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plates were made, It has proved impossible to get from these, in this country,
prints comparable with those made abroad.

In addition to the acknowledgments made in previous volumes, it is a
pleasure to add here a further word of appreciation regarding the work of
Mr. Thomas W. Hotchkiss, who has devoted more than ten years to re¬
searches for the Chronology, a large part of which is the direct result of his
pains-taking labour and enthusiasm.

The author is also particularly indebted to Dr. A. E. Peterson, who has
contributed much valuable material, especially in connection with the last
decade under Dutch rule, and the Revolutionary Period, including ex¬
tracts from the important collection of William Smith Papers recently
acquired by the New York Public Library, and examined for the first time,
critically, for this work; to Professor A. J. F. van Laer, who, in addition to
supplying a number of translations from Dutch printed and manuscript
sources, has read the proof of the Dutch Period, and made many construc¬
tive criticisms and additions; to Mr. Alexander Wall, now Librarian of the
New York Historical Society; to Mr. Peter Nelson, Assistant State Archiv¬
ist, who has cheerfully answered frequent inquiries regarding documents in
his charge; to Mr. Samuel Oppenheim, who has furnished many important
items regarding the Jews in early New York; to Miss Zula Ziebach, whose
notes on the early taverns and their keepers shed new light upon a phase of
our city's life which, from the earliest days, has been a potent factor in its
development; and finally to Miss Ellen C. Ahern, for three years a keen and
helpful collaborator in this work.

I. N. Phelps Stokes

New York,
July, 1922.