Excerpt from Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1907: Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield, Ill;, January 24 25, 1907 The arrangements of Lafayette's Visit by the townspeople seemed to have been very informal, but the warmth and sincerity of the wel come made up for what was lacking in formality. At Colonel Edgar's a reception was held. The colonel ordered all the doors and windows of his residence left open, that the citizens might have a good view of the distinguished guest. 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.