i'd say the Murray and Royal books are THE most information you will find in one place. then one could peruse the past threads here. should someone ever compile all the past threads here into one reference book it would be amazing.

the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~