Willard C. MacNaul

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Sketch of James Lemen Lemen's Relations

NOTE

II. PECK'S HISTORY OF THE JEFFERSON-LEMEN COMPACT

VII. STATEMENT REGARDING JOSEPH B. LEMEN

REFERENCES

[Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained.]

The Jefferson-Lemen Compact

The Relations of
Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen
in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois
and the Northwest Territory
with Related Documents
1781-1818

A Paper read before the
Chicago Historical Society
February 16, 1915

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