On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker...

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides.