author from a number of errors. Louis B. Wright, of the
Huntington Library, and Charles A. Barker, formerly
of Stanford University, now of the Johns Hopkins
University, read the manuscript and were generous in
encouraging the author. Mrs. Marion Blackwell, of Pasa-
dena, made the black and white sketch map which
appears in this volume.

Here in the East frequent use has been made of the re-
sources of the Harvard College Library, until recently
the writer's home port, and of the American Antiquarian
Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Bos-
ton Public Library, and the Library of Congress.

Finally, there is a more personal debt to friends for
help and company -- particularly to Richard W. Leo-
pold, Duncan S. Ballantine, and the group at 1619 34th
Street. To the writer's family, both at Boston and Balti-
more, the debt is even greater.

Rodman W. Paul

New Haven, Connecticut
September, 1946

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