Spelling and TypographySpelling was corrected if the mistake was clearly mechanical, or inconsistent with the author’s (or translator’s) usage elsewhere. This includes some spellings that were acceptable in 1828, but are different from other occurrences of the same word.All commas are as printed. Inconsistent italicization of ships’ names is as in the original. The notation “invisible” means that there is an appropriately sized empty space, but the punctuation itself is missing.Some specifics:“Bodleïan” is written with dieresis“chesnut” is standard for the time and is used consistently“team boat” (referring to canals) is not an error“lime-stone” and “sand-stone” are hyphenated at the beginning of the book but later become single words“free-stone” or “freestone” are not frequent enough to establish a pattern“country seat” starts out as two words, but later becomes hyphenated “country-seat”the inconsistent spacing of “no( )where” “every( )where” and “else( )where” is unchanged“back ground” is generally two words; “fore-ground” (with hyphen) occurs only onceSpelling (unchanged):appointed him his aidpresent as aid to the EmperorMr. Butler, his aid[the spellingaidis used consistently]the tatoed and dried head of a New Zealand chiefroast-beef, plumb-pudding, &c.This place is called the antichamber.it is fixed in a cramp [text unchanged: error forclamp?]some negroes, who were frolicing during the Christmas holy-dayscorset inventress to the Dutchess of Kent [DuchessandDutchessare each used once]French (corrected):From the left wing a line runsen crémaillère[crémaillére]When a lady is left sitting, she is said to be “bredouille.” [bredouillè]so that they would consider their labour in the light of a corvée. [corveè]Errors (corrected):strange bas-reliefs, representing ancient hunting scenes [bass-reliefs]the rooms are not large; the beds [is not]On the top of the capitol is a cupola [cupalo]the pen is too feeble to delineate the simultaneous feelings of insignificance and grandeur [simultaneons ... insignificence]then a company of sappers and miners, [minors]in which again each sex has its own side [each sect]There are two paintings by Teniers [painting]the office and place of deposit for bound bibles [deposite]They recall to memory Glenn’s Falls on the Hudson [recal;recallis used consistently elsewhere]the other loses by faint colouring [looses]an English copy of the illustrations of Göthe’s Faust laid open. [illustratrations;spellingGöthewith umlaut unchanged]In a hollow place there is a basin, or rather a reservoir [their is]close by it stands the prison, or county gaol, [goal]this journey of one hundred and ninety-eight miles [ninty-eight]the log houses were only employed as negro cabins [onegr]we might lie several days, perhaps weeks here [several day]because they had not received their pay for some time. [missingnot]Several of the French families here settled [familes]so as not to lose themselves in the woods [loose]and on this account, the proceeding to me appeared arbitrary [acount]has followed me even in America like an evil genius [and evil]an inspection on the Red river, the Arkansas, and New Orleans [Arkansa;Arkansasis used consistently elsewhere]a great part of the houses are built of brick; [missinga]We frequently rode along the new national turnpike road [frequently road]over some stone bridges of sumptuous construction [contruction]about the right bank of the Alleghany and Ohio [righ]parallel ridges, called Laurel hill. [callel]the girls learn to sew and knit [sow]The gentlemen above named accompanied me to the vessel. [accompaned]every thing, manufactured in Birmingham, [Burmingham]a fine view into a considerable suite of rooms [considerble]until no poison is left in the stomach [stomuch]Spacing, hyphenization, capitalization:By his highness, Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. [capitalized as shown]two stories besides a ground floor, and may contain [floor,and]so that it is excellently adapted to waterworks [anomalous missing hyphen unchanged]They have a large kitchen garden [they have]The corpse is put in the corpse-house [the corpse]views of Monticello, Mount Vernon, the principal buildings in Washington [Mount-Vernon]many evergreen trees and bushes. [ever green]with Madam Herries; he is a Frenchman [Herries;he]This is, however, the case with most of the stores [this is]Punctuation:Footnote I-4: [This manuscript .... of London.]—Trans.[printedof London.—Trans.]: changed for consistency]On the 9th, at 6 A. M. she arrived atFalmouth. [6 A. M]Schenectady.— Utica.— Rochester. [—Utica—]and produce much vexation in consequence of the baggage. [final . missing]the village of St. Regis, the last belonging to the United States. [final . missing]a monument erected by the colony in honour of Lord Nelson. [final . missing]to protect the place of embarkation by a fort. [final . missing]On the ensuing morning I went with Mr. Halbach to Mr. Vaux [Mr Vaux:period invisible]mineralogy and geology.— ... lectures on chemistry. [missing . aftergeologyandchemistry]drawing of the human figure.— [final . missing]The cotton cleaned from its seed is put into a large chest, pressed in, and packed up. [final . missing]Mr. Nott studied in England and France [Mr Nott:period invisible]the 16th ultimo from Liverpool [ultimo.][Footnote II-9: [... within these accursed walls.]—Trans.[missing — beforeTrans.]the river is fordable in many places above the falls.” [close quote missing]a diameter of one hundred and fifty yards during forty miles.” [close quote missing]even this navigation so expensive and destructive to the wood, will cease [punctuation unchanged]one hundred and twenty horses, which daily work here, [work here.]in the neighbourhood of Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence [St Lawrence]
Spelling was corrected if the mistake was clearly mechanical, or inconsistent with the author’s (or translator’s) usage elsewhere. This includes some spellings that were acceptable in 1828, but are different from other occurrences of the same word.
All commas are as printed. Inconsistent italicization of ships’ names is as in the original. The notation “invisible” means that there is an appropriately sized empty space, but the punctuation itself is missing.
Some specifics:
“Bodleïan” is written with dieresis“chesnut” is standard for the time and is used consistently“team boat” (referring to canals) is not an error
“Bodleïan” is written with dieresis
“chesnut” is standard for the time and is used consistently
“team boat” (referring to canals) is not an error
“lime-stone” and “sand-stone” are hyphenated at the beginning of the book but later become single words“free-stone” or “freestone” are not frequent enough to establish a pattern“country seat” starts out as two words, but later becomes hyphenated “country-seat”the inconsistent spacing of “no( )where” “every( )where” and “else( )where” is unchanged“back ground” is generally two words; “fore-ground” (with hyphen) occurs only once
“lime-stone” and “sand-stone” are hyphenated at the beginning of the book but later become single words
“free-stone” or “freestone” are not frequent enough to establish a pattern
“country seat” starts out as two words, but later becomes hyphenated “country-seat”
the inconsistent spacing of “no( )where” “every( )where” and “else( )where” is unchanged
“back ground” is generally two words; “fore-ground” (with hyphen) occurs only once
appointed him his aidpresent as aid to the EmperorMr. Butler, his aid[the spellingaidis used consistently]the tatoed and dried head of a New Zealand chiefroast-beef, plumb-pudding, &c.This place is called the antichamber.it is fixed in a cramp [text unchanged: error forclamp?]some negroes, who were frolicing during the Christmas holy-dayscorset inventress to the Dutchess of Kent [DuchessandDutchessare each used once]
appointed him his aid
present as aid to the Emperor
Mr. Butler, his aid[the spellingaidis used consistently]
the tatoed and dried head of a New Zealand chief
roast-beef, plumb-pudding, &c.
This place is called the antichamber.
it is fixed in a cramp [text unchanged: error forclamp?]
some negroes, who were frolicing during the Christmas holy-days
corset inventress to the Dutchess of Kent [DuchessandDutchessare each used once]
From the left wing a line runsen crémaillère[crémaillére]When a lady is left sitting, she is said to be “bredouille.” [bredouillè]so that they would consider their labour in the light of a corvée. [corveè]
From the left wing a line runsen crémaillère[crémaillére]
When a lady is left sitting, she is said to be “bredouille.” [bredouillè]
so that they would consider their labour in the light of a corvée. [corveè]
strange bas-reliefs, representing ancient hunting scenes [bass-reliefs]the rooms are not large; the beds [is not]On the top of the capitol is a cupola [cupalo]the pen is too feeble to delineate the simultaneous feelings of insignificance and grandeur [simultaneons ... insignificence]then a company of sappers and miners, [minors]in which again each sex has its own side [each sect]There are two paintings by Teniers [painting]the office and place of deposit for bound bibles [deposite]They recall to memory Glenn’s Falls on the Hudson [recal;recallis used consistently elsewhere]the other loses by faint colouring [looses]an English copy of the illustrations of Göthe’s Faust laid open. [illustratrations;spellingGöthewith umlaut unchanged]In a hollow place there is a basin, or rather a reservoir [their is]close by it stands the prison, or county gaol, [goal]this journey of one hundred and ninety-eight miles [ninty-eight]the log houses were only employed as negro cabins [onegr]we might lie several days, perhaps weeks here [several day]because they had not received their pay for some time. [missingnot]Several of the French families here settled [familes]so as not to lose themselves in the woods [loose]and on this account, the proceeding to me appeared arbitrary [acount]has followed me even in America like an evil genius [and evil]an inspection on the Red river, the Arkansas, and New Orleans [Arkansa;Arkansasis used consistently elsewhere]a great part of the houses are built of brick; [missinga]We frequently rode along the new national turnpike road [frequently road]over some stone bridges of sumptuous construction [contruction]about the right bank of the Alleghany and Ohio [righ]parallel ridges, called Laurel hill. [callel]the girls learn to sew and knit [sow]The gentlemen above named accompanied me to the vessel. [accompaned]every thing, manufactured in Birmingham, [Burmingham]a fine view into a considerable suite of rooms [considerble]until no poison is left in the stomach [stomuch]
strange bas-reliefs, representing ancient hunting scenes [bass-reliefs]
the rooms are not large; the beds [is not]
On the top of the capitol is a cupola [cupalo]
the pen is too feeble to delineate the simultaneous feelings of insignificance and grandeur [simultaneons ... insignificence]
then a company of sappers and miners, [minors]
in which again each sex has its own side [each sect]
There are two paintings by Teniers [painting]
the office and place of deposit for bound bibles [deposite]
They recall to memory Glenn’s Falls on the Hudson [recal;recallis used consistently elsewhere]
the other loses by faint colouring [looses]
an English copy of the illustrations of Göthe’s Faust laid open. [illustratrations;spellingGöthewith umlaut unchanged]
In a hollow place there is a basin, or rather a reservoir [their is]
close by it stands the prison, or county gaol, [goal]
this journey of one hundred and ninety-eight miles [ninty-eight]
the log houses were only employed as negro cabins [onegr]
we might lie several days, perhaps weeks here [several day]
because they had not received their pay for some time. [missingnot]
Several of the French families here settled [familes]
so as not to lose themselves in the woods [loose]
and on this account, the proceeding to me appeared arbitrary [acount]
has followed me even in America like an evil genius [and evil]
an inspection on the Red river, the Arkansas, and New Orleans [Arkansa;Arkansasis used consistently elsewhere]
a great part of the houses are built of brick; [missinga]
We frequently rode along the new national turnpike road [frequently road]
over some stone bridges of sumptuous construction [contruction]
about the right bank of the Alleghany and Ohio [righ]
parallel ridges, called Laurel hill. [callel]
the girls learn to sew and knit [sow]
The gentlemen above named accompanied me to the vessel. [accompaned]
every thing, manufactured in Birmingham, [Burmingham]
a fine view into a considerable suite of rooms [considerble]
until no poison is left in the stomach [stomuch]
By his highness, Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. [capitalized as shown]two stories besides a ground floor, and may contain [floor,and]so that it is excellently adapted to waterworks [anomalous missing hyphen unchanged]They have a large kitchen garden [they have]The corpse is put in the corpse-house [the corpse]views of Monticello, Mount Vernon, the principal buildings in Washington [Mount-Vernon]many evergreen trees and bushes. [ever green]with Madam Herries; he is a Frenchman [Herries;he]This is, however, the case with most of the stores [this is]
By his highness, Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. [capitalized as shown]
two stories besides a ground floor, and may contain [floor,and]
so that it is excellently adapted to waterworks [anomalous missing hyphen unchanged]
They have a large kitchen garden [they have]
The corpse is put in the corpse-house [the corpse]
views of Monticello, Mount Vernon, the principal buildings in Washington [Mount-Vernon]
many evergreen trees and bushes. [ever green]
with Madam Herries; he is a Frenchman [Herries;he]
This is, however, the case with most of the stores [this is]
Footnote I-4: [This manuscript .... of London.]—Trans.[printedof London.—Trans.]: changed for consistency]On the 9th, at 6 A. M. she arrived atFalmouth. [6 A. M]Schenectady.— Utica.— Rochester. [—Utica—]and produce much vexation in consequence of the baggage. [final . missing]the village of St. Regis, the last belonging to the United States. [final . missing]a monument erected by the colony in honour of Lord Nelson. [final . missing]to protect the place of embarkation by a fort. [final . missing]On the ensuing morning I went with Mr. Halbach to Mr. Vaux [Mr Vaux:period invisible]mineralogy and geology.— ... lectures on chemistry. [missing . aftergeologyandchemistry]drawing of the human figure.— [final . missing]The cotton cleaned from its seed is put into a large chest, pressed in, and packed up. [final . missing]Mr. Nott studied in England and France [Mr Nott:period invisible]the 16th ultimo from Liverpool [ultimo.][Footnote II-9: [... within these accursed walls.]—Trans.[missing — beforeTrans.]the river is fordable in many places above the falls.” [close quote missing]a diameter of one hundred and fifty yards during forty miles.” [close quote missing]even this navigation so expensive and destructive to the wood, will cease [punctuation unchanged]one hundred and twenty horses, which daily work here, [work here.]in the neighbourhood of Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence [St Lawrence]
Footnote I-4: [This manuscript .... of London.]—Trans.[printedof London.—Trans.]: changed for consistency]
On the 9th, at 6 A. M. she arrived atFalmouth. [6 A. M]
Schenectady.— Utica.— Rochester. [—Utica—]
and produce much vexation in consequence of the baggage. [final . missing]
the village of St. Regis, the last belonging to the United States. [final . missing]
a monument erected by the colony in honour of Lord Nelson. [final . missing]
to protect the place of embarkation by a fort. [final . missing]
On the ensuing morning I went with Mr. Halbach to Mr. Vaux [Mr Vaux:period invisible]
mineralogy and geology.— ... lectures on chemistry. [missing . aftergeologyandchemistry]
drawing of the human figure.— [final . missing]
The cotton cleaned from its seed is put into a large chest, pressed in, and packed up. [final . missing]
Mr. Nott studied in England and France [Mr Nott:period invisible]
the 16th ultimo from Liverpool [ultimo.]
[Footnote II-9: [... within these accursed walls.]—Trans.[missing — beforeTrans.]
the river is fordable in many places above the falls.” [close quote missing]
a diameter of one hundred and fifty yards during forty miles.” [close quote missing]
even this navigation so expensive and destructive to the wood, will cease [punctuation unchanged]
one hundred and twenty horses, which daily work here, [work here.]
in the neighbourhood of Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence [St Lawrence]