James, James Alton. "Indian Diplomacy and Opening of the Revolution in the West," in Wisconsin State Historical Society, Proceedings, 1909, 125 ff.
——. "Some Problems of the Northwest in 1779," in Essays in American History, Dedicated to Frederick Jackson Turner, Guy Stanton Ford, editor (New York, 1910).
——. "The Significance of the Attack on St. Louis, 1780," in Mississippi Valley Historical Association Proceedings for 1908-9, 199 ff.
——. "George Rogers Clark and Detroit 1780-1781," in Mississippi Valley Historical Association Proceedings for 1910-11, 291 ff.
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents; Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France 1610-1791, Reuben Gold Thwaites, editor (Cleveland, 1896-1901). 73 vols.
Valuable for the movements of the early missionary explorers and their work among the Indians of the Northwest in the early French period.
Johnston, William. "Notes of a Tour from Fort Wayne to Chicago, 1809." MS in Chicago Historical Society library.
A detailed description of the route between Fort Wayne and Chicago, together with brief observations on Fort Dearborn and the Chicago Portage. The MS is a copy, approximately contemporary, of the original.
Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789. Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Chief, Division of Manuscripts (Washington, 1904-10). 18 vols.
Keating, William H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnipeek, Lake of the Woods, etc, etc. Performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major, U.S. T.E. (Philadelphia, 1824). 2 vols.