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  1. Ardrey, R.L., American Agricultural Implements, A Review of Invention & Development, Chicago, 1894
  2. Bay, W.V.N., Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri, F.H. Thomas & Co., St. Louis, 1878.
  3. Beckwith, Paul, Creoles of St. Louis, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., St. Louis, 1893.
  4. Belote, Theodore Thomas, The Scioto speculation and the French settlement at Gallipolis, New York , B. Franklin,1907.
  5. The Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Other Missouri Cities: Biographical Sketches, American Biographical Pub. Co., 1884.
  6. Bent, Allen H., The Bent Family in America, Being mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent, Boston, 1900.
  7. Billon, Frederic L., Annals of St. Louis in its Early Days Under the French & Spanish Dominations, St. Louis, 1886.
  8. Billon, Frederic L., Annals of St. Louis in its Territorial Days From 1804 to 1821, St. Louis, 1888.
  9. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, J.M. Armstrong & Co., Cincinnati, 1878.
  10. Blackmar, Frank Wilson, Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions ... Chicago, 1912.
  11. The Book of St. Louisans, ed. John W. Leonard, The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, 1906.
  12. Boyd, Julia P., ed., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 27 vols, .Princeton University Press, 1950.
  13. Brown, Dee, The American West, Scribner, 1994.
  14. Brackenridge, H. M, Recollections of Persons and Places in the West, Philadelphia: J. Kay, Jr. and Bro., 1834.
  15. Brown, John Howard, ed., The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. IV, Boston, 1904.
  16. Bryan, Wm. S. and Robert Rose, A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri . . . Relating to Early Days in Missouri, Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, 1876.
  17. Burnham, Roderick Henry, Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham, the Emigrant..., Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1880.
  18. Caller, James M. & Ober, Mrs. M.A., Genealogy of the Desecendants of Lawrence & Cassandra Southwick of Salem, MA, J.H. Choate & Co., Salem, 1881.
  19. Chittenden, Hiram M., American Fur Trade of the Far West, Vol. 1-3, Francis P. Harper, NY, 1902.
  20. Connelley, William E. & Coulter, E.M., Ph.D., History of Kentucky, Vol. 3, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1922.
  21. Conrad, Howard L., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri Vol. III, The Southern History Co., NY; 1899.
  22. Conrad, Howard L., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri Vol. VI, The Southern History Co., NY; 1901.
  23. Cox, James, Old and New St. Louis: A Concise History ..., Central Biographical Publishing Co., St. Louis, 1894.
  24. Dacus, J.A., PH.D., & Buel, James W., A Tour of St. Louis, Western Publishing Co., Jones & Griffin, St. Louis, 1878.
  25. Dandridge, N.P., Antoine Francois Saugrain (De Vigini), Transactions of the Meeting of the American Surgical Association, 1904
  26. Darby, John F., Personal Recollections of many Prominent People I have known . . . , G.I. Jones and Co., St. Louis, 1880.
  27. Death of Major Joshua Pilcher, The Missouri Reporter, 08 June 1843 [Copy on file at Missouri Historical Society].
  28. Deere & Mansur Advertisement, The Davenport (IA) Weekly Gazette, 07 Sep 1881.
  29. Delo, David Michael, Peddlers and Post Traders: The Army Sutler on the Frontier, Kingfisher Books, 1998.
  30. de Meissner, Sophie Radford, Old Naval Days: Sketches from the Life of Rear Admiral, U. S. N.,H. Holt and Co., New York, 1920.
  31. Devoto, Bernardo, Across the Wide Missouri, Houghton Mifflin.1947.
  32. Dicks, Samuel E., Antoine Saugrain (1763-1820): A French Scientist on the American Frontier, Emporia Kansas State College, Vol. XXV, No. 1, 1976
  33. Dictionary of Missouri Biography, ed. by Christensen, Foley, Kremer, Winn, University of Missouri Press, 1999.
  34. Douglass, Robert Sidney, History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People ... Lewis Pub. Co., 1912.
  35. Dye, Eva Emery, The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, A.C. McClurg & Company, 1902.
  36. Edwards, Lewis C., History of Richardson County, Nebraska … , Indianapolis, 1917.
  37. Edwards, Richard & Hopewell, M., M.D., Edwards' Great West ...And A Complete History of St. Louis, St. Louis, 1860.
  38. Emerson, Wilimena (Eliot), Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, New Haven, CT, 1905.
  39. Ford, W. Hutson, A.M., M.D., Reports to the St. Louis Medical Society on Yellow Fever, Geo. O. Rumbold & Co., St. Louis, 1879.
  40. Franklin, Benajmin, Smyth, Albert Henry, The writings of Benjamin Franklin, The Macmillan Co., 1906.
  41. Gurley, L. B., Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Columbus, Ohio, Press of F.J. Heer, 1906.
  42. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1902.
  43. Hemans, Lawton T., History of Michigan, Hammond Publishing Co., Lansing, Michigan, 1916.
  44. Hempstead, George C., Stephen Hempstead and his Descendents, Gazette, Galena, IL, 1929.
  45. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois & History of St. Clair County, Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1907
  46. Houck, Louis, A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements, R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, 1908.
  47. Houck, Louis, The Spanish Regime in Missouri, A collection of papers and documents . . . R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, 1909.
  48. Hyde, William & Howard L. Conrad, Editors, Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, Southern History Co., NY, 1899.
  49. Ingham, John N., Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders, Westport, CT, 1983.
  50. Kennerly, Augustin, The Heiresses of Fotheringay - A Tale Founded on Fact, E.K. Woodward, St. Louis, 1856.
  51. Kennerly, William Clark & Russell, Elizabeth, Persimmon Hill: A Narrative of Old St. Louis and the Far West, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1948.
  52. The Kennerlys of Virginia, Missouri Historical Society Collections, Vol. VI No. 1, 1928.
  53. Laird, Mary A. B. Dupont, D'Andelot and Belin families, 1935.
  54. Lethem, John, Historical and Descriptive Review of St. Louis, Her Enterprising Business Houses and Progressive Men, St. Louis, 1894.
  55. Luttig, John, Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri 1812-1813, edited by Stella M. Drumm, St. Louis, MO Historical Society, 1920.
  56. Malone, Ann Patton, Slave Family and Household Structure in Nineteenth-century Louisiana, UNC Press, 1992.
  57. Mason, Edward G., Editor & President of Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Historical Collection Vol. IV, Early Chicago and Illinois, Chicago, 1890.
  58. McDermott, Francis, Gallipolis as Travelers Saw It, 1792-1811, Ohio State Archives and Hist. Quarterly XLVIII, 1939.
  59. Meigs, William Montgomery, The Life of Thomas Hart Benton, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1904.
  60. Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley: Personal and Genealogical by Federal Publishing Company, Madison, WI, 1905.
  61. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis V. Bogy ... Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, U. S. Congress, 1878.
  62. Michigan History Magazine by Michigan State Historical Society, Michigan Historical Commission, Vol. IV, 1920.
  63. Missouri Day by Day - Vol. I, ed by Floyd C. Shoemaker, State Historical Society of Missouri, 1942.
  64. Mormino, Gary Ross, Immigrants on the Hill: Italian-Americans in St. Louis, 1882–1982.
  65. National Historical Co., The History of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri, 1883.
  66. Nevin, David, 1812, Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., New York, 1996.
  67. Pilcher, Johua - Last Will & Testament (1842) and Codicil (1843), St.Louis, MO [Copy on file at the Missouri Historical Society].
  68. Pittman, Mrs. H.E. ed., Americans of Gentle Birth & Their Ancestors, Vol. 1, Baltimore, 1970.
  69. Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Clair County, Illinois, Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1892.
  70. Powers, William J., Jr., The History of the Vanderburgh Family, Lucas Dircksen Vanderburgh & Descendants, Online, Apr 2002- Dec 2007.
  71. Reavis, L.U., Saint Louis: The Future Great City of the World, Gray, Baker & Co., 1875
  72. Reynolds, John, The Pioneer History of Illinois, Fergus Printing Co., Chicago, 1887.
  73. Sandoz, Mari, The Beaver Men, Spearheads of Empire, Hasting House Publishers, 1964.
  74. Shrader, Forrest B., A History of Washington Co., Nebraska, Omaha, 1937.
  75. Spinzig, C. M.D., Cholera, The Law of its Occurrence. Non-Occurrence and its Nature, St. Louis, 1877.
  76. Stevens, Walter B., Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State), 1921.
  77. Stevens, Walter Barlow, St. Louis: The Fourth City, 1764-1911, S. J. Clarke publishing Co., 1911.
  78. Sunder, John E., Joshua Pilcher, A Fur Trader and Indian Agent, University of Oklahoma Press, 1968.
  79. The History of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri, National Historical Co.,1883.
  80. The Kentucky Society of St. Louis, Little & Becker, St. Louis, 1913.
  81. Thom, James Alexander, From Sea to Shining Sea, Ballantine Books, New York, 1984.
  82. Turner, Beatrice Clark, The Chouteau Family, A Genealogy of Descendants and Collateral Branches, 1934.
  83. Tyler, Lyon G., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Vol. I, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1915.
  84. U.S. Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Missouri, U.S. Biographical Publishing Co., 1878.
  85. Valencius, Conevery Bolton, The Health of the Country: How American Settlers Understood Themselves and their Land, NY, 2002.
  86. Violette, Eugene Morrow, A History of Missouri, 1918.
  87. Welzenbach Pilcher, Adelaide Letter to Kentucky State Historical Society, 12 Dec 1938 [Copy on file at the Kentucky State Historical Society].
  88. Walsh, Winifred E., Walsh, Erin, and Allied Families, a Genealogical Study, NY, 1954.
  89. Wendt, Edmund Charles, A Trestise on Asiatic Cholera, William Wood & Co., New York, 1885.
  90. White, James T., National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3, New York, 1894.
  91. Williams, Walter, The State of Missouri, An Autobiography, 1904.
  92. Wilson, James Grant, Fiske, John, Appleton's Cyclopędia of American Biography, NY, 1888.
  93. Woodward, Theron Royal, Dodge Genealogy - Descendants of Tristram Dodge, Chicago, 1904.
 
 

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