. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . tedious, yet nevertheless pleasant task of writ-ing and compiling the History of Piki; County, we wish t return thethanks of grateful hearts U) those who have so freely aided us in col-lecting material, etc. To the county uflicials and editors of the variousnewspapers we are particularly grateful for th», many k
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . tedious, yet nevertheless pleasant task of writ-ing and compiling the History of Piki; County, we wish t return thethanks of grateful hearts U) those who have so freely aided us in col-lecting material, etc. To the county uflicials and editors of the variousnewspapers we are particularly grateful for th», many kindinsses andcourtesies shown us while laboring in the county. To .Iam*s (iailaher,editor of 77ie Old lln<j^ we especially acknowhdge our indebtednessfor the excellent historical sketch of Pittsfield presented in this vol-ume. Last and most of all we wish to thank those who sf) liberallyand materially aided the work by becoming subscribers to it. We feelwe have discharged our duties fully, have fullilled all our promises, haveearned the laborers pay. Thus feeling, we present the volume to thecritical, yet we hope and believe justly charitable citizens of Pikecounty—or more especially, our subscribers. Chas. C. Chapman & Co. Chicago, May, 1880. /: /i Ji /. 0 h.
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