Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Enoch Long, Vol. 2: An Illinois Pioneer The information necessary for the preparation of the work has been mainly supplied by M. H. Long, Esq., only surviving son of the subject of our sketch. Among those to whom acknowledgments are due for material supplied through him to us, are Dr. Benj. F. Long of North Alton, Ill., and Mrs. Caroline (long) Bartlett of Lawrence, Mass, surviving brother and sister, and Sarah L. Colby, St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Lucy L. Breckinridge, Alton, Ill., and Rebecca B. Long, Rochester, n.y., nieces of Enoch Long. 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.