Author: John Mason Peck

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781331955382

Excerpt from Gazetteer of Illinois, in Three Parts: Containing a General View of the State, a General View of Each County; And a Particular Description of Each Town, Settlement, Stream, Prairie, Bottom, Bluff, Etc; Alphabetically Arranged The utility and importance of an accurate Gazeteer of Illinois to every class of citizens within the state, and to all other persons who desire full and particular information, are too obvious to need proof. This work was undertaken by the author nearly two years since, at the suggestion and request of many of his fellow citizens, some of whom fill distinguished posts of honor in the state and nation. No state in the "Great West" has attracted so much attention, and elicited so many enquiries from those who desire to avail themselves of the advantages of a settlement in a new and rising country, as that of Illinois; and none is filling up so rapidly with an emigrating population from all parts of the United States, and several kingdoms of Europe. Consequently, the call for correct information of all portions of the state has become pressing. In preparing this work with special reference to this call, the author has kept one point constantly in view. Accuracy of description, or a registry of facts and things as they actually exist in every part of the state, has been a paramount object. How far he has succeeded will be submitted to the judgment of his fellow citizens in each county. That no imperfections or inaccuracies exist in the work, the author is not vain enough to imagine; but that as a whole, or as to its parts, it is sufficiently accurate for all useful purposes, will appear on reference to the labor bestowed to obtain correct information of every spot he attempts to describe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.