Excerpt from Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain, Vol. 2: Departmental and Miscellaneous Papers Orders, Instructions, and Letters from the Lords of the Admiralty. Secretary's Letters Letters relating to Admiralty and vice-admiralty Courts Letters relating to Marines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

This early work by Charles McLean Andrews was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Guide to the Materials for American History Vol. II.' is a guide to the official papers of the British government from the Public Records Office. Charles McLean Andrews was born on February 22, 1863 in Connecticut, America. Andrews attended Trinity College in Connecticut in 1884 where he received his A.B., and following this he obtained his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1889. He was a professor at Bryn Mawr College (1889-1907) and Johns Hopkins University (1907-1910) before going to Yale University. He was the Farnam Professor of American History at Yale from 1910 to his retirement in 1931. Andrews was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognised as a leading authority on American colonial history. He is especially known as a leader of the 'Imperial school' of historians who studied, and generally praised, the British Empire of the 18th century.

Excerpt from Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain, Vol. 2: Departmental and Miscellaneous Papers In addition to those, mentioned in the previous volume, to whom I am indebted for courteous and helpful co-operation in the preparation of the work as a whole, there are others, who have aided me especially in connection with this volume, to whom I wish to extend my thanks. My largest debt is to Mr. R. G. Marsden, well known as an expert upon all matters pertaining to the history of the High Court of Admiralty, who has given me generously of his time and learning and has placed at my disposal lists and notes without which certain sections, duly noted in the proper place in the text, could not have been rendered even approximately complete within the time available to me. To Mr. Henry Atton, librarian of the Custom House library, I am under obligation for courtesies extended to me at the Custom House and for other favors, while to the Board of Customs Commissioners I am indebted for permission to examine Custom House papers and to Lord Dysart for permission to inspect those of the Treasurer Solicitor. To Mr. Victor H. Paltsits I owe many thanks for the data here printed regarding the transcripts of Loyalist Papers in the New York Public Library; and to Mr. Robert W. Neeser, secretary of the Naval History Society, and Mr. Edward E. Curtis, instructor in Yale College, friends and former students, I am grateful for helpful notes on the Admiralty and War Office material respectively. I wish to thank Miss Davenport also for the initial report on the Cornwallis, Chatham, and Rodney papers, and Mr. J. W. Chapman, of the Public Record Office, for his answers to my many queries regarding the rearrangement of the Treasury Papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.