The Illinois-Wabash Land Company manuscript

Description:

This begins with an introduction by Professor Alvord of the History Department at the University of Illinois, who provides background information for the Illinois-Wabash Land Company. This company was a group of land speculators intent on purchasing large tracts of land on the Wabash River in southern Illinois for settlement. The time period was during British rule, just before the American Revolution began. Note that the documents in this volume are copies of hand-written legal documents. The handwriting is clear and legible, but they are large digital files and slower to load than regular book pages.

subjects: Land tenure,  Illinois Indians,  Land grants

Places: Illinois