Illinois in 1837;
a sketch descriptive of the situation, boundaries, face of the country, prominent districts, prairies, rivers, minerals, animals, agricultural productions, public lands, plans of internal improvement, manufacturers, &c., of the state of Illinois: also, suggestions to emigrants, sketches of the counties, cities, and principal towns in the state: together with a letter on the cultivation of the prairies, by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth. To which are annexed the letters from a rambler in the West ...

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Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia : S.A. Mitchell, and by Grigg & Elliot, 1838.

Subjects

Illinois.

Note

"The publisher is probably the author. It was got up mainly to promote the sale of Illinois lands then owned by John Grigg of Philadelphia."--:Sabin, Bibl. Amer. v.9, no. 34260.
On cover: Illinois in 1837 & 8: with a map. Containing, also, the emigrant's guide to the West. Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliot, 1838.

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viii, 9-143 p. front. (fold. map) 22 cm.

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