29-2Public LandsResolution of the Illinois Legis. [495] On the "Illinois campaign" of
1778-79 against the British and Indians.1847-3

Senate Document No. 174, 29th Congress, 2nd Session (1847)

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29th CoNGREss, 2d Session. [SENATE.] RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF ILLINOIS, IN FAVOR OF [ 174] .fie adjustment and payment of claims for aid and ad-vances fur1tished by iadi1Jidnals to the expeditiun under General George Rogers Clark, in 1778-'79, known as the "Illinois campaign." FEBRUARY 22, 1847. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Whereas, during the e'l{pedition under General George Rogers Clark, in the years 1778 and 1779, known as the "Illinois campaign," the forces under him :suffered so great privations and encountered such difficulties as promised to render abortive the purposes thereof; and whereas nothing but the aid and advances of certain individuals then resident in the territory-among whom none acted more patriotically and generously than Francis V1go and the ancient inhabitants of Kas-kaskia-rescued the troops from disaster and probable destruction, and secured to the State of Virginia a successful consummation of the pur-poses of the campaign ; and whereas Virginia has "heretofore audited and allowed" the claims preferred against her on account of the aforesaid ad-lances, the payment of which has devolved upon the United States by 'Yirtue of the cession of the country then rescued from the armed occupatien of the English and Indians combined; and whereas the United States, ~otwltl13tanding their legal and equitable obligation to liquidate the said claims having, at repeated investigations through committees in Congress, acknowledged the validity thereof, have neglected to discharge the same, gh there now remains no reasonable excuse for further delay in their adjustment and payment, the government having already received millions of dollars from the sale of the lands acquired in the aforementioned cession fi'om Virginia; on which said claims were and are subsisting equitable liens; and no reason now being offered for such delay by any save that based upon the antiquity of such claims, a reason addressing itself only to a mind unwilling to perform an act of justice and unworthy the regard of a high-minded and grateful nation and government: therefore, 1. Be it resolved by the people of the State of lllinois represented in the General Assembly, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use all proper exertions to secure the early adjustment and payment of all such claims as are comprehended within the &etms of the foregoing preamble . . 2. Resolved, 'l'hat the governor be respectfully requested to transmit to llitchie & Heiss, printers. [ 174] 2 our Senators and Representatives in Congre'3s, at as early a day as prac · cable, a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. NEWTON CLOUD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOSEPH B. WELLS, Originated in the Senate. Speaker of the Senate. H. W. MOORE, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. I, Horace S. Cooley, secretary of State, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the otiginal preamble and resolutions on file in my office, Witness my hand at Spring'field, this 8th day of February, 1847. . a.s. COOLE~ Secretary '/ /State • • 

Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the adjustment and payment of claims for aid and advances furnished by individuals to the expedition under General George Rogers Clark, in 1778-'79, known as the "Illinois Campaign.".

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Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the adjustment and payment of claims for aid and advances furnished by individuals to the expedition under General George Rogers Clark, in 1778-'79, known as the "Illinois Campaign.".

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