Transcriber’s Note:

Punctuation has been standardised.

The following is a list of changes made to the original text. The first line is the original text, the second the passage as currently stands.

• Page 24:
  her mammouth resources in dealing
  her mammoth resources in dealing
• Page 35:
  disbanding for good of
  disbanding for the good of
• Page 110:
  concerning miltary matters
  concerning military matters
• Page 154:
  was the the first long-term
  was the first long-term
• Page 164:
  Ebenzer W. Stone, Jr.,
  Ebenezer W. Stone, Jr.,
• Page 180:
  Taylor, Zachery, 37.
  Taylor, Zachary, 37.