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EARLY HISTORY OF ILLINOIS : FRENCH DISCOVERY 1673

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EARLY HISTORY OF ILLINOIS : FRENCH DISCOVERY 1673

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Title: EARLY HISTORY OF ILLINOIS : FRENCH DISCOVERY 1673

Description: EARLY HISTORY OF ILLINOIS FROM FRENCH DISCOVERY IN 1673. by Sidney Breese includes Marquettes Discovery of the Mississippi River. With a Memoir by Melville Fuller. Published Myers & Co. 1884, first ed. 3 attractive and clean Foldout Maps in text. 422pp. Jesuits - Marquette - Mississippi River - The Illinois River. LaSalle and Hennepin - Tonty's return to Green Bay - Founding Kaskaskia - Louis IV Grants Louisiana - Rise of New Orleans -Old Fort Charter - Indians and Peace of LaChapelle. 1748 - Civil Jurisdiction and Courts - Broken Peace with Indians -

Condition: Green cloth Hardcovers with Vintage Gilt Title. Covers mostly clean. Rubbing at top and bottom of spine and corners. Old name ofGeorge Hunt of Springfield Illinois dated 1885 on endpaper. Pages clean and bright. Maps all bright, no tears. Hinges strong. Nice VG condition

Reserve: $110.00

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