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They went to all that trouble, and spelled Illinois wrong on the address label?

• simonholroyd 14y ago
  This stuck out to me too, but some googling of "Illonois" brings up a lot of census records from 1930 using that spelling. I can't find any concrete confirmation but maybe it's intentional and accurate?
  • qznc 14y ago
    Wikipedia says "'Illinois' is the modern spelling for the early French missionaries and explorers' name for the Illinois people, a name that was spelled in many different ways in the early records." and references http://www.illinoisprairie.info/Eriniouaj.htm http://www.illinoisprairie.info/Eriniouaj.htm
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