Material has been gleaned from the issues of Nov. 7, 1820; August 31, 1822; Nov. 30, 1822; Nov. 29, 1823; Jan. 27, 1824; and Oct 5, 1824. In Library of Chicago Historical Society.
Ernst, Ferdinand. Travels in Illinois in 1819. Translation from the German Original. In Pub. No. 8 of the Ill. Hist. Lib. pp. 150-65. Springfield, Ill.: Phillips Bros., 1904.
Ernst was the leader of a party of German immigrants who settled at Vandalia soon after his journey to Illinois. He gives a vivid picture of the rapidly settling Illinois with its squatters and its fertile and inviting land. He visited the Sangamo country and the Kickapoo United States treaty conference.
Faux, W. Memorable Days in America: being a Journal of a Tour to the United States, principally undertaken to ascertain, by positive Evidence, the Condition and probable Prospects of British Emigrants; including Accounts of Mr. Birkbeck's Settlement in the Illinois ... London: W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1823. 488 pp.
Sufficiently pessimistic to require cautious use. The journey was performed in 1819-20.
Fay, H. A. Collection of the official Accounts, in Detail, of all the Battles fought by Sea and Land, between the Navy and Army of the United States, and the Navy and Army of Great Britain, during the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15. New York: E. Conrad, 1817. 295 pp.
Contains Capt. Heald's official report of the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812, and Col. Russell's official report of Gov. Edwards' attack on the Indians near Peoria in 1812.
Fearon, Henry Bradshaw. Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of five thousand Miles through the eastern and western States of America ... With Remarks on Mr. Birkbeck's “Notes” and “Letters.” 3d ed. London: Strahan and Spottiswoode, 1819. xv. + 454 pp.
The work gives a glimpse of Illinois through a foreigner's eye. Fearon [pg 220] paints in sober colors, but his values are fairly true. Of considerable value as a work on society in the U. S. in 1817-18.
Flint, James. Letters from America, containing Observations on the Climate and Agriculture of the western States, the Manners of the People, and the Prospects of Emigrants, &c., &c. Edinburgh: W. & C. Tait, 1822. 16mo. 330 pp.