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Clara Egli, of the Library of Congress; Mrs. Natalia Summers,
formerly of the Department of State but now of the National
Archives, and Mr. Fred W. Shipman, Dr. Vernon D. Tate, and
Mr. Jesse S. Douglas, all of the latter institution; the late Dr.
James A. Robertson, of the Maryland Hall of Records; the late
Mr. W. Harold May, of Columbia University; Dr. and Mrs. Louis
C. Nolan and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Louraine, of Washington, D. C.;
also Martha Latimer Willard, assistant editor of the University of
California Press. My wife, Dorothy Holland Brooks, has given
invaluable technical assistance and encouragement.
 PHmIP C. BBOOKs
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