ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To my colleagues, Professor Charles H. Hull and Professor
Wallace Notestein, to Mr. Worthington C. Ford, and
to Mr. John C. Fitzpatrick, the author is indebted for helpful
suggestions in connection with this essay.
The present volume was in plate proofs before I saw Mr.
Fitzpatrick's interesting article on The Declaration of Independence
in the Daughters of the American Revolution
Magazine for July, 1922. That article should be read in
connection with chapter IV of the present work.
