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Excerpt from Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1910 Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, the first Volume of which was edited by Judge Beckwith. In the year 1905, the work of publication was given a new impetus by the liberal action of the General Assembly. Prior to that date, beginning with 1899, small appropriations had been made to the library specifically for publication. In 1905, this amount was increased from to and in addition an appropriation of was made for procuring documents, papers and materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the State of Illinois. This appropriation made possible for the first time that examination of archives within and without the State without which a comprehensive policy of publication could not be carried out. For the purpose of securing the services of historical students in shaping this larger plan of publication, the board appointed an Advisory Commission regarding which further particulars will be found below. Acting on the advice of this commission, the board adopted a plan of publication in series, each series to consist usually of material belonging to a particular period in the political history of the State, as for instance, the Virginia series dealing with the period when the sovereignty in the Illinois County was claimed by the state of Virginia. In some cases, however, a topical arrangement is also provided, as in the Lincoln series. Since that date, the following volumes of the collections have been printed: Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume II, Virginia Series, Volume I, Cahokia Records, 1778-1790. Edited with introduction and notes by Clarence Walworth Alvord, of the University of Illinois, Springfield, 1907. Pp. Clvi, 663. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume III Lincoln Series, Volume I, the lincoln-douglas Debates of 1858, edited With intro duction and notes by Edwin Earle Sparks. Springfield, 1908. Pp. 627. 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.