* * * * * Transcriber's note: Research indicates the copyright on this book was not renewed. There are many inconsistencies in the spelling of names, such as McCarty and McCarthy. Obvious printer errors have been silently normalised, except for the following: On page 25: "In the 1712 another courageous adventurer" ... A missing word was added: "In the 'year' 1712" ... Regarding the ad on page 184: The original ad in the _Genius of Liberty_ of the 14th October 1817 reads as follows: "LEESBURG JOCKEY CLUB. RACES will be run for on Wednesday the 15th October, over a handsome course near the town, A Purse of 200 Dollars, three miles and repeat, and on Thursday the 16th day, two miles and repeat A Purse of 100 Dollars, and on Friday the 17th one mile and repeat, a Town's Purse of at least $150, and on Saturday the 18th an elegant SADDLE, BRIDLE and MARTINGALE, worth at least FIFTY DOLLARS, P. SAUNDERS, sec'y & treas'r."