m the Lakes to
the Gulf. Cincinnati: Howe's Subscription Book Concern_, 1867. 16mo. 733
pp.

Pages 195-250 are on Illinois. Early settlement, Clark's campaign, and the
Chicago Massacre of 1812 are described. The work is popular in character,
yet its citation of sources makes it of some value.

BARRY, Hon. P. T. _The first Irish in Illinois. Reminiscent of Old
Kaskaskia Days._ In _Trans. of the Ill. State Hist. Soc._, 1902.
_Springfield, Ill.: Phillips Bros., State Printers_, 1902. pp. 63-70.

Almost exclusively concerned with the period before 1830. Tells of the
work of Chevalier Makarty, George Croghan, John Reynolds, and of the Irish
soldiers under George Rogers Clark.

BARSTOW, GEORGE. _The History of New Hampshire, from its Discovery, in
1614, to the Passage of the Toleration Act in 1819. 2d ed. New York: G. P.
Putnam & Co._, 1853. 8vo. iv. +456 pp.

Gives a short account of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which affected
western immigration. There is nothing to indicate that the second edition
is not an exact reprint of the first. Copyright, 1842.

BECK, LEWIS C. _A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri;
containing a general View of each State, a general View of their Counties,
and a particular Description of their Towns, Villages, Rivers, &c., &c.
Albany: Charles R. and George Webster,_ 1823. 352 pp.

165 pages are devoted to Illinois. Much interesting material is given, but
the nature of the publication makes caution in its use necessary.

BECKLEY, HOSEA, A. M. _The History of Vermont; with Descriptions, physical
and topographical. Brattleboro: George H. Salisbury_, 1846. 16mo. 396 pp.

Describes the effects of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which greatly
affected western emigration.

BECKWITH, HIRAM WILLIAMS. _Historic Notes on the North-west, gleaned from
early Authors, old Maps and Manuscripts, private and official
Correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part,
out-of-the-way Sources._ (In _Hist. of Vermilion County, Ill. Chicago: H.
H. Hill & Co._, 1879. 11-304 pp).

Deals with the period before Illinois became a state (1818). "The
authorities consulted show a large range of acquaintance with the very
best sources of information extant"--Lyman C. Draper. Strong on French and
Indians.

----_A brief History of Danville, Illinois, with a concise Statement of its
mining, manufacturing, and commercial Advantages. Danville, Ill.: Danville
Printing Co._, 1874. 11 pp. (unnumbered).