After death of Alida’s father:
“at the commencement of the ensuing spring”
Theodore returns
[Alida: Sources]
Abbreviated titles of the most frequently cited works are given here in boldface. Unless otherwise noted, the quoted edition was picked simply because it was the most readily available; it may or may not have been the edition used by the author. All [sic] notations were added by the transcriber; all brackets in Alonzo and Melissa are in the original.
Sources that are used only once are identified as they occur in the text.
Non-Fiction
Karl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Travels through North America, during the years 1825 and 1826. Translation published 1828. “Travels”
Chapters XXIV-XXVII inclusive, except the poetry, are taken from this book. See beginning of [chapter XXIV] for more information.
John Warner Barber: Interesting Events in the History of the United States ... (exact title varies). First edition 1827; later editions include 1828 and 1834, with reprints of each. Details of wording point to the 1828 edition as the source.