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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 5, changed “put in a bureau, or of drawers” to “put in a bureau, or chest of drawers”. 2. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.