Wentworth, Hon. John. Early Chicago. Two Lectures delivered April 11, 1875, and May 7, 1876, respectively. 48 and 56 pp. Nos. 8 and 7 of Fergus historical Series. Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1876.
The critical supplemental notes are of especial interest.
West, Mary Allen. A MS. Letter in the Illinois State Historical Library.
Tells the story of the coming of James Moore and his party from Virginia in 1781.
Western monthly Magazine. Conducted by James Hall. Cincinnati, I., 73-83. See Peck, Rev. John Mason.
White, Emma Siggins. Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with Records and some fragmentary Notes pertaining to the History of Virginia, 1600-1902. Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1902. xxx. + 722 pp.
Valuable. Has original letters from Western emigrants. Suggests the great influx of people into Illinois in the third decade of the 19th century. Gives a good idea of the westward drift of population in the United States.
Whiton, John Milton. Sketches of the History of New-Hampshire, from its Settlement in 1623 to 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1834. 222 pp.
Describes the great cold of 1816 and the great emigration to the West. An unimportant work, confessedly popular, and without references.
Wilbur, La Fayette. Early History of Vermont. Jericho, Vt.: Roscoe Printing House, 1899-1903. 4 vols. I., 362; II., 419; III., 397; IV., 463 pp.