American Adventures: A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'

FOOTNOTES

[1] From "Historic Towns of the Southern States."

[2] See chapter on Colonel Taylor and General Lee.

[3] The Merrimac, originally a Federal vessel of wooden construction, was sunk by the Union forces when they abandoned Norfolk. A Confederate captain, John M. Brooke, raised her, equipped her with a ram, and covered her with boiler plate and railroad rails. She is called the first ironclad. While she was being reconstructed John Ericsson was building his Monitor in New York. The turret was first used on this vessel. It is worth noting that at the time of the engagement between these two ships the Monitor was not the property of the Federal Government, but belonged to C.S. Bushnell, of New Haven, who built her at his own expense, in spite of the opposition of the Navy Department of that day. The Government paid for her long after the fight. It should also be noted that the Merrimac did not fight under that name, but as a Confederate ship had been rechristened Virginia. The patriotic action of Mr. Bushnell is recalled by the fact that, only recently, Mr. Godfrey L. Cabot, of Boston, has agreed to furnish funds to build the torpedoplane designed by Admiral Fiske as a weapon wherewith to attack the German fleet within its defenses at Kiel.

Transcriber's Notes

Page 82: changed "Ridgleys" to "Ridgelys" (of present Ridgelys)

Page 83: changed "her serious, eyes" to "her serious eyes"

Page 138: Added missing word "we" (said as we were about to leave)

Page 161: removed hyphen from "one-course" (prescribed one course)

Page 169: changed "not" to "now" (now know that I did)

Page 172: added missing quotation mark (such a long telegram.")

Page 209: changed "Virgina" to "Virginia" (in Virginia, save,)

Page 217: changed "it" to "in" (harm in it)

Page 217: added missing quotation mark (raised with niggers around him."")

Page 245: removed superfluous quotation marks from end of two lines
(Yass, Jedge, drunk. Always drunk.)
(he come so fast he untook the do' off'n de hinges; den 'e begins--")

Page 283: added missing quotation mark (you very definitely don't.")

Page 287: changed "Okrakoke" to "Ocracoke" (legend around Okracoke)

Page 295: changed "seem" to "see" (them to see him)

Page 328: changed "new York" to "New York" (New York "Sun,")

Page 334: changed "coffe" to "coffee" (coffee, hot and iced.)

Page 355: changed "maried" to "married" (were married in the dining room)

Page 438: changed "corporaton" to "corporation" (corporation I have scandalously)

Page 449: changed "constructon" to "construction" (With the construction)

Page 450: changed "conversatons" to "conversations" and "wth" to "with" (telephonic conversations with a)

Page 453: changed "objectons" to "objections" (brushed aside our objections.)

Page 514: changed " to ' ("'Yes,' said Ed.)

Page 518: added missing quotation mark (town in the Southwest.")

Page 521: changed "repreduction" to "reproduction" (is a photographic reproduction)

Page 527: changed "crusing" to "cruising" (was still cruising in the South)

Page 528: added missing word "a" (officer of a naval vessel.)

Page 532: changed "stading" to "standing" (and silver standing on the)

Page 538: added missing word "ago" (years ago he conducted)

Page 542: added missing quotation mark (innumerable squirrels.")

Page 590: changed "redout" to "redoubt" (last redoubt held)

Page 631: changed "hardly" to "hardy" (hardy pioneers from Canada,)

Page 640: added missing ) ("mosquito bar.") The)

Page 649: changed "This, situation is" to "This situation is" (This situation is)

Page 649: changed "may" to "my" (it was my chance)

Page 655: added missing quotation mark (the Jolly Roger.")

Page 657: changed "well-know" to "well-known" (too well-known "Last)

Page 669: changed "is" to "it" (that it bears the relation)

Page 670: changed "that" to "than" (even than the pageants)

Page 734: changed "coconut" to "cocoanut" in image caption (palm fronds of the cocoanut grove,)

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