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Annals of the West: embracing a concise account of principal events, which Have occurred in the western states and territories, from the discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the year eighteen hundred and fifty

John Mason Peck, James H. Perkins · 1850 · Scanned text · Free in the US

338,062 words · about 23 h 40 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Authors
John Mason Peck, James H. Perkins
Language
English
Published
1850
Length
338,062 words · about 23 h 40 min
Sections
45 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (45)
  1. Front matter under 1 min
  2. Preface about 29 min
  3. Chapter I about 1 h 15 min
  4. Chapter II. English Discoveries And Claims about 1 h 29 min
  5. Chapter IV about 43 min
  6. Chapter V. Annals Of 1774 And 1775 about 52 min
  7. Chapter VI. Annals Of 1776 And 1777 about 36 min
  8. Chapter VII. Conquest Of Illinois about 53 min
  9. Chapter VIII. Sketches Of Kentucky about 1 h 12 min
  10. Chapter IX. Thrilling Incidents about 49 min
  11. Chapter X. Western Progress about 40 min
  12. Chapter XI. North Western Territory about 1 h 9 min
  13. Chapter XII. The Indian War Of 1790—1795 about 3 h 14 min
  14. Appendix To Chapter XIII about 3 min
  15. Appendix about 1 min
  16. Chapter XIV. Political Events about 1 h 23 min
  17. Chapter XV. Extension Of Settlements about 28 min
  18. Chapter XVI. Ohio And Indiana about 1 h 29 min
  19. Chapter XVII. The Indian War Of 1811 about 2 h 25 min
  20. Chapter XIX. Miscellaneous Events about 39 min
  21. Chapter I. Annals Of Upper Louisiana under 1 min
  22. SECTION FIRST. Explorations and Discoveries about 8 min
  23. SECTION SECOND. Historical Sketch of the Mines of Missouri about 9 min
  24. SECTION THIRD. French Settlements in Illinois about 15 min
  25. SECTION FOURTH. State of the Country under British Domination about 12 min
  26. SECTION FIRST. Events from 1777 to 1800 about 23 min
  27. SECTION II. Sketches of Indian History in Illinois about 7 min
  28. SECTION THIRD. Progress of Illinois from 1800 to 1812 about 22 min
  29. SECTION FIRST. Indian Hostilities Threatened about 10 min
  30. SECTION SECOND. Incidents of the War continued • about 13 min
  31. SECTION THIRD. Campaign of 1814 about 15 min
  32. SECTION FOUR. The Boone's Lick Settlements about 7 min
  33. SECTION FIRST. Sketches of Missouri Territory about 11 min
  34. SECTION SECOND. Territorial Government of Illinois about 7 min
  35. SECTION FIRST. Organization of the State of Illinois about 2 min
  36. SECTION SECOND. Organization of the State of J\Iis&ouri about 13 min
  37. SECTION THIRD. Commercial and Military Enterprise about 4 min
  38. SECTION FIRST. Banks and Banking about 5 min
  39. SECTION SECOND. Illinois and Michigan Canal about 9 min
  40. SECTION THIRD. Slavery in Illinois about 9 min
  41. SECTION FOUR. The Monks of La Trappe about 2 min
  42. SECTION FIRST. The Black Hawk War about 12 min
  43. SECTION SECOND. Iowa , Wisconsin and Minnesota about 5 min
  44. SECTION THIRD. Growth of Towns and Cities about 3 min
  45. Section Fourth about 5 min

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Front matter

' ANNALS OF THE WEST:

EMBRACING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF

PRINCIPAL EVENTS,

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