Excerpt from Extracts From the Journal of Marshal Soult, Addressed to a Friend: How Obtained, and by Whom Translated Is Not a Subject of Enquiry Before my landing on these frienda ly shores, I had read the histories of A merica with the deepest interest, and at tention; from the bald chronicles, and quaint descriptions of their early bistori ans, the splendid pages of Ramsay, - the comprehensive, full, accurate and solid work of Marshall, to the delightful trea tise of Botta, who enalnoured with A merican liberty, has adorned the minute, and faithful record of American history with the fascinations and graces of the Italian muse. 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.