Foreword 



his religious and political inclinings color his impres- 

 sions of country and people. There is evidence on 

 every page, hovs^ever, that he was moved by a sincere 

 purpose to be truthful and just, and he helps not a 

 little to a fuller and more accurate knowledge of a 

 confused and troubled period in our history. The 

 editor has conformed the author's spelling of proper 

 names to present usages, and has added such notes 

 as seemed necessary to make certain of his allusions 

 clear to the average reader. 



R. R. W. 



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