Prefce.



Kentucky.   Samuel M. Wilson, Esquire, of Lexington,
Kentucky, gave valuable assistance in research. Colonel
R. T. Durrett, The Polytechnic Society of Louisville, and
Mr. W. E. Henry, Librarian of the State Library at
Indianapolis, all offered free and unlimited access to the
resources of their libraries. General Lew Wallace, at
Crawfordsville, Indiana, was likewise very kind.
   To all of these I tender my sincere thanks.
   Colonel Durrett has, since reading the manuscript of
this work, offered to write an introduction, and to no
better hands could the task be committed. Therefore it
remains for the author to only ask generous treatment
from his readers, and with this brief euvoi make his bow.



ALFRED PIRTLE.