York; from John G. Stephenson, Esq., the librarian of the Congress of the United States; from Samuel F. Haven, Esq., the librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts; from Charles C. Jewett, Esq., the superintendent of the Public Library of the city of Boston; from Horatio Gates Jones, Esq., Corresponding Secretary of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and from Brinton Coxe, Esq., both of the city of Philadelphia; from Edward F. and William Heathcode De Lancy, Junior, Esqs., of the city of New York; from Professor Henry W. Torrey, of Harvard University; and, to an extent which few have equalled, from George Livermore, Esq., of Cambridge, Massachusetts; to each of them, and to all others who have lightened my burden, I can only return my heartfelt thanks.
Morrisania, Westchester Co., N. Y.
July 18th, 1868.
