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Note from page 482: 1. Vincent Bogue of Springfield sponsored the trip of the Talisman up the Sangamon River in April 1832.

Note from page 482: 2. See §§56, 101.

Note from page 482: 3. For other versions of this story, see §§259, 343.

Note from page 482: 4. There were a number of Watkins families in the New Salem area. See §282, where R. B. Rutledge tells a similar story of AL and Ab Trout.