Illinois, historical and statistical, comprising the essential facts of its planting and growth as a province, county, territory, and stateDerived from the most authentic sources, including original documents and papersTogether with carefully prepared statistical tables . hich involved so much labor as to overtask hisphysical powers, and the close of the session found him withhealth seriously impaired. With a view to the recovery of hisstrength he accepted the appointment of a special mission toCuba, and embarked for that island expecting great benefitfrom its mild climate. In this he was disa
Illinois, historical and statistical, comprising the essential facts of its planting and growth as a province, county, territory, and stateDerived from the most authentic sources, including original documents and papersTogether with carefully prepared statistical tables . hich involved so much labor as to overtask hisphysical powers, and the close of the session found him withhealth seriously impaired. With a view to the recovery of hisstrength he accepted the appointment of a special mission toCuba, and embarked for that island expecting great benefitfrom its mild climate. In this he was disappointed, and return-ing to Illinois he spent a short time with his family, whenthere being no longer any hope of recovery, he resolved toreturn to Kentucky the home of his nativity, and die on thespot that gave him birth, where he breathed his last Oct. 16,1827, and where his remains repose. In public as in private life he commanded the affectionateregard of both political friends and foes, no less for his moralworth than for his mental acumen. John C. Calhoun saidof him, I have a genuine respect both for his talent and * At this election a poll was opened in Chicago, then in Peoria County, wherethirty votes were cast, all of them for Edwards, Cook, and DANIEL P. COOK. 343 character. He is honest, capable, and bold. Judge McLeanspoke of him as follows: he stands well with all parties, andis not excelled in weight of character, talents, and influenceby any member from the West. It is to him that Illinois is indebted for securing, afterrepeated efforts, the passage through congress of the actof 1827 granting to the State, without reservation, the alternatefive sections upon each side of the lllinois-and-MichiganCanal, for the purpose of aiding in its construction, amount-ing to nearly three hundred thousand acres of land, includ-ing the original site of Chicago. In part acknowledgment ofthis debt, Cook County bears his honored name. The fifth general assembly assemble
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