Second of all, there's generally an account of the historical circumstances that are leading to the treaty: so some kind of historical prologue.

第二个，交代一下,签订契约的，大的历史环境,也就是，历史开场白。

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And one of those account books ended up in the Chicago Historical Society after the Civil War because it was confiscated by an Illinois regiment that took it home.

其中一本账簿在内战后,被放在了芝加哥历史学会,因为它被一个伊利诺伊州的军团,没收并带了回去

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