Some facts of interest concerning the first school in the county, and the early settlers and their manner of living, are given by those old settlers who were chief actors.
Mandements des Évêques de Québec. Québec: Imprimérie Générale A. Coté et Cie., 1887-88. I., (1659-1740), 588; II., (1741-1806), 566; III., (1806-1850), 635; IV., (1850-1870), 794 pp.
A valuable collection of manuscripts. They tell of a monopoly on sending missionaries to Illinois, and one letter (II., 205) gives a good idea of the worldliness of the Kaskaskians of 1767. The first two volumes alone concern us.
Mason, Edward G. (Editor). Early Chicago and Illinois. Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1890. 521 pp.
This volume is the fourth of the collections of the Chicago Historical Society. It is one of the most valuable collections for the study of early Illinois history. Contains, among other things, Pierre Menard Papers, John Todd Papers, John Todd's Record-Book, Lists of Early Illinois Citizens, and Rocheblave Papers.
Meeker, Dr. Moses. Early History of the Lead Region of Wisconsin. In Wis. Hist. Coll., VI., 271-96. Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver, State Printers, 1872.
Very valuable. Dr. Meeker came to Galena in 1822 and settled there in 1823. The article gives the history of the settlement of the lead region to 1825.
Michigan pioneer and historical Collections. Lansing, Mich., 1877-1900. 29 vols.
Valuable for the French and British periods of Illinois history.
Mount Carmel, Articles of Association, for the City of. Chillicothe: John Bailhache, 1817. 4to. 22 pp.