The writer came to Illinois before 1818, and knew many of the persons of whom he wrote.
Pennsylvania Packet and daily Advertiser. Philadelphia, 1785-89; Apr., 1789; Mar., 1790; Apr.-Dec., 1790. In Library of Wisconsin State Historical Society.
August 23, 1790, the expression of apprehension of the depopulation of the East by emigration to the West is said not to be well founded.
Peoria County, Illinois, Marriage Licences, 1825-1855. On file in the court house in Peoria, Ill.
The early names show the French origin of the inhabitants. The absence of clergymen is noticeable.
Pike, Lieut. Zebulon Montgomery. An Account of a Voyage up the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to its Source; made under the Orders of the War Department, by Lieut. Pike, of the U. S. Army, in the Years 1805 and 1806. Compiled from Mr. Pike's Journal. A 68 page pamphlet without place, publisher, or date.
Locates the largest Sauk village. These reports are of extreme importance. [pg 229] An edition including the trip of 1807 was issued in 1895 by Harper, F. P., New York. 3 vols. $10.00.
Pioneer of the Valley of the Mississippi, The. Rock Spring, Ill.: Rev. J. M. Peck, editor.
Issue of April 24, 1829, in St. Louis Mercantile Library.
Pittman, Capt. Philip. The present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi, with a geographical Description of that River; illustrated by Plans and Draughts. London: J. Nourse, 1770. viii. +99 pp. 8 maps.