Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan Page A

Carolina at Chapel Hill from the beginning of this project found relevant documents, opened the Henderson Papers for my inspection, and provided copies whenever I needed them. William Marshall of the University of Kentucky library archives came to my rescue when I was looking for a particular letter, as did Vaughn Stanley and Lisa McCown of the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University. James J. Holmberg and his staff at the Filson Historical Society welcomed me to their collection and found the files I needed to consult. Mary Winters, Lynn Hollingsworth, Bill Morris, and Jim Kastner of the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort again and again offered me their help in locating documents in the Boone Family biographical files. The staff of the Kentucky State Archives in Frankfort found files of the
Kentucky Gazette
for me to explore. Mrs. Jane Brown of the Montgomery County Museum in Christiansburg, Virginia, provided a copy of the original arrest warrant for Daniel Boone issued there. The staff of the Wilderness Road Museum in Newbern, Virginia, gave me a tour of their historic buildings and provided much information about that section of the Great Wagon Road.
    At Cornell University Peter Hirtle of Olin Library ordered a copy of the Spraker Boone Family Genealogy for my use. Robin Messing and the staff of the microfilm library again and again came to my rescue as I inched my way through films of the Draper Manuscripts. The staff of the Kroch Rare Books Room found volume after volume I neededto consult. The Olin Interlibrary Loan staff borrowed books and microfilms many times for my use. I would like to especially thank Sarah Thomas, former Cornell University librarian, for helping to make so many materials available to me, and Nicole Margirier for locating an elusive illustration.
    I also owe a debt of gratitude to the staff of the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis and to my daughter Laurel and her husband, Kevin Riebs, for showing me around the Boone sites in St. Charles County, Missouri. Daniel Meyer, Julia Gardner, and the staff of Special Collections of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago were unstintingly gracious and helpful in guiding me through the Durrett Collection there. I have also greatly benefited from the services of the Furman University library, the Duke University library, and the East Carolina University library. I would also like to thank Larry Odzack and the staff of the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh for helping me locate court records from colonial Rowan County.
    Many individuals have been of special help in providing information and encouragement throughout this project: Joseph Flora, my first professor of English at UNC–Chapel Hill; Cece Conway of Appalachian State University; John and Suzanne Canfield of Winnetka, Illinois; Park Lochlair; Pat and Resa Bizarro; Josh Beckworth at Appalachian State University; former chancellor Frank Borkowski of Appalachian State University; Sandra Ballard of Appalachian State University; and Tense Banks of Linville Falls. Randell Jones, author of
In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone
, provided much crucial information and enthusiasm for this biography. Ted Franklin Belue gave me the benefit of his considerable scholarship concerning Kentucky and Native American cultures.
    At Cornell University my colleagues Jonathan Culler, Molly Hite, Marianne Marsh, and Laura Brown provided travel funds that enabled me to visit a number of archives and historical sites. Robin Doxtater helped sort out those accounts as well as my eccentric recordkeeping.
    The staff at the Boone Birthplace in Oley, Pennsylvania, sharedtheir expertise on a cold rainy day in October. I would also like to thank those who have generously read portions or all of the manuscript and helped me correct many mistakes: Neal O. Hammon, Nancy O’Malley, Ted Franklin Belue, and Stephen Aron. Any mistakes remaining are, of course, my own responsibility. Ted Arnold of the