Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wilkins” in chapter 15, page 224 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:
... English merchandise came burdened with the cost of land carriage from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt. The British Navigation Acts spread their baleful influence over the western Prairies.
In November, Wilkins , the new Commandant in Illinois, following suggestions from Gage, appointed seven civil Judges to decide local controversies;
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