BARSTOW, GEORGE. _The History of New Hampshire, from its Discovery, in 1614, to the Passage of the Toleration Act in 1819. 2d ed. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co._, 1853. 8vo. iv. +456 pp.
Gives a short account of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which affected western immigration. There is nothing to indicate that the second edition is not an exact reprint of the first. Copyright, 1842.
BECK, LEWIS C. _A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri; containing a general View of each State, a general View of their Counties, and a particular Description of their Towns, Villages, Rivers, &c., &c. Albany: Charles R. and George Webster,_ 1823. 352 pp.
165 pages are devoted to Illinois. Much interesting material is given, but the nature of the publication makes caution in its use necessary.
BECKLEY, HOSEA, A. M. _The History of Vermont; with Descriptions, physical and topographical. Brattleboro: George H. Salisbury_, 1846. 16mo. 396 pp.
Describes the effects of the unusual cold of 1816-17, which greatly affected western emigration.
BECKWITH, HIRAM WILLIAMS. _Historic Notes on the North-west, gleaned from early Authors, old Maps and Manuscripts, private and official Correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way Sources._ (In _Hist. of Vermilion County, Ill. Chicago: H. H. Hill & Co._, 1879. 11-304 pp).
Deals with the period before Illinois became a state (1818). "The authorities consulted show a large range of acquaintance with the very best sources of information extant"--Lyman C. Draper. Strong on French and Indians.
----_A brief History of Danville, Illinois, with a concise Statement of its mining, manufacturing, and commercial Advantages. Danville, Ill.: Danville Printing Co._, 1874. 11 pp. (unnumbered).
Slight, but tells of the beginnings of the city in the third decade of the 19th century.
BECKWITH, PAUL. _Creoles of St. Louis. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co._, 1893. 169 pp.
The genealogy of the five branches of the Chouteau family is given. As many of this family were prominent in early Illinois the work is of some interest, although not wholly reliable.
BEGGS, Rev. STEPHEN R. _Pages from the early History of the West and North-West: embracing Reminiscences and Incidents of Settlement and Growth, and Sketches of the material and religious Progress of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, with especial Reference to the History of Methodism. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern_, 1868. 325 pp.