Excerpt from Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Extensive and Varied Collection of Rare and Valuable Books Relating to the History and Literature of America: Formed by the Late Eminent Bibliographer Mr. Henry Stevens of Vermont; Which Will Be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, at Their House, on Thursday, the 1st of July, 1886, and Following Day First privately printed in 1854 from the preceding original manuscript letter, and dedicated in a long epistle in English to Leopold von Ranke, the historian. In the dedication is given an abstract of this important historical document. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.