For the use of manuscript collections, I am indebted to many peo-
ple in Florida. In particular, I wish to express thanks to Edwin
Finlayson of Greenville, Florida, who was most helpful and generous
in supplying me with information of Jefferson County, and to the
late Carlton Smith of Madison, Florida, who permitted me to use his
collection of papers on Florida history. Thanks are due officials in
the Secretary of State's Office in Tallahassee for allowing me to use
State Department manuscripts, and to clerks in county courthouses
throughout Florida who were able to remain cheerful while material
was being gathered from their record rooms. My thanks also go to
the staffs of the Robert Manning Strozier Library at Florida State
University, the Florida State Library in Tallahassee, the P. K. Yonge
Library at the University of Florida, the Rosenwald Library at
Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, the Georgia Historical
Library and the Savannah Public Library in Savannah, the Library
of Congress, the National Archives, and the Departments of Agri-
culture and Commerce in Washington.

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Miss Leonora Quarter-
man, Savannah artist, who prepared the illustrations, and Mrs.
Jack G. Haylow for her painstaking work of typing the final draft.
My husband and mother helped in the research and contributed
ideas and advice. It is a distinct pleasure to acknowledge the in-
valuable suggestions offered by the staff of the University of Florida
Press.

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