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THANKS
It
would be impossible either to adequately acknowledge or to sufficiently express
our appreciation for the help and assistance that has been given the
writer by the Libraries of England and America in the work of
compiling the material from which has been made the history of the
Pearsall Family as herein presented.
It
is not generally understood that in genealogy and family history negative
are as important as positive statements; one may therefore work for days
and examine hundreds of authorities, getting all the time excellent
results, which however will not appear in the list of citations. Then
again every library specializes in those matters which are of local
interest, so that no matter how much may have been published and in
general circulation upon any given historical event or character,
nevertheless, the library of the locality will have something exclusive
upon the same subject. It may be a manuscript or clippings from the paper
of local circulation, or a county history, or some book of reminiscences.
It can readily be seen that one cannot say that they have fully mastered
a subject until they have carefully examined the local specialties
relating to the matter. This is more than true, it is insistent, with
reference to family history, even though all this
search may result in nothing being added to what is already known. It
would not therefore be possible to list all the books and manuscripts
that have been examined to make this history-genealogy; and while careful
citations of authorities have been made to support the text, yet
frequently, yes, generally, very many other books and manuscripts were
also consulted, and after this study the text, as stated herein, was made
to conform to the weight of all the authorities. It can therefore be
understood that one can, within the limits allowed for this purpose, only
speak in terms of the libraries where this work was done.
For
the use of their manuscripts and books, as well as for the personal
assistance of the librarians and their assistants, our thanks and
acknowledgements are due to:
The British Museum,
Landon, England.
The Public Library, New York City, New York.
The
Congressional Library, Washington,
D. C.
The
Library of the Genealogical Society, New York City.
The
Manuscripts of the Holland Society, New York City.
The State
Library of New York, Albany, New York.
The Memorial
Library, Winchester, Virginia.
The Public
Library, Detroit, Michigan.
The MS.
Records of State Librarian, Lansing,
Michigan.
The Library of
the Historical Society, New York
City.
The Library of
New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
The State
Library of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Penna.
Private MS.
Collection of Mrs. Josephine K. Frost, Brooklyn, New York.
The Library of
the Historical Society of New Jersey, Newark, New
Jersey.
The Newberry
Library, Chicago, Illinois.
The State
Library of Rhode Island, Providence, We Island.
The Public
Library, Bristol, England.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
The Library of
the State of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
The State
Library of North Caroline, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
The State
Library of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Pequot
Library at West Port,
Connecticut.
The State
Library of California.
Sacramento, California.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware.
The Public
Library of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
The Field
Memorial Library, Conway,
Massachusetts.
The Memorial
Library. Poughkeepsie,
New York.
The Carnegie
Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Library of
Historical Society of Chester Co., Pa, Westchester, Pennsylvania.
The Library of
Historical Society of Lancaster Co., Pa.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Library of
Historical Society of Washington Co., Pa.
Washington, Pennsylvania.
The Humboldt County Library,
Eureka, California.
The Public
Library of Eureka, Eureka,
California,
The Memorial
Library, Owasco,
New York.
The Library of
the Genealogical Society of California, San Francisco, California
The Library of
the Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn,
New York.
The Library of
the Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
Friends
Records in possession of Joint Committee on
Records of The
Religious Society of Friends of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Vermont,
Canada and Michigan.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Massachusetts,
at Boston.
The Library of
Harvard College, especially the Sparks Mss.
The Mss. in
the State House and Court House, Boston,
Massachusetts.
The Library of
the Historical Society of Maine, Portland, Maine.
The Library of
the Salem Historical Society, Salem, Massachusetts.
The Public
Library, Kansas City,
Missouri.
The Library of
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Public
Library at Wilmington,
North Carolina.
The Public
Library, Jamaica, Long Island, New
York.
The Library of
the Historical Society, Huntington, Long Island, New
York.
Friends
Records, in care of Samuel J. Seaman, Glen Cove,
Long
Island, New York.
The Library of
the Province of Ontario, Toronto,
Canada.
The Public
Library at Picton,
Canada,
The Public
Library at Norwich, Connecticut.
The Public
Library and that of the Historical Society at New London, Connecticut.
The MS.
collections of the Land Commissioner of Mary-land at Annapolis, Maryland.
The Mss. in
the Secretary of State's office, Trenton,
New Jersey.
The Mss. in
the office of the State Historian of West Virginia at Charleston, West Virginia.
The Public
Library at Lynn, Massachusetts.
The Mss. of
Robert Pearsall, Teddington, Middlesex, England.
The Public
Library, Los Angeles,
California
And all the
churches and public otbces in England and America where original
searches were made and which yielded valuable information which the
reader will find suitably acknowledged and identified in the text.
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