The Story of the States, Vol. 3 Illinois (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of the States, Vol. 3: Illinois When the American Revolution closed, the destiny of the territory, part of which is now Illinois, was settled by placing it under the flag of the United States at the treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, and ratified by Congress at Philadelphia, january '14, 1784. 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.