Editor's Introduction



        HIS, THE FIRST volume of the Kentucky
 0         Historical Series-a series just inaugur-
         ated by the Kentucky State Historical
         Society-is a study of Kentucky initiative
in the United States as exemplified in these more
than one hundred sons of our Commonwealth who
have served as Governors of other States and
territories.
   Mr. Townsend has realized that the list is the
important thing, and he has made an earnest effort
to have it complete. For this reason he has been
content with sketches in miniature of each executive,
knowing that, had he attempted anything like an
adequate notice of each man, his paper would have
become an octavo.
   The Editor of this series believes that "Kentucky:
Mother of Governors" is a creditable piece of work;
something new under the Kentucky history sun; and
well suited to be the first in a series of books that
the Kentucky State Historical Society will issue
from time to time.
                     MRS. JENNIE C. MORTON

The Kentucky State Historical Society
        Frankfort, Kentucky