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Chapter VI (Alonzo and Melissa segment)
Chapter XXIV (Travels in North America segment)
| Frontispiece Caption: “Optimum vitæ genus eligito nam consuetudo faciet jucundissimum.” | Attributed to Pythagoras in Diogenes Laertius viii; cited in Spectator 447. |
| Title Page: Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact. | The phrase “founded on fact” appears in the title of several of Alida’s sources, notably Alonzo and Melissa. The opening words of Alonzo and Melissa are “During the late [American] Revolution...” |
| Dedication: His Excellency, Charles Collins, Governor of Rhode-Island | Charles Collins was never Governor of Rhode Island. He was Lieutenant Governor from 1824 to 1833. |