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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . SCMUTLER. i/fer^ /// 2ji^o<^^i^ ey: HISTORY OF McDONOUOH COUNTY. CHAPTER I. THE BEGIXXIXG—DEVELOPMENT. FIRST WHITE VISITORS TO —EXPLOHATIONN OK .lOLIET AND .MAKQIETTE 1673 t-ONOITIONS AT THE EXPIRATION OK A CENTURY OK OCClI-A- TION BBIEK PEKIOU OK BRITISH DOMINION — TRAXSITIOX WROUGHT BY THE GEORGE ROGERSCLARK CONIjUEST—THE ILLINOIS COUNTY OK VIR-GINIA—ORnlNANCES OF 1784 AND 1787—ILLINOISINOEH TERRITORIAL .IIRISUICTION —STATE GOV-ERNMENT ESTABLISHED — BOUNDARIES — FORE-SIGHT OK DELEGATE NATHANIEL POPE AND ITSMARVELOUS RESULTS — STATE CO
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . SCMUTLER. i/fer^ /// 2ji^o<^^i^ ey: HISTORY OF McDONOUOH COUNTY. CHAPTER I. THE BEGIXXIXG—DEVELOPMENT. FIRST WHITE VISITORS TO —EXPLOHATIONN OK .lOLIET AND .MAKQIETTE 1673 t-ONOITIONS AT THE EXPIRATION OK A CENTURY OK OCClI-A- TION BBIEK PEKIOU OK BRITISH DOMINION — TRAXSITIOX WROUGHT BY THE GEORGE ROGERSCLARK CONIjUEST—THE ILLINOIS COUNTY OK VIR-GINIA—ORnlNANCES OF 1784 AND 1787—ILLINOISINOEH TERRITORIAL .IIRISUICTION —STATE GOV-ERNMENT ESTABLISHED — BOUNDARIES — FORE-SIGHT OK DELEGATE NATHANIEL POPE AND ITSMARVELOUS RESULTS — STATE CONSTITUTIONALCONVENTIONS—A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN THEROLE OF A USURPER AGRICULTURAL AND MIN-ERAL RESOURCES—BANKING AND RAILROAD INTER-ESTS—MANUFACTURING STATISTICS. The following short and authentic historyof Illinois, after the coming of the first whiteexplorers, is presented in condensed form fromthe records of the State at Springfield, as com-piled by Hon. James A. Rose, Secretary ofState, to whom we arc indebted: The F
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