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[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]

Title
[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois] Ed. and annotated by H. W. Beckwith, president of the board of trustees ...
Author
Beckwith, H. W. (Hiram Williams), 1833-1903
Publication
Springfield, Ill., The H. W. Rokker co., printers, 1903.

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  • La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
  • Aubry, Charles Phillipe, -1770.
  • Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.
  • Public Archives of Canada.
Description
642 p. front., plates, ports., plans, map.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 1
Subject
  • Clark's Expedition to the Illinois, 1778-1779
  • Illinois > History > Sources
  • Northwest, Old > History > Sources
  • Mississippi River > Description and travel
Note
  • Some of the plates are printed on both sides.
Contents
Introduction--1673. Of the first voyage made by Father Marquette toward New Mexico, and how the design was conceived.--1671-1678. French plans of conquest. La Salle's letters patent, etc.--1679-1680. Hennepin's narrative from his "La Louisiane" of 1683.--La Salle's voyage down the Mississippi. "The process verbal." Taking possession of all the country drained by that river for the King of France. La Salle's will, etc.--1678-1691. Henry De Tonty's memoir of 1693.--The Aubry manuscript. [1758]--General George Rogers Clark's conquest of the Illinois [with documents, including Clark's memoir 1779]--[Documents relating to Illinois 1772-1780, from] Canadian Archives.--Appendix. Clark's capture of Kaskaskia.--Indexes.
Call Number
IAA (Illinois. State Historical Library. Collections of the State Historical Library. v. 1)
LCCN
10010365
OCLC
2415194
Author
Beckwith, H. W. (Hiram Williams), 1833-1903, ed.
Title
[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois] Ed. and annotated by H. W. Beckwith, president of the board of trustees ...
Imprint
Springfield, Ill., The H. W. Rokker co., printers, 1903.
Series
Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 1
Added Author
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Aubry, Charles Phillipe, -1770.
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.
Public Archives of Canada.
Research Call Number
IAA (Illinois. State Historical Library. Collections of the State Historical Library. v. 1)
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