l., Clark MSS.," XLIX.,
72, original MS.; McCarty to Montgomery, from Cahokia, Sept. 19,
1779,--_Ibid._, XLIX., 71, original MS.

Richard McCarty had been a resident of Cahokia under British rule
and had warned the British against American encroachments. He was
licensed to trade by the county government upon the recommendation
of the court of the District of Cahokia, June 5, 1779--"Mich. Pioneer
Coll.," IX., 368, 383; "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 296-7-8.

29 Capt. John Williams to G. R. Clark, from Fort Clark, Kaskaskia,
Sept. 25, 1779--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XLIX., 73, original MS.

30 Todd to Col. Will Fleming, senator from Botetourt, from Kaskaskia,
Aug. 18, 1779--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXIII, 103, original MS.

31 Todd to Gov. of Va., from Kaskaskia, Aug. 18, 1779--"Chicago Hist.
Soc. Coll.," IV., 319.

32 Capt. John Williams to Col. Wm. Preston, from Ft. Clark, Kaskaskia,
Sept. 20, 1779--"Draper Coll., Preston Papers." V., 9, original MS.

Montgomery to Clark, from Ft. Clark, Kaskaskia, Oct. 5,
1779--_Ibid._, "Clark MSS.," XLIX., 78, original MS.

33 Shelby to Clark, from Vincennes, Oct. 10, 1779--_Ibid._, XLIX., 79,
original MS.; Montgomery to Clark, from Ft. Clark, Kaskaskia, Nov.
15, 1779--_Ibid._, XLIX., 85, original MS.

34 Montgomery to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Feb. 1, 1780--"Draper Coll.
Clark MSS.," L., 9, original MS.; Clark to Todd, from Louisville,
March, 1780--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," I., 338-9; John McArthur
from Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Oct. 22, 1883--"Draper Coll. Clark MSS.,"
VIII., 27.

I have been unable to determine just when Col. Todd left Illinois,
whether he resigned as county-lieutenant, and whether he again
returned. Boyd in his article in the "Am. Hist. Rev.," IV., says
that he left in 1780, resigned in the same year, and apparently did
not return. Mason, in "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 287, says
that he seems to have left in 1779, seems not to have resigned, and
not to have returned. Wickliffe, in Morehead, "Settlement of Ky.,"
174, implies that he did not resign, and says that he several times
revisited the county. No one of these writers gives any authority
for his statement and I have found none. It is certain that Todd was
at the Falls of Ohio on December 23, 1779; th