History of the United the United States - From the Discovery of the American Continent #250012

For further security against error while my pages were passing into type, it was my custom occasion ally to submit proofs to the trained scrutiny and special erudition of my friend the late Jared Sparks. In addition to these precautions, some of the ablest officers of our army have given me the benefit of their views' on such military questions as I proposed to them. But while I have spared no pains to gain assistance, I am alone responsible for what I have written.