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xi Acknowledgments Few are able to say that their book was written entirely on their own. I am not one of those. First, I must thank Syracuse University Press and its able staff, in particular Deanna H. McCay, Kelly Lynne Balenske, Fred Wellner, Mary Selden Evans, Kay Steinmetz, and Lisa Kuerbis, who were both kind and professional. I learned a great deal from each one of the anonymous readers who evaluated the manuscript. I learned also from Barbara Nichols; Carol Lee Lorenzo; Patricie Burgess; Gillian Cooper, Public Affairs, British Consulate-General Atlanta; Captain J. D. W. Husband, RN, Estate Office, Chevening Estate; Timothy Shroder, Burton Pynsent. Special thanks to the following libraries: Maidstone Public/Reference Library, Centre for Kentish Studies; Dr. Lesley Gordon, Special Collections , The Robinson Library, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Dr. James G. Crow and Averil Robson, Department of Archaeology Library, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; The British Library; and Georgia State University Library, especially the Interlibrary Loan Department. For the maps, I am indebted to Jack Reed and Jai Singh, Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University. My thanks to Sir John Bell for his kind welcome to Rounton Grange and to Kennethe for help and support over many years. ...

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