THOMAS, _Indian Agent_. _Journal of a Voyage from St. Louis to the Falls of St. Anthony, in 1819._ In _Wis. Hist. Coll._, VI., 188-215. _Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver, State Printers, 1872._ Incidentally the writer gives an account of the atrocities committed in 1812 by Capt. Thomas E. Craig upon the inhabitants of Peoria. Forsyth was an eye-witness of the barbarities described. _Galena Advertiser. Galena, Ill. Pub. by H. Newhall, Philleo and Co., July 20, 1829-May 24, 1830, and July 20, 1829-May 10, 1830._ July 20, July 27, August 10, Sept. 14, Sept. 21, 1829, have been used. In Library of Chicago Historical Society. _Galena (Ill.) Weekly Gazette._ The issue for May 2, 1879, contains reminiscences of Mrs. Adile B. Gratiot, whose husband settled in Galena, Ill., in 1825. This account furnishes a valuable bit of reliable history. It describes Galena, northern Illinois, a Fourth of July celebration (1826), the coming of Lord Selkirk's colonists, and the trouble with the Sauk Indians (1827). GILLESPIE, Hon. JOSEPH. _Recollections of early Illinois and her noted Men. Fergus hist. Series_, No. 13. 51 pp. _Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1880._ Valuable because of the author's direct knowledge of persons and events. GOODRICH, SAMUEL GRISWOLD. _Recollections of a Life Time; or, Men and Things I have seen: in a Series of Letters to a Friend, historical, biographical, anecdotal, and descriptive. New York: Miller, Orton & Co., 1857._ 2 vols. 542, 563 pp. Letter XXXIII. describes the emigration from East to West in 1816-17. GRATIOT, Mrs. ADILE. _In early Illinois (Towns)._ A volume of newspaper clippings in the Library of the Chicago Historical Society. Mrs. Gratiot, who early lived in Galena, gives reminiscences of her life there. Describes the trouble with the Winnebago Indians. HALL, JAMES. _Letters from the West; containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs; and Anecdotes connected with the first Settlements of the western Sections of the United States. London: Henry Colburn, 1828._ 16mo. 385 pp. Verbose, but not without value. One of the twenty-two letters is from Shawneetown and describes the vicinity. Illinois is defended from her foreign detractors. Routes and manner of travel receive muc
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