1671 A HISTORY OF ILLINOIS, FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT AS A STATE IN 1818 TO 1847. CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR, THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND FALL OF MORMONISM, THE ALTON AND LOVEJOY RIOTS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT AND INTERESING EVENTS. BY THE LATE GOV. THOMAS FORD. SIXTH THOUSANDTH. CHICAGO: PUBLISHED BY S. C. GRIGGS & CO., 111 LAKE STREET. NEW YORK: IVISON & PHINNEY 1854. |