Transcriber’s Notes:
A number of typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Irregularities in the salutations and signature blocks of the letters have been normalized to a single form.
Words and phrases with different spacing or hyphenation have been normalized into a single form.
Archaic spellings have been retained.
Variability in case of "boy" when used as a proper noun have been standardized to upper.
Cover image is in the public domain.
Mismatched ending quotes for nested quotes have not been changed.
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