Birkbeck, Morris:

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LETTERS FROM ILLINOIS. Birkbeck, who encouraged British settlement in Illinois, gives substantial advice on emigration, costs of land, travelling conditions, the character of the local inhabitants (including a defense of Kentuckians), and much more. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West" - Buck. "The letters contain a great deal of important information about social and economic conditions in Illinois" - Graff. The Dublin edition, as with the London editions, was published without the maps found in the first two American editions.

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