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Acknowledgments L ike all authors, I amassed a tremendous debt of gratitude during th e production o f thi s volume . Th e man y person s wh o contribute d -# t o th e fulfillmen t o f thi s wor k ar e to o numerou s t o individuall y credit here. However, som e deserve singular recognition . This boo k gre w ou t o f m y doctora l dissertation , complete d a t th e University of Houston. Al l historians are products of their education an d teachers. Thus , a n acknowledgmen t o f th e mos t influentia l individual s who helped m e mold m y caree r i s in order. Firs t an d foremost , I woul d like t o than k m y academi c adviso r an d friend , Jame s Kirb y Martin , Professor o f History , Universit y o f Houston , wh o gav e unstintingl y o f his time an d expertis e t o inspire an d motivat e m e in this effort . Whil e I was hi s student an d graduat e assistant , h e demonstrated t o me the attri butes o f a tru e scholar—devote d t o teaching , research , an d writing . I consider mysel f extremel y fortunat e t o have become associated wit h hi m and reape d th e benefit s o f hi s knowledg e an d guidance . H e wil l alway s stand in my estimation as the epitome of an educator and someone whom I aspir e t o emulate . A specia l wor d o f appreciatio n als o goe s t o Josep h Glatthaar, Chair , Departmen t o f History , Universit y o f Houston , wh o materially contributed t o my endeavor through his renowned scholarshi p in military history . This work could not have been written without access to the document collections o f variou s researc h institution s an d archives . Th e Davi d Li brary o f th e America n Revolutio n serve s a s th e onl y depositor y an d facility dedicate d exclusivel y t o thi s perio d o f America n history . I a m greatly indebted t o its President and Director, Ezr a Stone, and its Direcxiii xiv • Acknowledgments tor o f Research , Davi d J . Fowler , fo r thei r persona l an d professiona l association and the use of their fine resource center. Th e archival staffs a t the New York Public Library, New-York Historica l Society , and Princeton Universit y Librar y wer e extremely competen t an d helpful i n makin g available pertinent materials in their possession . Funding playe d a significan t rol e i n bringin g thi s boo k t o fruition . I would lik e to express m y gratitud e t o the Universit y o f Housto n fo r th e Robert Giesber g Awar d fo r Outstandin g Teachin g Fello w (1988) , th e Murry A. Miller Graduate Student Scholarshi p (1988-89), and the Graduate Studen t Researc h and Activit y Scholarshi p (1989); and to the Davi d Library of the American Revolutio n for its research grant (1988). New Yor k Universit y Pres s serve d a s the midwife o f the manuscript . The finished produc t i s due t o the outstanding skil l of its highly profes sional staff: Colin Jones, Director ; Niko Pfund, Editor-in-Chief ; Despin a Papazoglou Gimbel , Managin g Editor ; an d Jennifer Hammer , Assistan t Editor. Al l patientl y worke d wit h m e to convert m y roug h draft s int o a comprehensible and publishable work . Finally, I wis h t o than k m y family—Myrtl e Lyn n Shelton , mother ; Sutthida (Toi ) Shelton , wife ; Shan e Shelton , son ; Scot t an d Darl a Shel ton , so n an d daughter-in-law ; Sheil a an d Dere k Matthys , daughte r an d son-in-law—for thei r understanding and support. A writer's task is sometimes a solitar y one . Thes e love d one s endure d abandonmen t o n man y occasions in allowing me the time to complete my work . [44...