Illinois as it is

AS IT IS;

ITS

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS,

CONSTITUTION, LAWS, GOVERNMENT, FINANCES,

CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, ANIMALS, STATE OF HEALTH,

PRAIRIES, AGRICULTURE, CATTLE-BREEDING, ORCHARDING,

CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE, TIMBER-GROWING,

MARKET-PRICES, LANDS AND LAND-PRICES,

GEOLOGY, MINING, COMMERCE,

BANKS, RAILROADS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, NEWSPAPERS, ETC., ETC.

NOTE TO THE READER

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We have bound or rebound the volume utilizing the best means possible.

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AS IT IS;

ITS

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS,

CONSTITUTION, LAWS, GOVERNMENT, FINANCES,

CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, ANIMALS, STATE OF HEALTH,

PRAIRIES, AGRICULTURE, CATTLE-BREEDING, ORCHARDING,

CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE, TIMBER-GROWING,

MARKET-PRICES, LANDS AND LAND-PRICES,

GEOLOGY, MINING, COMMERCE,

BANKS, RAILROADS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, NEWSPAPERS, ETC., ETC.

FRED. GERHARD.

WITH

A PRAIRIE AND WOOD MAP, A GEOLOGICAL MAP, A POPULATION MAP, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO, ILL.:

KEEN AND LEE.

PHILADELPHIA:

CHARLES DESILVER,

1857.

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