Stevens, Abel, LL. D. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1884. 4 vols. I., 423; II., 511; III., 510; IV., 522 pp.
The fourth volume of this history has interesting notes on Benjamin Young and Jesse Walker, respectively. These men came to Illinois as pioneer ministers; the former in 1804, the latter in 1806.
Strong, Moses M., A. M. History of the Territory of Wisconsin, from 1836 to 1848. Preceded by an Account of some Events [pg 253] during the Period in which it was under the Dominion of Kings, States or other Territories, previous to the Year 1836. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1885. 16mo. 637 pp.
A valuable book. Its chief interest for us is its sketches of early settlement in the Galena lead region.
Sulte, Benjamin. Histoire des Canadiens-Français, 1608-1880. Montreal: Wilson & Cie., 1882-4. 8 vols. 8vo. About 160 pp. per vol. Montreal: Granger Frères. 40 parts, paper, $10; 4 vols, cloth.
Gives only slight attention to the French of Illinois. A popular work, but quite useful for a study of social institutions.
Summers, Thomas O. Biographical Sketches of eminent itinerant Ministers distinguished, for the most Part, as Pioneers of Methodism within the Bounds of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1859. 374 pp.
Pages 48-56 give a character sketch of Jesse Walker and an idea of the character of the men to whom he preached in Illinois in 1807.
Swayne, Wager. The Ordinance of 1787; and the War of 1861. An Address delivered before the N. Y. Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [c. 1893]. 90 pp.
Contains interesting notes on George Rogers Clark and on slavery in Illinois.