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State Department MSS., No. 150, Vol. III., p. 89. Do Harmar's letter. State Department MSS, No 30, p 453. Memorial of François Carbonneaux, agent for the inhabitants of the Illinois country. Dec 8, 1784. The population had decreased during the Revolutionary war, so that at its outbreak there were probably altogether a thousand families.
But as all observers seem to unite in stating that the settlements either stood still or went backwards during the Revolutionary struggle, it is somewhat difficult to reconcile the figures of Hamilton and Carbonneaux. In the Haldimand MSS., Series B, Vol. 122, p. 3, the letter of M. Ste. State Department MSS., No. 48, p. 51. Do. State Department MSS., No. 48, p. 41.
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