FOOTNOTES:
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved. Unmatched quotation marks were left as printed.
Page 107: "1872" possibly should be 1782.
Page 309: "Hampdon Sidney" possibly should be "Hampden Sydney."
Various references to Newcastle or New Castle, Delaware have been left as printed.
All illustrations except the frontispiece have been moved to their references in the text.