Excerpt from Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, 1894-1896, Vol. 1: Economics, Political Science, and History SeriesNora - The library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin has been generously opened for my use by the secretary, Mr. Reuben Gold Thwaites. It has furnished me with most of the material necessary for this paper, but I have supplemented its resources by correspondence with historical investigators and collectors who were able to furnish me needed documents. In particular I am indebted to the following gentlemen, whose cour tesy I desire to acknowledge: A. S. Batchellor, editor of the New Hampshire State Papers, Littleton, New hampshire, _henry P. Rolfe, J. B. Walker, and O. G. Hammond, of Con cord, New Hampshire, A. S. Chapman, town clerk, Simsbury, Connecticut, Wm. B. Fos~ ter, Librarian of Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island, Sidney S. Rider, Providence, Rhode Island, J. L. Harrison, Assistant Librarian, New York State Library, Albany, New York, F. D Stone, Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian of State Library of Pennsyl vania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Lyman P. Powell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Austin Scott, Rutgers College, New Bnmswick, New Jersey, Morris R. Hamilton, State Libra rian, New Jersey State Library, Trenton, New Jersey, Bernard C. Steiner, Librarian of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland, R A. Brock, Secretary of the Southern Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, Wm. M. Laughlin, Lexington, Virginia, Wm. Wirt Henry, Richmond, Virginia, Stephen B. Weeks, formerly of Trinity College, Dur ham, North Carolina, Jos. Blount Cheshire, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, R. Means Davis, South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina, and especially to Professor Chas. H. Haskins, of the University of Wisconsin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.