Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Formatting
and hyphenation have been standardized.
In the original, the name McClung was spelled with a “c” (with a dot
underneath it). Here “c” is a superscript. Also, the original was
missing many of the spaces between words or abbreviations. These have
been added in this version.
Spelling has been retained as originally published except for the
changes below.
Page 5: “at Maryville, Ten.,” “at Maryville, Tenn.,”
Page 22: “A consise compendium” “A concise compendium”
Page 32: “of Jonas Abrahan” “of Jonas Abraham”
Page 34: “vol. Xth, Wisconsin” “vol. X, Wisconsin”
Page 50: “John Hopkins press” “Johns Hopkins press”
Page 60: “war of the revlution” “war of the revolution”
Page 66: “E. Ten., printed” “E. Tenn., printed”
Page 72: “l'historie naturelle” “l'histoire naturelle”
Page 79: “_N. Y., Apleton_” “_N. Y., Appleton_”
Page 80: “Milledgville, Ga.” “Milledgeville, Ga.”
Page 92: “in alaphetical order” “in alphabetical order”
Page 125: “prominent Tennesseeans” “prominent Tennesseans”
Page 161: “Trigentennial record of” “Tricentennial record of”
Page 174: “Lee, Athur” “Lee, Arthur”