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II. Foreword to Volumes I and II

In the preparation of Volumes I and II, I have enjoyed the advantage of access to the following illuminating manuscripts which had not before been used for the same general purpose. The Misses Cocke, of Bremo, kindly placed at my disposal the correspondence of General John Hartwell Cocke; Dr. William C. Rives, of Washington, D. C., the correspondence of his grandfather, the statesman, William Cabell Rives; Judge John C. Rutherfoord, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. John B. Henneman and Mr. Malcolm G. Bruce, family letters

written from the University previous to 1842; Colonel W. Gordon McCabe, letters of Frank G. Ruffin descriptive of his impressions as a student; N-Tr. Armistead C. Gordon, the letters of General William Fitzhugh Gordon and his wife; Mrs. Caroline Ellis, the correspondence of her grandfather and father, Governor James Barbour and B. Johnson Barbour; Misses Bessie and Margaret Gaines, family letters of their father, the late Major R. V. Gaines; Professor Raleigh C. Minor, the diary of Professor John B. Minor; Professor Dunnington, the minutes of the Temperance Society; Mr. M. S. Dimmock, the manuscript papers belonging to the University Library which were gathered up after the Great Fire; Professor Lancaster, a copy of a letter which throws light on the offer of the Presidency of the University to William Wirt.

Two collections of letters and papers in the possession of the University of Virginia have furnished me with a large amount of hitherto unused information. I refer (t) to the loose documents, in the form of vouchers, receipts, letters, deeds and the like, now in the custody of the Registrar; and (2) to the mass of unassorted letters and public papers of Joseph C. Cabell presented to the Library by his heirs. This latter collection is quite as valuable as the well-known volume published with the title of Correspondence of Jefferson and Cabell, and under the editorship of Mr. N. F. Cabell. For thoughtful points of view as well as for important facts, I am indebted to the following books: Patton's Jefferson, Cabell and University of Virginia; Garnett and Barringer's University of Virginia, Its Influence, Example and Characteristics; Professor Minor's Sketch of the University of Virginia in the Old Dominion Magazine; Rev. Edgar

Woods's History of Albemarle County; Professor Adams's University of Virginia; Professor Lambeth's Jefferson as an Architect; Professor Fiske Kimball's Thomas Jefferson, Architect; Professor William P. Trent's Sketch of English Culture in Virginia; Dr. Tyler's Williamsburg, the Old Colonial Capital, and Professor Teatwole's History of Education in Virginia.

The following monographs have also been of use to e in the study of the Third and Fourth Periods: Professor Charles A. Graves's Martin Dawson; Professor Thomas FitzHugh's Letters of George Long; William Rives, Jr.'s, Life and Character of William B. Rogers; Professor George Tucker's Memoir of Dr. Emmet; Professor Broadus's Address on Gessner Harrison; Dr. George Tucker Harrison's Address on James L. Cabell; and Colonel W. Gordon McCabe's Virginia Schools Before and After the Revolution.

Edgar Allan Poe, the most famous alumnus of the University of Virginia, was a student during the Fourth period. I have deferred an account of his connection to the institution to the history of the Fifth Period, which will contain chapters descriptive of the distinguished alumni of these early times.

In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness Mr. John S. Patton, the Librarian of the University, and his assistants, Misses Mary and Estelle Dinwiddie, for the unfailing aid which they afforded me in my examination of the books and manuscripts now in their custody. I was indebted too to Mr. Howard Winston, the e Registrar, for his kindness in facilitating my use of the unbound collection of the Proctor's Papers stored in his office; and also to the executive committee of the General Alumni Association of the University of Virginia

-at whose request the preparation of this work was undertaken by me -for the encouragement which they have given me throughout its prosecution.

PHILIP ALEXANDER BRUCE.
University of Virginia,
March 7, 1920.