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Excerpt from The Transition in Illinois From British to American Government
The materials upon which it is based are indicated in the footnotes and bibliography. I desire to express my obliga tions to Dr. C. E. Carter of Illinois College, who courteously allowed me to examine a part of his manuscript of a work on British administration in Illinois. That monograph has been awarded the Justin Winsor Prize of the American Historical Association for 1908, and will be published in due time. I gladly take this opportunity to record my indebted ness to Professor William R. Shepherd of Columbia Uni versity, under whose instruction I began the study of historyviii preface.
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