MISSOURI AS IT IS IN 1867.

COMMENDATIONS.

INDORSEMENT BY THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.

We take pleasure in recommending "Parker's Illustrated Historical Gazetteer" to all who desire information in regard to Missouri.

From personal examination of the manuscript, and from the indorsement of those who are familiar with the different portions of the State therein represented, we feel assured that it is authentic and reliable, and believe that a work of this kind, prepared with the care and attention the author has given this, will supply the increasing demand for a COMPLETE GAZETTEER OF MISSOURI, embracing, as it does, a history of the Territory and State from its first actual settlement (upwards of a century and a half ago) to the present time, and a full description of the State, at large, and by counties, showing its topography, geological formations, mineral wealth, agricultural resources, and commercial advantages, and the most important statistics of every portion of the State, together with many thrilling incidents of the pioneer history of Missouri. By the publication of this Gazetteer the author will accomplish a work worthy of the approval and support of the people of Missouri.

[The above was signed by the former Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Clerk of Supreme Court, Superintendent of Common Schools, President Board of Public Works, Secretary of the Senate, and Attorney-General.]

INDORSEMENT BY THE SENATE.

By the Senate the following complimentary resolution, indorsing this work, was unanimously passed:

"Resolved, That we highly approve of and appreciate the labors of Mr. N. H. Parker in the preparation of his Illustrated Historical State Gazetteer, and from the care he has taken to collect reliable information and authentic accounts of the many interesting incidents in our early history, and his faithful exposition of the social and moral, as well as the physical, commercial, and industrial resources of the State, we cordially commend this work to the patronage of all those desiring information respecting the past history and present condition of Missouri; and that, by the publication of his Gazetteer, the author will conibute much to the development of the various resources of the State, and will merit the support of every one interested in Missouri."