Excerpt from Romantic Days in the Early Republic Of course, the diaries, histories, reminiscences and letters consulted in the preparation of a book of this kind bulk very large; so large that their mere enumeration would cover many pages. For the most part, therefore, acknowl edgments have been made in the body of the book. But I wish to mention here my gratitude to the Houghton Mitflin Company for various quotations from works which they control; to Charles Scribner's Sons; publishers Of Margaret Bayard Smith's F trst F orty Years of Washing ton Society; to Harper and Brothers for their courtesy in permitting the use of some anec dotes first printed in their publications; to the Century Company for similar courtesies, and to G. P. Putnam's Sons for several cita tions from their edition of Washington Irving's works. 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.