In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York, in the year 1844.

TO THE

MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

PRESENT AND FUTURE,

IN HOPES THAT THE SAME MAY BE USEFUL TO THEM, OR TO SOME OF THEM,

The following Work is respectfully Dedicated

BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.