The Pioneer History Of Illinois, Containing the Discovery In 1673, and The History Of the Country To the Year 1818, When the State Government Was Organized

Chicag: Fergus Printing Compan, 1887. 459,[5]pp. Contemporary black cloth, paper label. Minute shelf wear. Very good. Bookplate of noted Americana collector Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown. Later edition, after the first of 1852. "For his history of the early French communities and the settlement of the American Bottom, Reynolds relied on early pioneers still living" - Streeter. An… Read more about this item