Missing punctuation has been added and obvious punctuation
errors have been corrected.
Archaic spellings and typographical errors have been retained with
the exception of those listed below.
Page 9: "bee" changed to "be" (to be approved by an able surveyor).
Page 21: "thiry-one" changed to "thirty-one" (one thousand seven
hundred and thirty-one).
Page 39: "an" changed to "a" (he made a large purchase of silver).
Page 55: deleted duplicate "as" (as I have the satisfaction to).
Footnote 123: incorrectly references Footnote 115. This has
been corrected to reference Footnote 66.
Footnote 140: "Geneaological" changed to "Genealogical" (Tyler's
Quarterly Historical Genealogical Magazine).
Page 88: "18-century" changed to "18th-century" (we can find no
exact parallel in the 18th-century America).
Page 96: "expance" changed to "expanse" (a small gilded cupola to
break the long expanse of the roof).
Page 124, Illustration caption: "plan" changed to "pan" (a, milk
pan).
Page 135: "homogenous" changed to "homogeneous" (thus making
possible a homogeneous white body).
Page 144: "18-century" changed to "18th-century" (that 18th-century
China-trade porcelain sherds).
Page 154: "chows" changed to "shows" (from a long-stemmed cordial
glass shows the termini).
Page 154: "somprised" changed to "comprised" (threads that were
comprised in a double enamel-twist).
Page 169, illustration caption: "probaby" changed to "probably" (b,
chain, probably from whiffletree).
Page 173: "expecially" changed to "especially" (especially as the
few 17th-century artifacts).
Page 178: "acitvity" changed to "activity" (the rigid boundar to
domestic activity).
Page 178: "apparrently" changed to "apparently" (perhaps the bar
apparently were located to the north.)
Page 188: "romall" changed to "Romal" for consistency (To 1 Romall
handkerchief).
Page 188: "handkercheif" changed to "handkerchief" (To 1 silk Romall
handkerchief).
Page 190: "handkercheifs" changed to "handkerchiefs" (To 4 Soosey
handkerchiefs).
Page 209: "curran" changed to "currant" (Wild currant).
Page 217: "Fallmouth" changed to "Falmouth" (Falmouth (Virginia)).
Page 217: "Grorge" changed to "George" (George Mercer Papers
Relating to).