Selling location

"Deals with published advertisements used to sell lots in newly founded Illinois towns during the single largest town founding boom in the history of the state. Topics include arguments about location used to sell new towns, the process of town founding, town site promotion, and the advertising new towns. The monograph summarizes advertisements for over one hundred new towns. It also includes a list of town founders for twenty-nine counties and a complete list of all towns platted during this period."--Order form.