Illinois, Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State : Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, Including Original Documents and Papers, Together with Carefully Prepared Statistical Tables, Volume 1Fergus Printing Company, 1895 - 1379 pages |
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