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acknowledgments So many people have helped my research on this book. In Washington, I thank Yvonne Carignan and her staª at the Kiplinger Research Library; Dan Mattausch, independent scholar; Donn Murphy, of the National Theatre ; Mari Nakahara, of the American Architectural Foundation; Richard Stamm, of the Smithsonian Institution; David Ward, of the National Portrait Gallery; and Barbara Wolanin and Jennifer Pullara, of the Architect of the Capitol. In Virginia, I benefited from the help of Frances Allshouse, director of the Fauquier Historical Society in Warrenton; David Born and Heather Hembrey, of the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division in Dumfries; Jim Burgess, of the Manassas National Battlefield Park; Jane Butler, of the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County in The Plains; Ted Hostetler, of Randolph College in Lynchburg; and E. Lee Shepard and William Rasmussen, of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. In North Carolina, I received the extraordinary kindness and help of Joseph Pearce, of Louisburg. Others elsewhere helped me in crucial ways: in Missouri, Susan Sparks, of the Polk County Genealogical Society in Bolivar ; in Tennessee, Scott Newstok, of Rhodes College in Memphis; and in New York State, Peter Wisbey and Jennifer Haines of the Seward House in Auburn. 2 2 7 In New Haven, I benefited from the encouragement and wisdom of Marc Robinson and Joseph Roach. George Miles and the staª at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library helped me in many ways. The readers of my manuscript have made it better. To these readers— Marcia Brennan, David Peters Corbett, David Lubin, Julia Lupton, and Kathleen Pyne—I oªer my heartfelt thanks for their comments and questions . My editors, Stephanie Fay, Sue Heinemann, and Adrienne Harris, deserve great credit for their wisdom and care editing the text. Finally, I reserve special gratitude, as how could I not, for my family—my wife, Mary, and my daughters, Lucy and Anna. a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s 2 2 8 ...

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