Very valuable for the history of northern and eastern Illinois from 1818 to the close of the Black Hawk war. Most of the work is autobiographical. Mr. Hubbard was an employee of the American Fur Company. Later he was in business in Danville and Chicago.
Harding, Benjamin. A Tour through the Western Country, A. D. 1818 & 1819. New London: Samuel Green, 1819. 8vo. 17 pp.
The inducements which Illinois offered to emigrants are described with a [pg 222] degree of sense rarely displayed in the period to which the work belongs by writers of advice to emigrants. The American Bottom and the prairies are described.
Harris, William Tell. Remarks made during a Tour through the United States of America, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819.
Describes Shawneetown (1818), and speaks of the great number of wagons, horses, and passengers which crossed the ferry there.
Hecke, J. Val. Reise durch die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1818 und 1819. Nebst einer kurzen Uebersicht der neuesten Ereignisse auf dem Kriegs-Schauplatz in Sud-Amerika und West-Indien. Berlin: H. Ph. Petri, 1820-21. 2 vols. 16mo. I., 228; II., xvi. + 326. pp.
Interesting and incorrect. The author tells well both of what he knows and what he does not know. Tells foreigners how to reach Illinois.
Henry, William Wirt. Patrick Henry. Life, Correspondence, and Speeches. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1891. 3 vols. I., 20 + 622; II., 652; III., 672 pp.
The third volume contains instructions issued by Gov. Henry to officers of the County of Illinois, and some correspondence of those officers.
Historical Register of the United States. Philadelphia: G. Palmer, 1814-1816.