The First Irish in Illinois

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Excerpt from The First Irish in Illinois: Reminiscent of Old Kaskaskia Days, Before the Illinois State Historical Society at Its Third Annual Convention at Jacksonville, January 23 and 24, 1902 At the kind invitation of some of the officers of the Illinois St:!!e Historical Society, this paper was written. It was an afterthought on my part to have it published in this little brochure, thinking that in this form those who may not have the leisure to go through many researches for the information here gleaned, might like to learn something of the important part taken by the Irish element in the exploring, settling and development of the great West. We of Irish birth and lineage should endeavor to get our proper place in the history of the country's achievements. At every stage of it eventful history. whether in the peaceful conquests of its trackless forests and prairie.s to civilization, or on land and sea in the assertion and defense of its liberty and integrity, the Irish element have stood shoulder to shoulder with others of their fellow-citizens in the good work. It is not only a pardonable pride but a praiseworthy duty on our part to rescue from oblivion and have compiled into history for the truthful information of posterity the noble deeds of our ancestors, whether as pioneers, explorers or patriots, in this great American republic of ours. 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.