Excerpt from History of the English Settlement in Edwards County: Illinois, Founded in 1817 and 1818, by Morris Birkbeck and George Flower It Is replete with incidents In the lives Of Governor Edward Coles, Moms birkbeck, George Flower, and others of that noble band who fought out the battle of freedom In our State In 1823 - 4 In the Interest of the history Of the State, and In justice to the memory of Mr Flower, who so generously pre sented It to the society, I think It should be pubhshed I will cheerfully defray the expense Yours, very truly. 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.