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ILLINOIS AS IT IS;

ITS

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, CONSTITUTION, LAWS, GOVERNMENT,
FINANCES, CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, ANIMALS, STATE OF HEALTH,
PRAIRIES, AGRICULTURE, CATTLE-BREEDING, ORCHARDING,

CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE, TIMBER-GROWING,
MARKET-PRICES, LANDS AND LAND-PRICES,

GEOLOGY, MINING, COMMERCE,

BANKS, RAILROADS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, NEWSPAPERS, ETC., ETC.

BY

FRED. GERHARD.

WITH

A PRAIRIE AND WOOD MAP, A GEOLOGICAL MAP, A POPULATION MAP, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO, ILL.:

KEEN AND LEE.

PHILADELPHIA:

CHARLES DESILVER,