—— Editor. The Edwards Papers. (Volume II. of the Chicago Historical Society's Collections.) Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1884. 8 + xxviii. + 633 pp.
Pages 86-90 give Capt. Thos. E. Craig's official report to Governor Edwards of the attack on Peoria in 1812. The volume has a description of Peoria in 1827, and considerable information concerning the Indian troubles of that year.
Welby, Adlard, Esq. A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter Residence at Philadelphia; [pg 233] solely to ascertain the actual Prospects of the emigrating Agriculturist, Mechanic, and Commercial Speculator. London: J. Drury, 1821. 16mo. xii.+224 pp.
Wheeling, Va. Report of a Meeting of Workingmen in the City of Wheeling, Virginia, on forming a Settlement in the State of Illinois. 12 pp.
The report is dated Oct. 4, 1830. Printed without place and publisher's name. In Library of Chicago Historical Society. Rare. It set forth a scheme for purchasing and settling a county in Illinois.
Williams, Samuel. Sketches of the War, between the United States and the British Isles: intended as a faithful History of all the material Events from the Time of the Declaration in 1812 to and including the Treaty of Peace in 1815. Rutland, Vt.: Fay & Davison, 1815. 496 pp.
Contains Capt. Heald's official account of the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812.
Woods, John. Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, U. S. With an Account of its animal and vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c. A Description of the principal Towns, Villages, &c. &c. With the Habits and Customs of the Back-woodsmen. London: Longman & others, 1822. 310 pp.
Of great value. Unusually conservative as to Illinois advantages, but apparently truthful.
Wright, John S. Letters from the West; or, A Caution to Emigrants. Salem, N. Y.: Dodd & Stevenson, 1819. 72 pp.