Transcriber’s Notes:
Reading edition
Punctuation and spelling were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error. Inconsistent hyphenation was retained as there are numerous authors. The punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as follows:
“tha the” changed to “that he” on page 292. (it is essential that he present)
“Ithink” changed to “I think” on page 312. (I think it will be great benefit)
“Taladega” changed to “Talladega” in the entry for Hubbardston on page 315.
Ditto marks in tables were replaced with the text they represent, in order to help the text line up properly in all media.