Something cool to me. Samuel R. Brown (1775-1817) published ‘The Western Gazetteer’ (1817) which contained the first mention in print of my hometown area. He wrote that the settlers of the area expected the Illinois capital to be located there soon–which it was. Two years earlier, Brown published a history of the War of 1812—and the first of my ancestors to settle my hometown area (in 1829) was a veteran of that war. Just a fun little connection. http://famousamericans.net/samuelrbrown/
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