icago Tribune, Apr._ 7, 1877.
Reprinted from the _Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal_ of Aug. 17, 1871.

The article is important because the writer was a volunteer in the
campaign against the Winnebagoes.

THWAITES, REUBEN GOLD. _Narrative of Morgan L. Martin. In an Interview
with the Editor_ [Thwaites]. In _Wis. Hist. Coll._, XI., pp. 385-415.
_Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers_, 1888.

Page 398 gives an estimate of the population of Galena, which Martin
visited in 1829.

TILLSON, CHRISTIANA HOLMES. _Reminiscences of early Life in Illinois._
Privately printed--as late as 1870. iv.+138 pp.

A very rare book. Copy in the Chicago Historical Society Library. The best
book I know of from which to secure a knowledge of life in Illinois from
1822 to 1827. The writer was observant, and her command of English is far
superior to that of many old persons who write reminiscences. Of great
value.

VAN ZANDT, NICHOLAS BIDDLE. _A full Description of the Soil, Water,
Timber, and Prairies of each Lot, or quarter Section of the Military Lands
between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Washington City: P. Force_,
1818. 8vo. 127 pp.

Rare and valuable. Pages 109-25 contain a venomous account of Birkbeck's
settlement in Illinois. In Library of Wisconsin State Historical Society.

_Vermont. Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the
State of Vermont, to which are prefixed the Records of the general
Conventions from July, 1775, to December, 1777. Montpelier: J. & J. M.
Poland, 1873-80._ 8 vols.

Vol. VI., 431-2 contains remarks of Governor Galusha on the scarcity of
food in 1816.

_Virginia Patriot and Richmond mercantile Advertiser. Richmond, Va.,
Apr.-Dec., 1816._ In Library of Wisconsin State Historical Society.

Sept. 7, 11, 21, 1816, tell of the cold in New England and the drought in
the South.

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS CHASSE-BOEUF. _A View of the Soil and Climate
of the United States of America: with supplementary Remarks upon Florida;
on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on
the aboriginal Tribes of America. Philadelphia, 1804. London, 1804._ xxv.
+ 446 pp.

Translated by C. B. Brown. The author gives a moderately full description
of the Illinois of the close of the 18th century. Valuable for
characterization of the inhabitants.

WASHBURNE, ELIHU BENJAMIN. _Sketch of Edward Coles, second Governor of
Illinois, and of the slavery Struggle of 1823