Excerpt from United States of America, Vol. 4: Under the Constitution; 1831 1847
In preparing this fourth volume I have availed myself as before, of all library facilities and all historical collections to be found in Boston and Washington. Among the many works which are cited in these pages, I desire to make especial mention of Hubert H. Bancroft"s History of the Pacific States, which throws much light upon our Mexican relations and the conquest of Texas and California; also of the Lives of the Tylers, by John Tyler"s sons. I have, besides, gained valuable information upon important points from Secretary Bayard, of the State Department; from William Allen Butler, the custodian of the Van Buren papers; and from the venerable George Bancroft, the last survivor of Polk"s momentous administration.
One more volume, which I hope to prepare as speedily as my other engagements may permit, will bring the narrative to the spring of 1861, and complete this work according to the plan I proposed at the outset. As I enter into the era of the great political struggle in our American Union between freedom and slavery I am impressed the more strongly with the grave responsibility I have undertaken, and my misgivings increase lest many of my readers who have thought well of former volumes cease to confide in my good judgment and discrimination.
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