1. Letter from James Madison to George Nicholas, May 17, 1788. Page 1

2. Title page from Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy : proved by a speech, delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky. David Rice, 1804. Title page

3. "Map of part of the United States of North America, with the territory of the Illinois on the Ohio, particularly designed to illustrate Birkbeck's Journey," from Notes on a journey in America : from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois. Morris Birkbeck. 1818. Page 164

4. Land-Office Treasury Warrant no. 232 for Peter Hog. December 4, 1779. Page 1

5. Frontispiece from Memoirs of mammoth, and various other extraordinary and stupendous bones, of incognita, or non-descript animals. Thomas Ashe. 1806. Frontispiece.

6. "French habitation in the country of the Illinois," plate 21 from A journey in North America, containing a survey of the countries watered by the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, and other affluing rivers. Originally published in 1826. Plate 21

7. "Indian from the nation of the Kaskaskia," plate 20 from A journey in North America, containing a survey of the countries watered by the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, and other affluing rivers. Originally published in 1826. Plate 20

8. Engraving of Isaac Shelby from the painting by Matthew Harris Jouett. Isaac Shelby

9. "Great horned owl" from The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon. Plate LXL. [Selected plates and text related to the region were digitized from this work.]