ILLINOIS

HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL

COMPRISING THE ESSENTIAL FACTS

OF ITS

PLANTING AND GROWTH

AS A

PROVINCE, COUNTY, TERRITORY, AND STATE.

DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, INCLUDING ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS. TOGETHER WITH CAREFULLY PREPARED
STATISTICAL Tables relating to POPULATION, FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION, INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS, INTERNAL
GROWTH, POLITICAL AND MILITARY EVENTS;

AND COMPLETE INDEX.

BY

JOHN MOSES,

EX-COUNTY JUDGE of Scott County; Private Secretary of Gov. Yates; MEMBER
OF THE TWENTY-Ninth General AssembLY OF ILLINOIS; SECRETARY OF
THE BOARD OF Railroad and WarehouSE COMMISSIONERS,

1880-3; SECREtary and Librarian of the

CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY;

ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

VOL. II.

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CHICAGO:

FERGUS PRINTING COMPANY.

1892.