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 __ 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.
THOMSON, JOHN LEWIS. _Historical Sketches of the late War between the United States and Great Britain. Philadelphia: Thos. Desilver_, 1816. 359 pp. _5th ed._, 1818.
Contains one of the earliest accounts of the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812. The account is short, but tolerably correct. The work was reprinted in 1887 [Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.], with a short account of the war with Mexico added. 656 pp.
THOMPSON, ZADOCK. _History of the State of Vermont, from its earliest Settlement to the Close of the Year 1832. Burlington: Edward Smith_, 1833. 12mo. 252 pp. _Reprinted with natural Hist. of Vt. and Gazetteer of Vt. Burlington: Zadock Thompson_, 1853. 8vo. 224+224+200+63 pp.