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Source:
HISTORY OF
COLES COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Containing
A History of the County - its Cities, Towns, &c.; a Directory of its
Tax-Payers; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent
Men; General and Local Statistics; Map of Coles
County; History of Illinois, Illustrated;
History of the Northwest, Illustrated;
Constitution of the United States
Miscellaneous Matters,
&c., &c.
ILLUSTRATED
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CHICAGO:
Wm. Le Baron, Jr., & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1879
CONTENTS:
HISTORICAL
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Page |
| History Northwest
Territory |
19 |
| Geographical |
19 |
| Early Exploration |
20 |
| Discovery of the
Ohio |
33 |
| English
Explorations and Settlements |
35 |
| American
Settlements |
60 |
| Division of the
Northwest Territory |
66 |
| Tecumseh and the
war of 1812 |
70 |
| Black Hawk and
the Black Hawk War |
74 |
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| Other Indian
Troubles |
79 |
| Present Condition
of the Northwest |
87 |
| Illinois |
99 |
| Indiana |
101 |
| Iowa |
102 |
| Michigan |
103 |
| Wisconsin |
104 |
| Minnesota |
106 |
| Nebraska |
107 |
| History of
Illinois |
109 |
|
Coal |
125 |
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Compact of 1787 |
117 |
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| History of
Chicago |
132 |
| Early
Discoveries |
109 |
| Early
Settlements |
115 |
| Education |
129 |
| First
French Occupation |
112 |
| Genius of
La Salle |
113 |
| Material
Resources |
124 |
| Massacre
of Fort Dearborn |
141 |
| Physical
Features |
121 |
| Progress
of Development |
123 |
| Religion
and Morals |
128 |
| War Record
of Illinois |
130 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
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Page |
| Source of the Mississippi |
21 |
| Mouth of the Mississippi |
21 |
| Wild
Prairie |
23 |
| La
Salle Landing on the Green Bay |
25 |
| Buffalo Hunt |
27 |
| Trapping |
29 |
| Hunting |
32 |
| Iroquois Chief |
34 |
| Pontiac, the Ottawa Chieftain |
43 |
| Indians Attacking Frontiersmen |
56 |
| A
Prairie Storm |
59 |
| A
Pioneer Dwelling |
61 |
| Breaking Prairie |
63 |
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Page |
| Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chieftain |
69 |
| Indians Attacking a Stockade |
72 |
| Black Hawk, the Sac Chieftain |
75 |
| Big
Eagle |
80 |
| Captain Jack, the Modoc Chieftain |
83 |
| Kinzie House |
85 |
| Village Residence |
86 |
| A
Representative Pioneer |
87 |
| Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Ill |
88 |
| A
Pioneer School House |
89 |
| Farm
View in the Winter |
90 |
| HIgh
Bridge and Lake Bluff |
94 |
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Page |
| Great Iron Bridge of Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad, Crossing in River at
Davenport, Iowa |
96 |
| A
Western Dwelling |
109 |
| Hunting Prairie Wolves at an Early Day |
108 |
| Starved Rock, on the Illinois River, La Salle
County, Ill. |
110 |
| An
Early Settlement |
116 |
| Chicago in 1833 |
133 |
| Old
Fort Dearbron in 1830 |
136 |
| Present site of Lake Street Bridge, Chicago, in
1833 |
136 |
| PIoneers' First Winter |
142 |
| View
of the City of Chicago |
144 |
| Shabbona |
149 |
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COLES COUNTY HISTORY |
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LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS |
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Page |
| Adams, W. E. |
239 |
| Adams, J. J. |
221 |
| Cunningham, J. T. |
257 |
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Page |
| Cash, L. S. |
293 |
| Gordon, John |
275 |
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Page |
| Pemberton, J. J. |
311 |
| Rutherford, H. |
329 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
(reworked all pages 9/13/2023) |
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DIRECTORY OF TAX-PAYERS |
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ABSTRACT OF ILLINOIS STATE LAWS |
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Page |
| Adoption of Children |
160 |
| Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes |
151 |
| County Courts |
155 |
| Conveyances |
164 |
| Church Organization |
189 |
| Descent |
151 |
| Deeds and Mortgages |
157 |
| Drainage |
163 |
| Damages from Trespass |
169 |
| Definition of Commercial Terms |
173 |
| Exemptions from Forced Sale |
156 |
| Estrays |
157 |
| Fences |
168 |
Forms:
Articles of Agreement
Bills of Purchase
Bills of Sale
Bonds |
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175
174
176
176 |
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Forms:
Chattel Mortgages
Codicil
Lease of Farm and Buildings |
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177
189
179 |
| Lease of House |
180 |
Landlord's Agreement
Notes
Notice Tenant to Quit
Orders |
180
174
181
174 |
| Quit
Claim Deed |
185 |
| Receipt |
174 |
| Real
Estate Mortgaged to Secure Payment of Money |
181 |
| Release |
186 |
| Tenant's Agreement |
180 |
| Tenant's Notice to Quit |
181 |
| Warranty Deed |
182 |
| Will |
187 |
| Game |
158 |
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Page |
| Interest |
155 |
| Jurisdiction of Courts |
151 |
| Limitation of Action |
154 |
| Landlord and Tenant |
165 |
| Liens |
179 |
| Married Women |
152 |
| Millers |
159 |
| Marks and Brands |
159 |
| Paupers |
164 |
| Roads and Bridges |
161 |
| Surveyors and Surveys |
160 |
| Suggestions ot Persons Purchasing Books by
Subscription |
190 |
| Taxes |
154 |
| Wills and Estates |
152 |
| Weights and Measures |
158 |
| Wolf
Scalps |
164 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Page |
| Map
of Coles County |
Front
page |
| Constitution of the U. S. |
192 |
| Electors of President and Vice President |
206 |
| Practical Rules for Every Day Use. |
207 |
| U.
S. Government Land Measure |
210 |
| Agricultural Productions of Illinois by
?Counties, 1870 |
210 |
| Surveyors' Measure |
211 |
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Page |
| How
to Keep Accounts |
211 |
| Interest Table |
212 |
| Miscellaneous Tables |
212 |
| Names of the States of the Union and their
Signification |
213 |
| Population of the United States |
214 |
| Population and Area of the United States |
215 |
| Population of the Principal Countries of the
World |
215 |
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Page |
| Population of Illinois |
216-217 |
| State Laws Relating to Interest |
218 |
| State Laws Relating to Limitations of Actions |
219 |
| Population of Coles Co. |
699 |
|
Business Directory |
693 |
| Errata |
656 |
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