| Author | Beckwith, H. W. (Hiram Williams), 1833-1903. ed.
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| 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 ...
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| Published | Springfield, Ill., The H. W. Rokker co., printers, 1903.
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| Description | 642 p. front., plates, ports., plans, map. 23 cm.
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| Series | Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 1
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| General Note | Some of the plates are printed on both sides.
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| Formatted Note | 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.
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| Subjects | Clark's Expedition to the Illinois, 1778-1779.
Illinois -- History -- Sources.
Mississippi River -- Description and travel.
Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources.
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| Other Authors | La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
Aubry, Charles Phillipe, d. 1770.
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.
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| Organizations | Public Archives of Canada.
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| LC Card Number | 10-10365 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 38 B I28C v.1
mq44296: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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