[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]
By: Ed. and annotated by H. W. Beckwith, president of the board of trustees ...
Contributors: Beckwith, H. W. 1833-1903, ed.; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.; Aubry, Charles Philippe, d. 1770.; Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.; Public Archives of Canada.
Series: Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library ;; v. 1
Publisher: The H. W. Rokker co., printers
Published: 1903
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 642
Subjects: Illinois -- History -- Sources.; Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources.; Mississippi River -- Description and travel.
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Some of the plates are printed on both sides.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1673. Of the first voyage made by Father Marquette toward New Mexico, and how the design was conceived.; title: 1671-1678. French plans of conquest. La Salle's letters patent, etc.; title: 1679-1680. Hennepin's narrative from his "La Louisiane" of 1683.; title: La Salle's voyage down the Mississippi. "The process verbal." Taking possession of all the country drained by that river for the King of France. La Salle's will, etc.; title: 1678-1691. Henry De Tonty's memoir of 1693.; title: The Aubry manuscript. [1758]; title: General George Rogers Clark's conquest of the Illinois [with documents, including Clark's memoir 1779]; title: [Documents relating to Illinois 1772-1780, from] Canadian Archives.; title: Appendix. Clark's capture of Kaskaskia.; title: Indexes.