with the mode of doing business in this State,
never kept a regular account, depending altogether on the justice
and generosity of the Legislature"--"Draper's Notes, Trip 1860," V.,
15-18; "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 315-16; "Pub. Lands," II.,
146.

76 Todd to Winston, June 15, 1779, in "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV.,
302; Legras to Clark, from Vincennes, Dec. 31, 1782--"Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.," LII., 67, original MS.; "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,"
IV., 289.

77 Letter from Capt. Dodge, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 6, 1783--"Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.," LX., No. 3, p. 48.

78 Dodge to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 3, 1783--_Ibid._, LII., 78.

79 Officers to Clark, from Ft. Nelson, Falls of Ohio, March 30,
1783--_Ibid._, LII., 80.

80 Montgomery to Board of Commissioners, from New Holland, Feb. 22,
1783--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," III., 441-4.

81 Board of Commissioners to Gov. Benjamin Harrison, from Jefferson
county, Feb. 17, 1783--"Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 350-1.

82 Walker Daniel to Board of Commissioners, from New Holland, Feb. 3,
1783--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," III., 430-2.

83 "Jour. of Cong.," III., 383-5.

84 "Jour. H. of Del.," Va., May Sess., 1780, 25, 69, 70.

85 Law, "The Colonial Hist. of Vincennes," 1858, 117-8, gives a copy of
the deed. For claims under such deeds see "Pub. Lands," I., 294-8.

86 "Pub. Lands," I., 301.

87 "Jour. of Cong.," IV., 342-4.

_ 88 Ibid._, IV., 379-80; Thwaites, "The Boundaries of Wisconsin," in
"Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.," XI., 452, gives a map of Jefferson's
proposed states.

89 "Jour. of Cong.," IV., 473, 477.

90 John Edgar to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Nov. 7, 1785--"Draper's Notes,
Trip 1860," VI., 214-5.

91 Petition to Clark, from Vincennes, Mar. 16, 1786--"Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.," LIII., 23.

92 Petition to Congress, from Vincennes, June 1, 1786--_Ibid._, LIII.,
31.

93 Clark to Richard H. Lee, pres. of Cong., from Louisville, received
June 8, 1786--"Draper's Notes, Trip 1860," VI., 208-9.

94 Moses Henry to Clark, from Vincennes, June 12, 1786--"Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.," LIII., 32.

95 Daniel Sullivan to Clark, from Vincennes, June 23, 1786--"Draper
Coll., Clark MSS.," LIII., 35; John Small to Clark, same place and
day--_Ibid._, LIII., 36.

96 John Edga