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may interest the reader of this book to know that nearly all these letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed. A few have been carefully copied, but without alteration, from the worn and torn originals. In some letters, passages have been omitted on account of private or personal references. Otherwise, the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections. R. W. E. 12 May, 1865.