Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The public having been grossly imposed upon by several Spurious productions purporting to be the Life of Sam Hildebrand, we have no apology to offer for presenting the reader with his authentic narrative. His confession was faithfully written down from his own lips, as the foregoing certificates abundantly prove.