Excerpt from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 9: April, 1916 H. W. Clendenin. Springfield Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber Springfield Honorary vice-presidents The Presidents of Local Historical Societies throughout the State of Illinois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.