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• Peoria (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Peoria (Ill.) -- Biography
• Peoria (Ill.) -- Church history
• St. Paul's Parish (Peoria, Ill.) -- History

• Early days of Peoria and Chicago; an address read before the Chicago Historical Society at a quarterly meeting held January 19, 1904 ([Chicago, 1904), by David McCulloch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of St. Paul's parish, embodying numerous reminiscences of the social and political life of the town of Peoria, Illinois, from 1834 to 1882. Church events - 1882-1928, briefly sketched in appendix. (Morrison B. Bourland, 1929), by Benjamin Cowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pioneers of Illinois, containing a series of sketches relating to events that occurred previous to 1813; also narratives of many thrilling incidents connected with the early settlement of the West, drawn from history, tradition and personal reminiscences. (Knight & Leonard, printers, 1882), by N. Matson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Peoria directory, for 1844: containing an account of the early discovery of the country, with a history of the town, down to the present time ... and much other statistical information ... (Printed for the author, 1844), by Simeon De Witt Drown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Peoria, Illinois. (Printed by N.C. Nason, 1870), by Charles Ballance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eine populäre geschichte der stadt Peoria. (Peoria, Ill., 1906), by Frederick Bodo Bess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria city and county, Illinois : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (S. J. Clarke, 1912), by James M. Rice and S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief history of Peoria. (s.n., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria of to-day with Peoria blue book directory, 1915 (National Writers of History, 1915), by Edward L. Richter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria and the state capital. ([Peoria?, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pioneers of Illinois containing a series of sketches relating to events that occured previous to 1813 ; also narratives of many thrilling incidents connected with the early settlement of the West, drawn from history, tradition and personal reminiscences (Knight & Leonard, printers, 1882), by N. Matson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria city and county, Illinois : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (Brookhaven Press, 2001), by James Montgomery Rice (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abraham Lincoln in Peoria, Illinois (Privately printed by Edward J. Jacob, 1924), by Byron Cloyd Bryner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of early Peoria : including Indian stories (O.B. Slane, 1933), by Odillon B. Slane (page images at HathiTrust)
• The schools and the teachers of early Peoria (Brookhaven Press, 2001), by Hubert Wetmore Wells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of Peoria County (Bell & Howell Co., 1967), by David McCulloch, Paul Selby, and Newton Bateman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Love's labor. ([s.n.], 1906), by Peoria Ladies' Memorial Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• Peoria of to-day with Peoria blue book directory, 1915 (National Writers of History, 1915), by Edward L. Richter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The inhabitants of three French villages at Peoria, Illinois; a directory: old Peoria, 1765 to 1796, La Ville de Maillet, 1778 to 1812, Trading house, after 1812. (Peoria Historical Press, 1933), by Ernest Edward East (page images at HathiTrust)
• In memory of Rev. E. Frank Howe. ([H.S. Hill Print. Co.], 1888), by Elijah Franklin Howe (page images at HathiTrust)

• History, reports, membership from beginning and memership [sic] on June 1, 1910 (The Duroc Press, 1910), by First Congregational Church (Peoria (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Story of St. Paul's parish, embodying numerous reminiscences of the social and political life of the town of Peoria, Illinois, from 1834 to 1882. Church events - 1882-1928, briefly sketched in appendix. (Morrison B. Bourland, 1929), by Benjamin Cowell (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Abraham Lincoln's speech at Peoria, Illinois [Oct. 16, 1854] in reply to Senator Douglas. Seven numbers of the Illinois daily journal, Springfield, Oct. 21, 23-28, 1854. (E. J. Jacob, 1952), by Abraham Lincoln and Edward J. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria; its business, its resources, and attractions. (H.S. Hill Printing Company, 1887), by Peoria Peoria Improvement Association and Arthur H. Rugg (page images at HathiTrust)
• 99 questions and answers on public low-rent housing in Peoria. (Peoria Housing Authority, 1940), by Peoria (Ill.). Housing authority (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The revised ordinances of the city of Peoria, Illinois : to which are prefixed, the charter of the city of Peoria, and the several amendments thereto (W. Cockle, 1851), by Peoria (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Peorian : official organ of the Peoria Association of Commerce. (Peoria, Ill. : [s.n.], 1911), by Peoria Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria commerce. (Peoria Association of Commerce., 1917), by Peoria (Ill.). Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report ... ([Peoria, Ill.], 1911), by Peoria Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

• A brief history of Peoria. (s.n., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria of to-day with Peoria blue book directory, 1915 (National Writers of History, 1915), by Edward L. Richter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria illustrated, 1893 : showing resources, progress, and growth of its manufacturing, mercantile, and financial interests : historical, biographical, statistical. (Peoria Transcript, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A descriptive account of the city of Peoria, combining a sketch of its early history, together with a view of its present business, manufactories, &c., &c., &c. (Transcript book and job printing establishment, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Peoria directory, for 1844: containing an account of the early discovery of the country, with a history of the town, down to the present time ... and much other statistical information ... (Printed for the author, 1844), by Simeon De Witt Drown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Root's Peoria city directory ... (O.E. Root, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria city directory, Peoria, Ill. (R. L. Polk & Co., between 1000 and 1999) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Industrial resources survey of metropolitan Peoria. 1 (Peoria Association of Commerce, 1950), by Peoria Peoria Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Bibliography of Peoria Imprints, 1835-1860 (reprinted from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1934), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The First Printing in Peoria, Illinois (Chicago: Ludlow Typograph Co., 1929), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)

• Industrial Peoria (J.W. Franks and Sons, 1924), by Leroy E. Roark (page images at HathiTrust)

• Allen's New atlas of the city and vicinity of Peoria, Ills., compiled from plats on records and official surveys (Allen ;, 1888), by Daniel B. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allen's new atlas of the city and vicinity of Peoria, Ills. (Peoria, 1893), by Daniel B. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Peoria daily market reporter. (H.S. Hill, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Revised ordinances of the city of Peoria, Illinois (Brown-Williams, 1910), by Peoria (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws and ordinances of the city of Peoria, Illinois (J.W. Franks, 1892), by Peoria (Ill.) and Wilbert I. Slemmons (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual report. ([Peoria, 18 -19, in the 19th century), by Peoria (Ill.). Park Board (page images at HathiTrust)

• Test of high duty pumping plant under ordinary working conditions : a paper presented at the Springfield meeting of the Illinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors, January 27, 28, 29, 1897. ([Illinois, 1897), by Dabney Herndon Maury (page images at HathiTrust)

• Views of Peoria and vicinity (L.H. Nelson Co., 1908), by L.H. Nelson Company, W.G. Putnam & Company, and Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peoria song book. (Published and printed for free distribution by Edward J. Jacob, 1923), by H. F. Reese and Edward J. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great middle West; the world's center of production and consumption. Peoria, the central city ... (Publicity Committee of the Peoria Assoc. of Commerce, 1912), by Peoria Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shall the city of Peoria, Illinois, adopt the managerial form of municipal government? : council-manager plan. (Public Affairs Council, Peoria Association of Commerce, 1951), by Peoria (Ill.). Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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