Transcriber's note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Page 41: " without the protection or counteance" ... "counteance" has been replaced with "countenance".
Page 48: "I had communicated to you unequivocally, before the 15th of December, 1824, my determition to vote for Mr. Adams" ... "determition" has been changed to "determination".
Page 162: " merely because they had owed they situations to some (whig) nobleman" ... the second "they" has been changed to "their".
Page 283: "for the gallant veterans of the Revotion" ... "Revotion" has been changed to "Revolution".
Page 375: " $2,850 for 01,000 copies of 'Gallatin on Banking,'" ... 01,1000 has been changed to 10,000.
Page 442, 443: "Mr. B. did not think it necessary to descant and expatiate upon the merits and advantages" of a gold currency." ... The word "descant" was very unclear and was inserted in the hope that it is the word intended by the author.
Page 548: "necessity for a new committee to examine that" ... the word "that" is unclear, and could possibly be "the".