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Note from page 383: 1. Henry Sinco.

Note from page 384: 2. See §6, note 7.

Note from page 384: 3. The Missouri Harmony; or, A Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems (1820). The verse in question: "Bid her not shed one tear of sorrow / To sully a heart so brilliant and light; / But balmy drops of the red grape borrow / To bathe the relief from morn till night."

Note from page 385: 4. Ab Trent is written in the margin next to the name Ab. Trout. Cf. Reep, 67, where the boy is called Ab Trent. See also §378, where the boy's name is given as Wadkins.

Note from page 386: 5. For other testimony about this case, see the index.

Note from page 387: 6. For other versions of AL's wrestling match with Thompson, see the index.