History of Maine. Portland, Me.: McLellan,
Mosher & Co., 1888._ 336 pp.

Tells of the intense cold of 1816-17 and of the great Western exodus. A
"Young People's History." Popular. Without references.

WALKER, EDWIN SAWYER. _History of the Springfield (Illinois) Baptist
Association. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, 1881._ 140 pp.

Tells of the organization of the United Baptist Church, of Springfield, on
July 17, 1830, with eight members.

WALLACE, JOSEPH. _The History of Illinois and Louisiana under the French
Rule, embracing a general View of the French Dominion in North America,
with some Account of the English Occupation of Illinois. Cincinnati:
Robert Clarke & Co., 1893._ vi. + 433 pp.

Contains a great deal of material. Usually, though not always, correct.

WARDEN, DAVID BAILLIE. _A statistical, political and historical Account of
the U. S. of N. A.; from the period of their first Colonization to the
present Day. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1819._ 3 vols. 16mo.
I., lxiv. + 552; II., 571; III., 588 pp.

Pages 43-65 of Volume III. deal with Illinois exclusively. At the close of
the chapter the author gives a bibliography for Illinois--five titles and
two maps. A useful book.

WENTWORTH, Hon. JOHN. _Early Chicago. Two Lectures delivered April 11,
1875, and May 7, 1876, respectively._ 48 and 56 pp. Nos. 8 and 7 of
_Fergus historical Series. Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1876._

The critical supplemental notes are of especial interest.

WEST, MARY ALLEN. _A MS. Letter in the Illinois State Historical Library._

Tells the story of the coming of James Moore and his party from Virginia
in 1781.

_Western monthly Magazine. Conducted by James Hall. Cincinnati_, I.,
73-83. _See_ Peck, Rev. John Mason.

WHITE, EMMA SIGGINS. _Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of
Wigton, Scotland, with Records and some fragmentary Notes pertaining to
the History of Virginia, 1600-1902. Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1902._ xxx.
+ 722 pp.

Valuable. Has original letters from Western emigrants. Suggests the great
influx of people into Illinois in the third decade of the 19th century.
Gives a good idea of the westward drift of population in the United
States.

WHITON, JOHN MILTON. _Sketches of the History of New-Hampshire, from its
Settlement in 1623 to 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1834._ 222 pp.

Describes the great cold of 1816 and the great emigration to the West. An
unimportant work, confessedly popular