Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Table of Contents Pg viii: ‘the word “Ava” on’ replaced by ‘the word “_Ava_” on’. Pg 11: ‘R. Mc. Crea.’ replaced by ‘R. McCrea.’. Pg 35: ‘unqualified appprobation’ replaced by ‘unqualified approbation’. Pg 39: separate sidenotes for 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 have been replaced by one sidenote ‘1844 to 1847’. Pg 62: ‘Your have sent me’ replaced by ‘You have sent me’. Pg 78: ‘fith regiment was’ replaced by ‘fifth regiment was’. Pg 96: ‘in Jauuary 1810’ replaced by ‘in January 1810’.