t. of N. H.,"
392; Thompson, "Hist. of the State of Vt.," 1833, 222; same, 1853,
Pt. I., 20; Hoskins, "Hist. of the State of Vt.," 232; Wilbur,
"Early Hist. of Vt.," III., 162-3; Heaton, "Story of Vt.," 136;
Beckley, "Hist. of Vt.," 171-2; "Gov. and Council-Vt.," VI., 429-31.

286 "Va. Patriot," Sept. 11, 1816.

287 White, "Descendants of John Walker," 425, 453, 461.

288 Bassett, "Anti-Slavery Leaders of N. C." (J. H. U. Studies, XVI.,
267-71).

289 De Bow, "Industrial Resources of the U. S.," I., 122-3. Millions of
pounds of cotton raised in the U. S.:

1808, 75.
1809, 82.
1810, 85.
1811, 80.
1812, 75.
1813, 75.
1814, 70.
1815, 100.
1816, 124.
1817, 130.
1818, 125.
1819, 167.
1820, 160.
1821, 180.
1822, 210.
In Ga. 1811, 20, 1821, 45.
In Tenn. 1811, 3., 1821, 20.

290 "Statutes at Large," S. C., VII., 451-66; "Laws of Tenn., revision
of 1831," I., 314-30; "Acts of 1818," Ky., 623, 787; "Acts of 1815,"
Ky., Feb. 8, 1815.

291 J. L. Watkins, in "U. S. Dept. of Agric., Div. of Statistics, Misc.
Ser., Bulletin No. 9," p. 8.

292 "National Intelligencer," Washington, D. C., Apr. 18, 1812.

293 "Rambler in N. A.," I., 104-11; "Am. Register," II., 1817, 202-3.

294 "Memoir of John Mason Peck," 81.

295 "Autobiography of Peter Cartwright," 156.

296 Morris Birkbeck and George Flower, from England, founded in 1817, in
Edwards County, Illinois, what was the most famous of the English
settlements in Illinois. Birkbeck was an educated man and his
writings are among the important sources for the early history of
Illinois. He was at one time Secretary of State of Illinois. George
Flower became the historian of the settlement.

297 Birkbeck, "Letters from Ill.," 56.

298 Flower, "Hist. of the Eng. Settlement in Edwards Co., Ill.,"
"Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," I., 95-99.

299 "Memoir of John Mason Peck," 71, 74.

_ 300 Ibid._, 74-81. The disparity in dates in the latter part of the
quotation suggests that "23d of October" should probably read "3d of
October."

301 Fearon, "Sketches of America," 258; William Tell Harris, "Remarks
Made During a Tour through the U. S. of America in the Years 1817,
1818, 1819."

302 Birkbeck, "Journey from Va. to Ill.,"