Reminiscences of pioneer life in Illinois.

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Reminiscences of pioneer life in Illinois.

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Author unknown but a member of the McLaren family from Scotland who came early and settled in Cass and Schuyler Counties in west central Illinois near Beardstown. Possibly William Riley McLaren.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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