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Memoir of the Northern Kingdom (manuscript draft)

Memoir of the Northern Kingdom (manuscript draft) Manuscript

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    Manuscript by William Jenks, circa 1808

    Dimensions of manuscript pages vary; pages 1-2: 32.4 cm x 18.6 cm, pages 3-4: 32.4 cm x 19.1 cm, pages 5-6: 16.2 cm x 12.8 cm, pages 7-8: 13.6 cm x 15.8 cm

    From the Henry F. Jenks papers [filed at 1 Sept 1808]


    This piece was written by Rev. William Jenks (1778-1866) around 1808 and was published as a 48-page pamphlet. It presents a counterfactual history,  that describes how the United States came to be dissolved into a French-dominated imperial South, a British/Canadian-controlled New England under a British viceroy, and the Illinois Republick (the last bastion of democratic government in America).

    Suggested Additional Readings

    See also: Online presentation of the full published pamphlet (courtesy of the Internet Archive).

    See also:  MHS's online presentation of the title page and page 35 of the published pamphlet.