Transcriber's Notes
Minor punctuation typos have been silently corrected. Retained author's spelling preferences except for the following changes:
Page [119]: Removed duplicate "of."
(Orig: behind the trees, and dodging out of of sight if they)
Page [125]: Switched "to" and "too."
(Orig: it was to late too cross the river that night.)
Page [168]: Changed "Massachusets" to "Massachusetts."
(Orig: from Massachusets, by the name of Hiram Wilson,)
Page [169]: Changed "settlememt" to "settlement."
(Orig: delegates from every settlememt of blacks)