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(MORMONS.) Brown, Henry. The History of Illinois.
(MORMONS.) Brown, Henry. The History of Illinois. Folding map, torn and mended with tape. 8vo, contemporary cloth, artlessly rebacked and corners reinforced with binder's cloth; foxing and browning throughout; early owner's signature of James H. Woodworth (mayor of Chicago, 1848-1850 and a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1855-1857) on title page. New York, 1844
- Notes: the first history of illinois, never reprinted, but this volume may be most noteworthy for its treatment of the Illinois Mormon settlement in Chapter 20, pages 386-403, and its appendix dealing with the death of Joseph Smith, pages 487-492. As the Mormons had arrived at Nauvoo only in 1840, this was more in the realm of current events than history. Brown adds in a note that he "had a little acquaintance with 'the prophet'" and offers impressions on his personality and manners. Flake 896, Howes B839, Sabin 8484.
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