This collection covers the period from 1789 to 1824; it was continued in the Register of Debates in Congress (1825-37). 14 vols.
United States of America vs. the Economy Light and Power Company (Chicago, 1912). 3 vols.
The evidence in this case, which involves the question of the physical character and the historical use of the Des Plaines River, constitutes one of the most exhaustive investigations ever made, probably, of a comparatively obscure historical question. The original testimony, of which the printed record is only an abstract, constitutes a vast storehouse of information and expert critical opinion concerning the Chicago area, given under oath and subject to cross-examination.
U.S. Public Statutes at Large. Vol. VII (Boston, 1853) bears the title. Treaties between the United States of America and the Indian Tribes (Richard Peters, Esq., ed.).
Van Cleve, Charlotte Ouisconsin. Three Score Years and Ten. Life Long Memoirs of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West (Minneapolis, 1888).
This volume contains the reminiscences, charmingly written, of the author's life, first as daughter and later as wife of an army officer, at Fort Snelling, Fort Winnebago, and other posts. Some of the persons whose characters are sketched were stationed at Fort Dearborn, either before or after the author's acquaintance with them.
Van Voorhis, Elias W. Notes on the Ancestry of Major Wm. Roe Van Voorhis, of Fishkill, Duchess County, New York (privately printed, 1881).
Varnum, Jacob. Journal (MS).
Varnum was factor at Chicago from 1816 to 1822. This document is an account of his life to 1822, cast in the form of a journal. It was made-up in 1865 from papers and other data in the writer's possession. The copy in the Chicago Historical Society library, a typewritten manuscript, was furnished by John Marshall Varnum, author of The Varnums of Dracutt.
Varnum, John Marshall. The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts), (Boston, 1907).