Missing punctuation has been added and obvious punctuation errors have been corrected.

Archaic words and misspellings have been retained with the exception of those listed below.

Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained.

Page 9: le => Le (Among the later arrivals were the Le Blancs).

Page 10: menitoned => mentioned (Forebear of the sculptor mentioned previously).

Page 49: pevailed => prevailed (There disorder prevailed).

Page 53: gods => goods (Bearing a nation, with all its household goods).

Page 84: throbing => throbbing (Thousands of throbbing hearts).