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 Otis Ashmore, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, for revising list of counties.

C. J. Bassett, Secretary of State, Boise, Idaho, for revising and adding to list of counties.

Charles Evans, Chicago Historical Society, who sent a comprehensive list embracing most of the important names in his State.

William R. Sandham, Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning the nomenclature of several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois.

J. P. Dunn, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names.

M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, for much valuable information about his State. All of the information concerning town names in this State was received from him.

George W. Martin, Kansas State Historical Society, for much valuable material concerning the place names of his State. In addition to the list of counties, he also sent a great deal of material concerning town names, in which was included information furnished by Mrs. N. R. Calver.

Mrs. Jennie C. Morton, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky, for additions to and revisions of names of counties.

William Beer, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana, for helpful references and suggestions.

Grace King, Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, for additions to and corrections of parish names.

Francis E. Sparks, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, for valuable information regarding names of counties.

George Francis Dow, Secretary, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, for additions to and corrections of Massachusetts town names.

Samuel A. Green, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, for references which proved of great assistance in compiling information concerning the State.

Charles J. Taylor, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for nomenclature of towns and physical features in Massachusetts.

H. F. Keith, Mount Washington, Massachusetts, for information regarding the meanings of names in the Berkshire Hills.

George K. Holmes, Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, for valuable information concerning physical features in the Berkshires, and additions to place names in Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut.

C. M. Burton, Michigan Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan, for assistance in collecting information. Mr. Burton went to much trouble to get information concerning the names of towns in his State, which resulted in adding much material to that branch of the work.