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m e not only b ecause o f his masterly method and the i nspiration d erived f r o m following his work, but because he has said practically the last w o r d on the conspiracy i n its classic form, which t eaches t hat it was d ouble-natured   treasonable and filibustering. A m o n g t hose to w h o m I am under obligations and to w hom I wish i n this place to e xpress m y gratitude are: S enor M a r i s c a l , Vice-President of the Republic of M e x i c o , a nd General Clayton, Ambassador to M e x i c o , t hrough whose cooperation I was granted the f reest access t o the M e x i c a n A r c h i v e s ; M r . W i l l i a m B eer, l ibrarian o f the H o w a r d M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y of O rleans; Colonel Reuben T . Durrett, who Western t o me his rare collection of New opened

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D r . D a v i d J . H i l l , A ssistant Secretary of State; the H onorable J oseph H . Choate, Ambassador to the C o u r t o f St. James, whose note to the B r i t i s h F o r e i g n Office so much facilitated m y researches; M r . V i l l i e r s of the F o r e i g n O ffice, and M r . H u b e r t H a l l o f the P u b l i c R ecord O ffice, whose u n i f o r m courtesy cannot be forgotten ; a nd M r . and M r s . Thomas C. W o r d i n through w hose kindness the B u r r maps are for the first time c alled t o the notice of the public. I h ave s pecially to acknowledge the services of P r o fessor George P . Garrison, who first encouraged t he M S . me i n t he prosecution of the work, and who k i n d l y read M r . J o h n P . Weisenhagen, D r . and M r s . W i l l i a m B . S eeley, P rofessor Francis W . Shepardson, a nd P rofessor Frederick J . T u r n e r h ave i n more than