Barry, Hon. P. T. The first Irish in Illinois. Reminiscent of Old Kaskaskia Days. In Trans. of the Ill. State Hist. Soc., 1902. Springfield, Ill.: Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1902. pp. 63-70.
Almost exclusively concerned with the period before 1830. Tells of the work of Chevalier Makarty, George Croghan, John Reynolds, and of the Irish soldiers under George Rogers Clark.
Barstow, George. The History of New Hampshire, from its Discovery, in 1614, to the Passage of the Toleration Act in 1819. 2d ed. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1853. 8vo. iv. +456 pp.
Gives a short account of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which affected western immigration. There is nothing to indicate that the second edition is not an exact reprint of the first. Copyright, 1842.
Beck, Lewis C. A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri; containing a general View of each State, a general View of their Counties, and a particular Description of their Towns, Villages, Rivers, &c., &c. Albany: Charles R. and George Webster, 1823. 352 pp.
165 pages are devoted to Illinois. Much interesting material is given, but the nature of the publication makes caution in its use necessary.
Beckley, Hosea, A. M. The History of Vermont; with Descriptions, physical and topographical. Brattleboro: George H. Salisbury, 1846. 16mo. 396 pp.
Describes the effects of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which greatly affected western emigration.
Beckwith, Hiram Williams. Historic Notes on the North-west, gleaned from early Authors, old Maps and Manuscripts, private and official Correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way Sources. (In Hist. of Vermilion County, Ill. Chicago: H. H. Hill & Co., 1879. 11-304 pp).
Deals with the period before Illinois became a state (1818). “The authorities consulted show a large range of acquaintance with the very best sources of information extant”—Lyman C. Draper. Strong on French and Indians.