INTRODUCTORY. 
When these letters were written it was without 
the slightest idea that they would ever be printed, nor 
is their printing at present done for eyes other than 
those of relatives and intimate friends of the writers. 
The work of the editor was one merely of collating, 
the original manuscripts being placed at his disposal ; 
the omissions, indicated by asterisks, are concerning 
matters of trifling importance, the last vestige of in- 
terest in which has been lost by the lapse of time. 
Chas. A. Shriner. 
Paterson, N. J., June 15, 1913. 
