Palmer Family...

180, 183
Palmer, George Thomas, M. D. A

collection of letters from Lyman
Trumbull to John M. Palmer,
1854-1858. Edited by George

Thomas Palmer, M. D... 20-41
Palmer, John M..

. 20-41
Foot-notes.. ..20, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31
Palmer, John M. Chairman of the

Republican State Convention,
Bloomington, May 29, 1856. Foot-
note

30
Palmer, John M. Letters of Lyman

Trumbull to, dated 1854-1858..20-41
Palmer John M. Political Career.
Foot-note

20
Palmer, (Mrs.) John M. (Hannah
Lamb)

.182
Palmyra, The departed glories of

old Palmyra. By D. E. Keen..78-84
Palmyra, (Macoupin Co.) Ill. Foot-
note

84
Palmyra, Wabash Co., Ills.. .78-84
Palmyra, Missouri

227
Panama Canal

108
Paradise Valley

221
Paris, France. Exposition.

49
Paris, Ill.

203
Parker, (Mrs.) E. J..

182
Parker Family

180
Parker, Marion Jane. The Chil-
dren's Party Book.

212
Parliament of Religions. World's

Columbian Exposition
Parrott, (Rev.) H. Irving. .55, 56
Partelow, Maurice

133
Partridge, (Mrs.) Annie V.. .241
Pasfield, (Mrs.) George.

149
Pasfield, George, Jr...

.149
Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich...218
Peasants War in Europe.

90
Pease, Theodore Calvin. .149, 245
Foot-note

20
Pease, Theodo: Calvi itor

Nlinois Historical Collections,
Vol. XII

245
Peel, Aron D..

131
Peck, Estella

.132
Pelzer, Louis. Marches of the

Dragoons in the Mississippi Val-
ley. Foot-note

15
Pemberton. Negro slave, faithful

servant of Jefferson Davis...13, 14
Penn, William. Settles in Penn-
sylvania

...93, 94
Penn:

State....33, 93, 142, 238
Foot-notes..

..29, 33, 34

Pennsylvania State. Lancaster,
Pa.

.238
Pennsylvania State, Settled by the

persecuted Quakers of England
and Germany

93
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank,
Chicago, Ill.

.197
Peoria Co., Ill. Josiah Fulton,

early settler in Peoria Co., ni...136
Peoria, Ill... 136, 137, 195, 204, 210, 211
Peoria, Ill. Fort Clark... . 134-137
Peoria, Ill. Life Insurance Com-
pany

.211
Peoria, ni. Young Men's Christian
Association

204
Periodicals. Midland Monthly.
Foot-note

11
Perry, Adam. Early school teacher
in Stark Co., Ill...

140
Perry, (Commodore) Oliver Haz-
ard

64
Persons, (Miss) Early school
teacher in Illinois..

75
Peru. Spanish conquests of Mexico
and Peru

89
Peru, Ill....

.69, 178
Petaluma, Calif.

.220, 224
Petersburg, Ill.

..208
Foot-note

30
Petersburg, Ill. Daughters of the

American Revolution, Pierre
Menard Chapter, Year Book,
1923-24

. 208
Petersburg, Va.

234
Pettyjohn, Charles Jacob.

131
Philadelphia, Pa.

..181
Philippines, (The)..

104, 107
Philippines. Insurrection of the
Philippines

104
Phillips, (Miss) Agnes.

.238
Phillips, Wendell

22
Pierce, (Pres.) Franklin.. . 27, 34
Pike Co., Ill. Early extent of Pike
Co.

...134
Pike's Peak, Colorado. Named for

Capt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike. 135
Pike, (Capt.) Zebulon Montgom-

ery. Pike's Peak, Colorado,
named for

.135
Piper, John H..

. 42, 56
Piper, John H. Congregationalism

in Springfield
Pitcher, Molly

..103
Pitner, (Mrs.) Eloise... .227, 228
Plow Factory, Springfield, Ill... 52
Plumb, (Mrs Lavancia. Head of

Streator, Ill., Bank. Dies.......202

48

. 42-57

...163

35

Plumb, S. W....

202
Plymouth Company. To plant a set-

tlement somewhere north of the
mouth of the Potomac and south

of the St. Lawrence River..... 92
Plymouth Congregational Church,
Champaign, ill.

57
Plymouth Congregational Church,
Springfield, Ill.

....50-57
Plymouth, Mass. Chamber of Com-
merce

.212
Plymouth, Mass. Plymouth, Land
of the Pilgrim's Pride.

.212
Political Parties. American Party,

formerly called “The Know
Nothings." Foot-note

31
Political Parties. Democratic Party

.27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 70, 203
Foot-notes

20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40
Political Parties. Democratic Na-

tional Convention, 1860, at
Charleston, S. C....

35
Foot-note
Political Parties. Free Soilers.
Foot-note

24
Political Parties. Know Nothing
Party.....

..29, 30, 31, 32
Foot-notes.

.27, 28, 31
Political Parties. Republican Party

....29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 59, 202

Foot-notes...20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 31, 33
Political Parties. Republican Na-

tional Convention, 1856. Foot-
note

28
Political Parties. Republican Par-

ties. Republican State Conven-
tion held in Bloomington, Ill.,
May 29, 1856.

30
Foot-notes

.30, 33
Political Parties. Republican Con-

vention, June, 1858. State of
Illinois. Foot-note

38
Political Parties. Whig Party.

...20, 59, 61
Foot-notes.

20, 21, 24, 31, 36
Pomona Theological Seminary at
Claremont, California

47
Pontiac Pottawattomie Chief. .135
Porto Rico
Portuguese Settlements in Brazil. 89
Post, (Rev.) Roswell 0....

.46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54
Foot-note

57
Post, (Rev.) T. M. D. D..

45
Potomac River

. 234
Potta wattomie Indians...134, 135, 137

Power, John Carroll. History of

Sangamon Co., Ill. Quoted. Foot-
note

.. 57
Prairie and the Railroad. By C.
A. Harper

.188
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

.2, 3, 4, 5. 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
Foot-notes.

.12, 16, 17
Prairie du Chien. Caleb Atwater

visits Prairie du Chien in 1829.. 4
Prairie Schooner

73
Prairies of Illinois...74, 134, 136, 137
Prather, Zenas R....

.129
Presbyterian Church

42, 43,
48, 50, 111, 114, 162, 212, 227, 241

Foot-note
Presbyterian Church, Cairo, Ill...,114
Presbyterian Church. Caldwell,

Edward. Some notes on the
Founders of the Presbyterian
Church and the “other Pioneers
of Thorn Grove".

..212
Presbyterian Church, Chicago.

First Presbyterian Chicago
Heights

..212
Presbyterian Church. Chicago,

First Presbyterian Church...... 48
Presbyterian Church. Cumberland
Presbyterian

..111
Presbyterian Church, Quincy, Ill...162
Presbyterian Church, Springfield,

Illinois, organized in, in 1828... 43
Presbyterian Church

(First),
Springfield, Ill...

.227, 241
Foot-note

..163
Presbyterian Church, Springfield,
Ill. (Second)

50
Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago,
Ill.

..204
Price, Bertha Mabel

133
Price, Frances L..

.133
Price, Iva Bell..

.133
Price, Jacob Albert.

.130
Price, Laura Bell.

132
Price, Nellie

.133
Price, Regina L..

133
Price, Rosetta Viola.

. 131
Price, Samuel Adams.

.130
Prince, (Dr.) Arthur E..

..183
Prince, (Mrs.) Arthur E..

.. 155
Prince, Daniel. Early settler in
the Spoon River Country....

.136, 137, 138
Prince, (Col.) Edward. ....181, 182
Prince, Ezra M.....

..152

...107

Prince's Grove near Princeville,
Ill.

.136, 137
Princeton, Ill.

211
Foot-note

17
Princeton, N. J....

143
Princeville, (Peoria Co.) Ill.. 136, 137
Pritchett, (Mrs.) R. M....

210
Proctor, (Gen.) Henry A..

64
Pro Slavery Party..

39
Protestant Revolution. By Fred-

erick Seebohm. Quoted... 90
Purdue University, Lafayette, In-
diana

58
Putnam, (Prof.) J. W. Temporary

secretary Illinois State Historical
Society

147

Quincy, Ill. “Quincy Grays" Mili-
tary Company

..161
Quincy, Ill. Quincy House, .161
Quincy, Ill. Selby, (Mrs.) Paul.

Recollections of a little girl in
the “Forties” with apologies for

a somewhat lengthy sequel. .157-186
Quincy, Ill. Sisters of the Good

Samaritan, Society for soldiers'

relief, Civil War, Quincy, Ill....178
Quincy, Ill. Woodland Cemetery..180

R

Q
Quaife, Milo M. The Northwestern

Career of Jefferson Davis. . 1-19, 187
Quakers of England and Germany

settle in Pennsylvania..... 93
“Quincy Grays” Military Company. 161
Quincy, Ill.

154, 155, 157-165, 167-170,173, 177-183
Foot-note

26
Quincy, Ill. Catholic Church. .162
Quincy, Ill. Cholera in an early
day in Quincy, Ill...

169
Quincy, Ill. Congregational Church,
Quincy, Ill.

....162, 176
Quincy Ill. Early business enter-
prises in Quincy, Ill...

.167
Quincy, Ill. Fashions in an early
day in Quincy, Ill...

170-172
Quincy, III. Friends in Council,

early literary society, Quincy,
Ill.

....179, 180
Quincy, Ill. German immigrants

settle in Quincy, ill... ..167, 168
Quincy, Ill. Historical Society lo-

cated in the Gov. John Wood
home, Quincy, Ill....

...180
Quincy, Ill. Historical Society

Memorial Hall Tablets to
pioneers in

.182
Quincy, Ill. Lutheran Church. 162
Quincy, Ill. Methodist Church.

.162, 174
Quincy, Ill. Mission Institute

founded by Dr. David Nelson

near Quincy, Ill.... .163, 164, 176
Quincy, Ill. Named for John Quin-
cy Adams

.160
Quincy, Ill. “Needle Pickets" So-

ciety for the relief of the sol-
diers, Civil War, Quincy, Ill.....178

Railroads. California, Pacific R.
R.

.225
Railroads. Central Pacific R. R. of
California

219
Railroads. Duluth and St. Paul R.
R.

..225
Railroads. Illinois Central R, R.

.112, 115, 124
Railroads, Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road

.112
Railroads. St. Louis, Chicago and

St. Paul R. R. Foot-note. 84
Rammelkamp, (Dr.) Charles H...

. VI, 211
Randall, (Mr.) Hiram Rountree,

clerk in office of Randall. .64, 65
Randolph Co., Ill...

141
Rannebarger, William H..

. 130
Rea; (Col.) William.

..125, 127
Reade, Brewster and Co., Pubs.,
Chicago

.210
Reavis, Joseph L..

. 132
Recollections of a little girl in the

"Forties” with apologies for a
somewhat lengthy sequel. By
Mrs. Paul Selby..

. 157-186
Red Cedar River, Wisconsin. 12-14
Foot-note

12
Redpath Lyceum Bureau.

48
Reed, Simon

.138
Reed's Grove near Elwood, Ill... 74, 75
Reeser, Augustus

.130
Reeser, Edward G..

.132
Reid, Burton M..

.150
Reid, (Mrs.) Burton M..

150
Reinhart, (Mrs.) Isla..

238
Republican Convention, State of

Illinois, June 16, 1858. Foot-note. 38
Republican National Convention,
1856. Foot-note

28
Republican Party

.29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 39, 59, 202
Foot-notes.. 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 33, 38

28

Republican Party. National Con-

vention, 1856. Foot-note...
Republican Party. State Conven-

tion held at Bloomington, Illi-
nois, May 29, 1856..

30
Foot-notes

..30, 33
Republican Party State Conven-

tion, June 16, 1858. Foot-note.. 38
Reynolds, (Gov.) John......67, 69, 71
Reynolds, (Gov.) John. Letter to

Hiram Rountree, dated June 20,
1832

69
Reynolds, (Gov.) John. Pioneer

History of Illinois. Quoted. 71
Riber, Emma Catherine.

.131
Riber, William L.

.129
Rice, Wallace..

.149, 188
Rice, Wallace. Illinois and Time.

Dedicatory poem. Read in Cen-

tennial Memorial Building. .188
Richardson Family

.180
Richardson, William A.. 26, 31, 32
Foot-notes

. 26, 29
Richland, Ill.

30
Foot-note

30
Richmond, Va.

16, 233
Foot-note

10
Roberts, Gertie Alice.

.132
Roberts, Nancy Bell..

.131
Robertson, (Prof.) W. S..

153
Robinson, (Miss) Iretta. .238, 239
Robinson, (Prof.) L. E. Ephraim

Elmer Ellsworth, first martyr of

the Civil War..
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Dona-

tier de Vimeure. The Count De
Rochambeau

.102
Rockett-Lincoln Film Company to
produce moving picture of Life

of Abraham Lincoln.... . 195
Rockford, Ill. Daughters of the

American Revolution Year Book,
1923-24

..208
Rock Island, Ill.

. VI, 4, 9, 136, 137, 149, 208, 212
Rock Island, Ill. Daughters of the

American Revolution. Fort Arm-
strong Chapter, Year Book, 1923-
24

.. 208
Rock Island, Ill. Woman's Club,
Year Book, 1923-24

.212
Rock River.

.9, 10, 137
Rock River. Conference, Methodist
Church

.198
Rocky Mountains
Romans honor their dead by chap-

lets of urels and flowers. ...234

Rome, Italy...

..89, 207
Roosevelt, Theodore. High School

in Chicago, called The Theodore
Roosevelt, to be the largest in
the world....

189, 190
Roosevelt, Theodore. Memorial to

Chicago High School, etc.......189
Roosevelt, (Col.) Theodore. Rough

Riders at San Juan Hill, Spanish-
American War

. 106
Rosborough, C. R..

.212
Rose, Negro Slave.

.118
Ross, Reuben J...

.129
Ross, Silva

. 133
Ross, Virgil D..

.130
Rossbacher, Agnes

..241
Rossbacher, Dubois.

241, 243
Rossbacher, Harriet.

241, 243
Rossbacher, (Dr.) Henry.

.241
Rossbacher, (Mrs.) Henry J...238, 243
Rossville, Ill.

.229
Rothenburger, (Rev.) W. F.. 149
Rothenburger, (Mrs.) W. F.. 149
Rountree, Aaron H. H...

64, 65, 67, 70, 72
Rountree, Bereroyal

63
Rountree, Bereroyal Hawkins. 63
Rountree Family. Various spell-
ing of the name..

63
Rountree, Hiram. By A. T. Strange

..63-72

..188

Rountree, Hiram. Letter to Gov-

ernor Reynolds, June 20, 1832... 69
Rountree, Hiram, surveyed the

northern boundary of the State
of Illinois

71
Rountree, (Mrs.) Hiram.

67
Rountree, (Prof.) H. P.

66
Rountree, Jesse

63
Rountree, (Dr.) John,

63
Rountree, John Hawkins.

63
Rountree, Letitia

63
Rountree, Louisiana Perry.

63
Rountree, Lucinthia Cynthiana. 63
Rountree, ucy Anderson... 63
Rountree, Lura A. (Mrs.) George
T. Barrett

63
Rountree, Moses W..

66
Rountree, Nancy

63
Rountree, Nancy Hawkins... 63
Rountree, Rebecca Hawkins. 63
Rountree, Rutherford Harrison... 63
Rountree, Thomas The First... 63
Rountree, Thomas

63
Roy, (Rev.) J. E..

45
Rucker, Ada F..

132
Rucker, Bertha May.

...224

...133

.130

Rucker, Charles A..

132
Rucker, Elsie B..

132
Rucker, Maryettie Matilda. .130
Rucker, William Horton.

.130
Ruddock, Lewis C...

131
Rugh, William N..

132
Ruhr, French occupation of the
Ruhr

73
Rushville, Ill. Times, Aug. 27,
1856. Foot-note

40
Russel, (Hon.) Andrew. V, VI, 149, 187
Russel, (Hon.) Andrew. Auditor,
State of Illinois...

149
Russian Immigration to the United
States, 1881, 1906.

99, 100
Rutherford Co., N. C...

63
Rutherford Family

.180
Rutherford, Mildred L. Jefferson

Davis, the president of the Con-
federate States, and Abraham
Linco the president the
United States, 1861-1865. Foot-
note

17
Ryan, (Mrs.) Nellie Tracy.

53

Sac Indians...

.134, 137
Safford Memorial Library, Cairo,
Ill

115
St. Anthony Falls (now Minne-
apolis, Minn.)

218
St. Croix River..

14, 218
St. Joseph, Mo...

221
St. Lawrence River.

94
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul R.
R. Foot-note

84
St. Louis, Mo.

.2, 5, 45, 177, 222, 223, 224
St. Louis, Mo. Jefferson Barracks
near St. Louis.

.2, 11, 12, 15
St. Louis, Mo. Trinity Congrega-

tional Church
St. Paul, Minn. .4, 205, 218, 225
Salisbury, North Carolina

..111
Salt Lake, Utah.........169, 221, 225
Sampson, William Thomas. Span-
ish-American War.

.106
San Bernadino, Calif.

.224
San Francisco, Calif.

.220
San Juan Hill, Battle of. Spanish-
American War

.104
San Juan Hill. Spanish-American
War

. 104, 106, 108
San Juan Hill. Rough Riders at

San Juan Hill, Spanish-American
War

..106

Sanders, George A.

49
Sanders, Lewis

129
Sanders, Mary J.

.129
Sanders, Sarah Antoinette.
Sandham, Lydia E.

.129
Sandham, (Mrs.) W. R..

..213
Sangamon Co., Ill.

.31, 46, 111, 112, 141, 143, 210, 227
Foot-note

57
Sangamon Co., Ill. Bar Associa-
tion. Foot-note

57
Sangamon Co., Ill. Court House.. 46
Sangamon Co., Ill. Illinois Canal

Scrip Fraud. Report of evidence
in investigation by the grand

jury. Sangamon Co., Ill., 1859..210
Sangamon Co., Ill. Organized, Jan.
1821

. 141
Sangamon Co., Ill. Power. John

Carroll. History of Sangamon

Co., Ill. Quoted. Foot-note..... 57
Sangamon Co., Ill. Wallace, Jo-

seph A. M. History of Sangamon

Co., Ill. Quoted. Foot-note..... 57
Santiago, Capitulation of, Spanish-
American War

.104
Sapp, (Mrs.) Fred A.

..208
Savage, Charles..

.158, 162, 180
Savage, Charles. Early settler of
Quincy, Ill.

158, 162, 180
Savage, Edward

.158, 180
Savage Family

.183
Savannah, Ga.

94
Savannah River, Georgia..

94
Sawyer. Farm near Hillsboro, Ill.. 67
Saybrook, Ill.

: 229
Scandinavians. Immigration to the
United States

99
Schley, Winfield Scott. Naval com-

mander, Spanish-American War. 106
Schmidt, (Dr.) Otto L. Member of

the Board of Trustees, Illinois

State Historical Library.. .148
Schmidt, (Dr.) Otto L. President

of the Illinois State Historical
Society

VI, 149
Schmidt, (Mrs.) Otto L.

.150
Schroll, Eli

.132
Schryver, (Mrs.) Jessie..

202
Schurz, Carl

.167
Schwab, Frederick

.129
Scotch Highlanders settle in the
Colony of Georgia..

94
Scotch-Irish settle in North Caro-
lina

94
Scott Co., Ill.

32

45