HISTORICAL RECORD. AND REPERTORY OF NOTES AND QUERIES. CONCERNING THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA E 171 4.355292 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by SAMUEL P. TOWN, in the Clerk's Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. PREFACE. Its own pages are cited as Upon their testimony it will THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD has completed the second year of its existence and will enter upon its third year with the hope that it will be ranked hereafter among the permanent and useful publications of this country. witnesses to testify concerning its character in the past. be seen that the Editor and Publisher have spared no pains in endeavors to make it worthy of the cause in which it is engaged. Like endeavors in the future are promised by them. Their cordial thanks are tendered to the kind friends who have contributed to its pages and labored to enlarge its circulation. A continuance of these favors is earnestly requested. |