Transcriber's Note

• The table of contents and chapter headings have been maintained as inthe original text. In the table of contents, all names (which act aschapter and section headings) are listed in alphabetical order in theformat Lastname Firstname. In Part I of the main body the chapterheadings are in the format Firstname Lastname. The section headingsin Part II are in the format Lastname Firstname.
• The position of some illustrations has been changed to better fit withthe context.
• Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriberfor reader convenience.
• In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, andcapitalization have been retained as in the original publication. Thisincludes a number of inconsistencies across the text. For example, theWhiskey Rebellion of Pennsylvania is referred to using both thespellings whiskey and whisky. Also, variations of yoemanry (yeomanry,yoemanry).
• Minor typographical errors—usually periods and commas—have beencorrected without note.
• Significant typographical errors have been corrected and are marked withdotted underlines. Place your mouse over the highlighted word and the original text willappear. A full list of these same correctionsis also available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end ofthe book.