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Law, John, opinion of McLean's popu- larity, 296 n.
Lawrence, James, discusses plans for settlement, IIO-III; led one of Flow- er's parties, 109.
Lawrence county, extent of settlement in, 61, 63;
formed from part of: Crawford, 60; Edwards, 62;
French settlements in, 89.
Lemen, James, 132; activity of, in Baptist church, 131, 319; convention delegate from St. Clair, 280; from Virginia, 319; member of commit- tee of revision, 268; opposed to slav- ery, 261 n, 320; slavery compact of, with Jefferson, 319; voted against changes in slavery article, 280.
Lemon, James, see Lemen. Lexington [Ky.], 128. Little Cape Gris, 83. Little Muddy river, 116, 124. Little Wabash Company, 158.
Little Wabash river, III, 157; bridge to be built over, at Carmi, 143; ex- tent of settlement along, 64, 65, 67; influence of, on transportation, 113;
Little (cont.)
land between, and Bon Pas creek selected for English settlement, 63, 103; purchases along, 52.
Lippincott, Reverend Thomas, visted Alton, 85.
Livermore [Arthur], representative from New Hampshire, 315; re- quested vote on constitution, 315. Livingston county, 138.
Lockwood, James H., describes fur trader, 28.
Lofton [John G.], councilor from Madison, 217; voted for the repeal of the indenture law, 217.
London [England], 161, 209; Birk- beck's book published in, 108, 112; settlers from, for English settlement, 109.
Long, Major Stephen H., 83.
Louisiana territory, anti-Harrison fac- tion petitions union of Illinois coun- try with, 186; bounty lands reserved in, 43; placed under Indiana terri- tory temporarily, 186.
Louisville, 70, 114. Lower Alton, 85. Lusk Creek, 70. Lusk's Ferry, see Golconda. Lynchburg Press, 129.
McFarland, James, 49 n.
McFerron [John], candidate as dele- gate to convention from Randolph, 257 ; defeated Fisher for state sena- torship, 300.
McClure's tavern, 78.
McHenry, William, commissioner at Carmi, I43; convention delegate from White, 280; opposed changes in slavery article, 280; voted for White's section on slavery, 281.
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McKenney, Thomas, directed purchase
of supplies for factories, 18; opin- ion of, of British influence at Chi- cago, 20; superintendent of Indian trade, 14, 18.
McLean, John, appearance of, in con- gress, 311; appointed representative to congress, 158, 298, 316; Cook's opinion of prospects of, 295-296; fa- vored slavery, 297; friend of Kane, 201; Law's opinion of popularity of, 296 n ; lawyer at Shawneetown, 201 ; member of the anti-Edwards fac- tion, 201, 294; race of, for congress, 294-298.
McLeansboro, 65.
M'Fatridge, W[illiam], convention delegate from Johnson, 280; voted against changes in slavery article, 280
M'Nabb, Archibald, tavern keeper, 77.
M'Night, -, advertised lots in Har- risonville, 78.
Mack [Stephen], see Conant and Mack. Mackinac, agency of Indian depart- ment at, 12; Crooks virtual head- quarters at, 25; depot for northwest fur trade, 25; Deschamps' brigade at, 33, 34; Hubbard arrived at, 32; interest of traders' annual voyage to, 29; military establishment at, 12; Puthuff agent at, 10, 26; trading house at, before war of 1812, p. 17.
Mackinac Island, American Fur Com- pany's headquarters in northwest, 24-25.
Macoupin county, 57; formed from part of Madison, 82; settlement in, 83-84.
Macoupin creek, settlement along, 83, 84.
Madison [James], Coles private sec- retary to, 242.
Madison county, 57, 163, 228, 281, 284, 309; Borough, Prickett, and Stephen-
Madison (cont.)
son convention delegates from, 280; Cadwell elected to legislature from, 300; Cadwell state senator from, 300; census report of, 240, 260, 264, 318, 319; conditions in, for raising stock, 141; convention candidates of, opposed to slavery, 256; Cook's interest in land in, 154; delegation from, desirous of extension of fran- chise, 285; demand for roads in, 114; description and population of, 82-86; Edwards established in 1812, p. 84, 197; Edwardsville county seat of, 84, 143; Gilham representative from, 203 n; large land holdings in, 51; Lofton voted for the repeal of the indenture law, 217; names of con- vention delegates reported by July 15, p. 260; one representative as- signed to, 197; one senator appor- tioned to, 285; opposed to slavery, 261 ; opposition in, to Bond in favor of Reavis, 299; subscriptions from, to the Edwardsville bank, 148; three delegates to the constitutional con- vention apportioned to, 227. See Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, and Ma- coupin counties.
Madison, Fort, trading house at, be- fore war of 1812, p. 17.
Malden, British distribute presents at, 10, 13.
Mangham [John K.], convention dele- gate from Washington, 267; death of, 267.
Manufactures, extent of, among pio- neers, 131-134; Indian, 5; of Kas- kaskia, 76; pioneers preferred their own, 146; trade encouraged by east- ern, 147.
Marietta, seat of government of the northwest territory, 183.
Marion county, extent of settlement in, 62-63 ;
formed from part of: Crawford, 60; Edwards, 62.
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Marston, Major Morrell, commander at Fort Armstrong, 21 ; comment of, on life of Indians, 3; describes crops of Sauk and Fox, 4; reports attitude of Indians toward factory system, 21.
Maryland, number of emigrants from, 94, 95, 96; Reed representative from, 315; Sprigg in, 204.
Mary's river, 153.
Mason, James, advertises for labor- ers, 143.
Mason, Richard Lee, 78, 80; describes experiences on an early road, 119- 123; describes towns near Alton, 85.
Mason and Dixon's line, number of settlers from south of, 95.
Massac county, formed from part of : Johnson, 70; Pope, 70.
Massac, Fort, route between Kaskas- kia and, II4.
Massachusetts, number of emigrants from, 94; Whitman representative from, 22I.
Matheny, Charles R., candidate for associate judge, 305; circuit attor- ney of the first district, 305; op- posed concessions to the judges, 205; representative from St. Clair county, 203 n ; signed address against slavery, 26I n; stood for the repeal of the indenture law, 216-217.
Meachan, -, 155. Meigs, -, 155.
Meisenheimer precinct, 73.
Menard, Pierre, Cullom and Reynolds had no chance for lieutenant gover- norship against, 300; elected lieuten- ant governor, 299; expected to be the lieutenant governor, 286; favored advance to second grade, 187; Frenchman, 92; political activity of, 202; refused to join any faction, 206; representative of Randolph
Menard (cont.)
county, 202; resigned from the In- diana council, 191; selected coun- cilor of Indiana, 187; signed peti- tions in 1805 and 1807, p. 188, 190; sub-agent at Kaskaskia, 13, 15; voted against the repeal of the indenture law, 217.
Menominee, Clark to conclude treaty with, 9.
Messenger, John, see Messinger. Messick, Dr. - , 176.
Messinger, John, 270; comments on religious observances, 179; conven- tion delegate from St. Clair, 280; elected to state legislature from St. Clair, 300; interested in speculation, 291; member of Edwards faction, 291; representative from St. Clair county, 1808, p. 191; voted for changes in slavery article, 280. See also "Pope, Messenger and Stephen- son."
Methodists, extent of influence of, 173; influence of, spread under the leadership of Cartwright and Walker, 175-179.
Metropolis, 71. Miami river, IO.
Michigamea, disappearance of, as dis- tinct tribe, 2.
Michigan, Lake, 10, 30, 33, 38, 40, 183, 222; American Fur Company's trad- ers on shores of, 23; made part of the eastern boundary, 225; proposed canal between Illinois river and, 39, 225.
Michigan territory, 12, 229; bounty land reserved in, 43; Cass governor of, 9.
Middle Alton, 85. Milton, descriptions of, 85-86.
Milwaukee, American Fur Company traded with Indians from, 23; Beau- bien transferred from, 27.
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Minnesota river (St. Peter's), Ameri- can Fur Company's traders in valley of, 23.
Miotte, Jacques, 155.
Mississippi, 213; Poindexter represent- ative from, 3II.
Mississippi river, 10, 15, 16, 18, 22, 32, 37, 38, 43, 44, 57, 70, 76, 79, 84, 85, 105, 113, 153, 156, 175, 176, 288; American Fur Company traded along shores of, 23; Comegys held land on, 73; destroyed Kaskaskia, 77; extensive land purchases along, 51; extent of American bottom along, 128;
extent of settlement : along, 72, 74, 75, 78, 82, 83; between Kaskaskia river and, 58;
Farnham opens up trade west of, 26; French crews on, 90; French pioneers settled along, 88; fur trade on, 25; government survey started on, near Alton, 42; Illinoistown located on, 80; Kickapoo move west of, 39; mail carried on, 126; Sauk and Fox located on, 2; steamboat traffic on, 114; survey of land east of, 40.
Missouri river, 82, 289; American Fur Company extends activity to, 23.
Missouri territory, 66, 69, 167, 176, 222, 244, 288, 312; American Fur Com- pany traded with Indians in, 24; asks for better postal service, 127; banks incorporated in, 148; bounty lands reserved in, 43 ; Clark governor of, 9; emigration into, 93; first peti- tions for statehood received from, 230; importance of Illinois becoming a state before, 221 ; increase of popu- lation due to toleration of slavery in, 140; mail to, carried down the Ohio, 126; merchants of, advertised merchandise in the Intelligencer, 144; non-English immigration into, 97; Peck characterizes educational condi- tions in, 165; petitions circulated for
Missouri (cont.)
union of territory with, 215; prosper- ity of, due to existence of slavery in, 215; Scott delegate from, 127, 230; surveyor-general appointed for, 42; Tallmadge opposed to admission of, 318; trade to be extended to, 26.
Monroe county, 70, 281 ; accusations against Kinney as convention dele- gate from, 259; Cairns and Moore convention delegates from, 280; cen- sus report from, 318; description and population of, 78-79; establishment of, 220; Ford lived in, 90; formed from part of St. Clair, 79; Harrison- ville county seat of, 78; Lemen inhabitant of, 131; Mordock repre- sentative from, 203; names of con- vention delegates reported by July 15, p. 260; one senator apportioned to, 285; opposed to slavery, 261; two delegates for the constitutional con- vention apportioned to, 228; Water- loo located in, 71 n.
Montgomery county, 57; extent of settlement in, 86-87; formed from part of Bond, 86.
Montreal, 10 n, 25, 28, 32; American Fur Company depot at, 24; influence of trading firms of, 23.
Moore, Enoch, 117; convention dele- gate from Monroe, 280; opposed changes in slavery article, 280; voted against striking out section two of the slavery article, 281.
Moore, Risdon, member of legislature from St. Clair, 300; opposed slav- ery, 261 n.
Moore, William, census commissioner in St. Clair, 239.
Moore's prairie, extent of settlement on, 64.
Mordock, John, representative from Monroe county, 203 n.
Morrice, John, see John Morris.
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Morris, John, indenture of negro girl Silvey bought by, 136-140.
Morrison, Robert, candidate for United States senator, 303; census estimate of, 190; clerk of court at Kaskaskia, 303; laid out town of Donaldson, 308; member of the Vincennes con- vention, 186; signed petition for the repeal of the slavery article in 1800, p. 185.
Morrison, William, bought up private holdings, 52; laid out town of Don- aldson, 308; land speculator, 52; not member of the Vincennes conven- tion, 186; signed petition for the repeal of the slavery article in 1796 and 1800, p. 185; signed petition of charges against Harrison, 192. See also anti-Harrison faction.
Morrow [Jeremiah], opinion of, on educational provision, 229; senator of Ohio opposed postponing the pass- age of the enabling act, 228.
Morse, Samuel G., convention delegate from Bond, 280; voted for changes in slavery article, 280.
Mt. Carmel, founded in 1818, p. 64. Mt. Vernon, 63. Muddy river, 118. Mud lake, 33. Murphysboro, rival of Brownsville, 75.
"Nemo," writing of, in Intelligencer, 157-158.
New Design, location of, 78; Lemen founded, 319; slavery prohibited in, 319.
New England, 159; arrival of factory goods from, 147; number of emi- grants from, 94, 95, 101 ; opposition from representatives of, to Illinois constitution, 315.
New Hampshire, Livermore represent- ative from, 315; number of emi- grants from, 94.
New Harmony, 106.
New Haven county, foundation of, 67. New Jersey, number of emigrants from, 94; opposition of representa- tives from, to Illinois constitution, 315.
New Orleans, 105, 156; steamboat con- nection with, 114.
New York, constitution patterned after that of, 271 n, 274-275; Kane born in, 200; King and Sanford senators from, 228; number of emigrants from, 94; opposition of representa- tives from, to Illinois constitution, 315; Spencer representative from, 221; Tallmadge representative from, 313; Taylor representative from, 226. New York City, 320; advertisement of merchandise received from, 144; American Fur Company headquar- ters at, 24; arrival in, of Flower's parties, 109; furnished funds for the Edwardsville bank, 148; Illinois con- nected with, by water, 225.
Nicholls, -, 128.
North Carolina, non-English immigra- tion into, 97; number of emigrants from, 94, 95, 96.
Northwest Company, activity of, 22- 23; owned by British, 22.
Northwest ordinance, see Ordinance of 1787.
Northwest territory, Bond represented St. Clair county in legislature of, 184; Edgar represented Randolph county in legislature of, 184; Harri- son delegate to congress from, 184; organization of, under the ordinance, 181-184; territory of Indiana created in, 184.
Ogle, Jacob, opposes slavery, 261 n. Oglesby, Joshua, opposes slavery, 261 n.
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Ohio, 102 n, 137, 142, 168, 213; Birk- beck's reasons for not locating in, 103-105; choice locations in, bought up, 93; constitution patterned after that of, 269, 273, 279, 282, 283, 314; Dearborn county petitioned to be joined to 189; Harrison representa- tive from, 312; Illinois connected with, by water, 225; Morrow senator from, 228; number of banks incor- porated in, 148; number of emigrants from, 94, 95, 96; prohibition of slav- ery in constitution of, 278-279; ques- tion of slavery in, 238; salt works in, 116, 3II; territory employed system of surveys worked out in, 40.
Ohio river, 1, 37, 58, 72, 82, 105, 115, 116, 136, 137, 140, 149, 172, 176, 183, 288, 289; choice sites on, bought up, 104; Comegys held land on, 73; ex- tent of settlement along, 67-68, 70, 71; extent of speculation along lower, 52, 73-74; floods of, delay mails, 126; French crews on, 90; in- fluence of, on transportation, 113; number of settlers from south of, 95; mail carried down for the west- ern settlements, 126; organization of the territory northwest of, under the ordinance, 181-184; speculators bought land on, 50; steamboat traffic on, 114; supplies shipped down, 18; survey of land north of, 40; trans- portation across, 70.
Okaw river, see Kaskaskia river.
"An old farmer," opinions of, on qual- ifications of convention delegates, 253, 254.
Omelveny, Samuel, census commission- er from Pope county, 239; conven- tion delegate from Pope, 280; mem- ber of committee of revision, 268; representative from Pope county, 203 n; signs indenture of Morris' servant, 139, 140; voted for changes in slavery article, 280.
"One of the people," opinion of, on selection of men to convention, 250- 251, 253; replied to "An old farmer," 254.
Ordinance of 1787, agitation over in- dentured servitude as violation of, 214-218; attitude of anti-Harrison faction, 189-190; constitution of Illi- nois not to violate, 233, 278, 312; Illi- nois organized under, 193; indenture law circumvents prohibition of slav- ery by, 138-140, 186, 187-188, 214- 218; Indiana established under, 184; organization of the territory north- west of the Ohio under, 181-184; petitions for the repeal of the slav- ery article of, 184-192; territories bound by provisions of, 207-208; pro- hibits slavery, 183, 234, 313;
provisions : for boundaries in, 222- 223, 226 n; for the judiciary system in, 198, 204; for regulating suffrage in, 196;
slavery article of constitution to conform with, 278.
Ottawa, annuity paid to, 13; cede land, 38, 40; location of, 2.
Otter creek, settlement along, 83, 84.
Owen, Ezra, sergeant at arms of the convention, 263.
"Pacificus," opinion of, on slavery, 277-278.
Padfield, William, 126.
Palestine, 305; county seat of Craw- ford, 61-62; Cullom settled in, 300; land office at, in 1820, p. 62; mail route through, 126.
Palmer, Joseph, representative from Johnson county, 203 n.
Palmyra, county seat of Edwards, 64; decline of, after removal of county seat, 60, 64; postal service to, 126.
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Parke, Benjamin, chairman of com- mittee considering suspension of slavery article, 190; delegate from Indiana to congress, 187; opposed division of Indiana, 192; reelected to congress, 191; resigned as In- diana delegate to congress, 19I.
Parkinson, Daniel M., 163.
"Pass Christionne," 156.
Patoka river, 176. Patterson, J., 176.
Patterson, Robert, 180.
Peck, John Mason, 320; characterizes educational conditions in Missouri territory, 165 ;
describes : Bennett's tavern, 77; settlement in Monroe county, 78; Upper Alton, 85 ;
present at the constitutional con- vention, 262.
Pennsylvania, 89; Birkbeck thought of locating in, 103; Illinois connected with, by water, 225; Jones of Kas- kaskia native of, 201; Morrison from, 303;
number of: Germans from, 102; emigrants from, 94, 96; non-English immigrants pouring into, 97;
opposition from representatives of, to Illinois constitution, 315; Rey- nolds lived in, 103.
"The people," opinion of, on slavery issue, 255-256.
Peoria, 3, IIn, 81; agent for Indian department at, 12; cede land in 1818, p. 39 ; location of tribe of, 2; value of Indian presents sent to, 14.
Peoria lake, Ion, 12, 34.
Perry county, formed from part of : Jackson, 74; Randolph, 75.
Perryville (Perrysville), decline of, after loss of county seat, 60; disap- peared, 87; distance of Augusta from, 147; mail route to, 126; postal
Perryville (cont.)
service to, 126; proposed for county seat, 86.
Philadelphia, 120, 272, 320; advertise- ment of merchandise from, 144-145; Barnsback lived in, 103; Birkbeck's book published in, 108, 112.
Phillips, Joseph, candidate for supreme judge, 304; elected supreme judge, 304; political activity of, 202; secre- tary of the territory, 202.
Phill's creek, settlement along, 83.
Piankashaw (Piankeshaw), 39; cede land in 1805, p. 37; land cession from, IIO.
Piasa, 155.
Piasa creek, extent of settlement along, 84.
Piatt, Benjamin M., protested against the election of Bond delegate to con- gress, 197.
Pitkin [Timothy], insisted on authentic information about population, 312; representative from Connecticut, 312.
Pittsburgh, 68; advertisement of mer- chandise from, 145; Eddy and Kim- mel from, 172; shipping port for western supplies, 18.
Piqua, agency of Indian department at, 12.
Plumb Hill precinct, 81.
Poindexter [George], attitude of, to- ward slavery article, 313-314; mem- ber of committee to consider consti- tution, 312; representative from Mis- sissippi, 311.
Pope, Nathaniel, 257; assisted Eddy and Kimmel in securing permission to print federal laws, 172; Birkbeck in correspondence with, 108; com- ments on the results of the passage of the enabling act, 231-232; Cook a nephew of, 194; defeated for repre-
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Pope (cont.)
sentative in legislature, 301 ; entered land at Pope's Bluff, 289; from Ken- tucky, 193; head of committee on amendments proposed by the senate, 229; interest of, in land, 155; intro- duced the enabling bill in January, 1818, p. 224; laid the memorial for statehood before congress, 220-221 ; member of the Edwards faction, 201 ; objected to the exemption of the bounty lands from taxation, 227; opinion of, on calling constitutional convention, 241 ; register of land of- fice at Edwardsville, 146, 301 n; re- port of, on provision for education, 228-229; resigned as secretary and gave his support to Bond, 202; re- tired from public life, 294; secretary of the territory, 193; secured the ex- tension of the northern boundary, 224-226, 320; secured money for an institution of learning, 226; terri- torial delegate, 108, 172, 209; United States judge, 224 n, 301 n.
Pope's Bluff, 86; aspired to be capital of state, 87, 287, 289; located on the Kaskaskia, 87, 289; resolutions favoring, for capital site, 290.
Pope county, 281 ; census report from, 264, 318; description and population of, 70-71 ; establishment of, 220; Fer- guson and Omelveny convention delegates from, 280; Field elected house representative from, 300; Gol- conda county seat of, 70; Omelveny census commissioner from, 239; Omelveny representative from, 203 n; Reynolds carried, in election for lieutenant governor, 300; two dele- gates for the constitutional conven- tion apportioned to, 228. See Har- din and Massac counties.
"Pope, Messenger and Stephenson," owned land at Pope's Bluff, 289.
Portlethwaite, -, 119.
Post Vincents, see Vincennes.
Potawatomi, annuity paid to, 13; Brit- ish presents distributed to, I0; Clark to conclude treaty with, 9; location of, 2; make land cessions, 38, 39, 40; population of, 3.
Prairie du Chien, 10, 18, 23; agency of Indian department at, 12; becomes independent military establishment, 13; factory at, 17; Johnson factor at, 17; inclusion of population of, in census, 265; military establishment at, 9, 12; trading activity at, 25; value of Indian presents sent to, 14.
Prairie du Long precinct, 79.
Prairie du Rocher, 78, 88; description of, 77, 89 ; on postal route from Kas- kaskia, 126; population of, 75; road through, 114; Sturgess advertised school at, 165.
Presbyterians, extent of influence of, 173.
Prickett [Abraham], moved the fram- ing of a constitution, 265; opposed White's section on slavery, 281 ; sug- gested Hill's Ferry as a capital site, 287 ; voted for changes in slavery ar- ticle, 280.
Princeton, 126, 136;
Birkbeck's party : return to, 107; temporarily left at, in Indiana, 106.
"Prudence," opinion of, on slavery, 247-248.
Pulaski county, formed from part of : Johnson, 70; Union, 72.
Puthuff, Major [William Henry], agent at Mackinac, I0; issues license to Farnham, 26; reports British in- fluence on Indians, 10.
Randolph, John, presented adverse re- port to the petition of the Vincennes convention, 186.
Randolph county, 57 n, 154;
Illinois : census report from, 264, 318; condition of courts in, 197-198;
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Randolph (cont.)
delegates from, voted on slavery side, 257; description and population of, 75-77; Fisher and Kane convention delegates from, 257, 280; Fisher from, 202; Foster had slave regis- tered in, 305 n; Kane candidate for the convention from, 232; McFerron state senator from, 300; McLean carried, in congressional election, 298; Menard of, voted against the repeal of the indenture law, 217; Menard representative of, 202; names of convention delegates reported by July 15, p. 260; one rep- resentative assigned to, 197 ; one sen- ator apportioned to, 285; petitions presented by Kane from Covenanters in, 266; political issue in, in 1816, p. 203 ; Pope defeated as legislative rep- resentative from, 301 ; positions held by Greenup in, 263; represented by Fisher in third legislature, 203 n; two delegates to the constitutional con- vention apportioned to, 228. See Perry county.
Indiana: Fisher and Menard of, signed petition of 1805, p. 188-189; Menard represented, in Indiana leg- islature, 299; men from, signed peti- tion for repeal of slavery article in 1800, p. 185; Morrison's estimate of population of, 190; petition from, in 1807 opposing division of Indiana, 190; represented by Fisher at Vin- cennes, in 1805, p. 187; voted for advance to second grade, 187;
Northwest territory: Edgar rep- resented, at Cincinnati, 184; estab- lished in 1795, p. 183; men from, signed petition for repeal of slavery article in 1796, p. 185.
Reavis, Henry, candidate against Bond for governor in Madison county, 299.
Reed [Philip], representative from Maryland, 315.
"A republican," advocated advance to statehood, 211-212; Cook writes un- der name of, 210-2II, 234; memorial for statehood embodied suggestions of, 213; opposed slavery, 234-235, 296-297, 320.
Reynolds, John, 147, 301 n; advertised merchandise in the Intelligencer, 144; characterizes Hardin, 200; com- ments on scarcity of books, 168-169; describes religious observances, 179; elected associate judge, 304, 305; lists members of factions in 1818, p. 201; gives sources of early settlers, 96; opinion of, on "material for the bench," 304; writes Edwards about lawyer's interest in land claims, 154- 156.
Reynolds, Robert, typical example of an immigrant, 103.
Reynolds [Thomas], advertised mer- chandise in the Intelligencer, 144.
Reynolds, William L., candidate for lieutenant governor, 299; physician from Kentucky, 299.
Rhode Island, Burrill from, 229; num- ber of emigrants from, 94.
Richland county, extent of settlement in, 62;
formed from part of: Crawford, 60; Edwards, 62.
Richmond [Va.], 107, 320; Flower joined Birkbeck in, 103.
Riggs, Scott, elected to state legisla- ture from Crawford county, 301.
Ripley, aspired to be state capital, 87, 287 ; distance of Augusta from, 147 ; mail route through, 126; proposed town of, 87.
Roads, accommodations along, 124- 125; comment on the condition of, 226; Covenanters refused to work on, 267 ; crossed at Carlyle and Cov- ington, 288-289 ; development of, 114- 119, 125-128; Edwardsville to Kas-
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