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PREFATORY NOTE
On taking leave of my proofs I recall with gratitude generous assistance from many quarters in America. I would particularly mention my friend Charles C. Burlingham of New York, who first introduced me to American politics and American hospitality. Nor can I forget the obligations I am under to Mr. John Stewart Bryan and Mr. F. W. Scott of Richmond, Virginia, or to Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, Dr. Edwin Alderman and Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, who all abound in Jeffersonian lore. During most of the time I have had the aid of a most efficient secretary, Miss Lucy Wilcox, now Mrs. W. F. Adams. To my wife, and to my sister Gertrude M. Hirst of Barnard College, Columbia University, I owe constant help and encouragement.
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