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 . Q:^2^/^ [From Winsors America, Vol. VI.] The conference which followed resulted in the acceptance ofthe terms of capitulation proposed by Col. Clark. Seventy-nineprisoners were surrendered, and stores valued at $50,000. Thecasualties were, one of Clarks men and six of the Britishwounded. Gov. Hamilton was sent as a prisone
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 . Q:^2^/^ [From Winsors America, Vol. VI.] The conference which followed resulted in the acceptance ofthe terms of capitulation proposed by Col. Clark. Seventy-nineprisoners were surrendered, and stores valued at $50,000. Thecasualties were, one of Clarks men and six of the Britishwounded. Gov. Hamilton was sent as a prisoner to Williams-burg, and was exchanged March 4, 1781.* * Gov. Henry Hamilton was appointed governor of Quebec in 1785, and after-ward governor of Dominica. He died at Antigua in 1796. Authorities: Dillons Historical Notes; Clarks Campaign in the Illinois,published by R. Clarke & Co.; Canadian Archives; Reynolds Pioneer History ofIllinois; Michigan Pioneer Collections, Vol. IX; Magazine of Western History,Vol. Ill; Winsors America, Vol. VI and Chap. IX therein, by W. F. Poole,; Memoirs of Capt. Matthew Phelps, by A. Haswell; American Archives,Series 4, Vol. I; Colonial History of New York; Virginia State Papers, Vol. I. CHAPTER X. The County of Illinois—Officers and
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