Morris Birkbeck
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Born January 1, 1764
Died January 1, 1825 (61 years old)
United States
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Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois
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Letters from Illinois
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Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825) was a political ‘radical’ who emigrated from England to Illinois in 1817 with George Flowers to establish a colony of English emigrant farmers. They bought 26,000 acres in Edwards County, calling it the English Prairie Settlement, and also laid out the town of Albion. Birkbeck was a progressive farmer, and organized the Agricultural Society of Illinois. For this book, Birkbeck collected a number of letters that he had written to acquaintances in England, providing information about Illinois and encouraging them to come to the English Prairie. The book was very widely read in Great Britain, and was also translated into German and French.
Pictures of Illinois one hundred years ago
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Notes on a journey through France, from Dieppe through Paris and Lyons, to the Pyrennees, and back through Toulouse, in July, August and September, 1814, describing the habits of the people, and the agriculture of the country
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