Gerhard, Fred.:

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ILLINOIS AS IT IS.... "[Gerhard] collected material for [this] book on a personal visit to the state in 1855, by correspondence with Illinois citizens, from Illinois newspapers, and from the publications of Brown, Ford, Reynolds, Peck, Hall, Drown, and others" - Byrd. Included are lengthy sections concerning Illinois laws, history, agriculture and fruit culture. The folding maps both depict Illinois, one with counties color coded according to population, the other dividing the state into geological regions.

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