-rs'**'l 



An artist's conjcttural reconstruction of Roscwell as originally planned. 

 From Thomas Waterman's The Mansions of I'nginia. Ohapel Hill. University 

 of North Carolina Press. 1946. p. 106. 



ACKNOWLEDG MENTS 



I am vastly indebted to Miss Nellie Deans Greaves, 

 Maj. Fielding Lewis Greaves and the late Col. G. A. 

 Greaves for permission to excavate at Rosewell and 

 for their generosity in agreeing to present the finds 

 to the Smithsonian Institution. 



My gratitude and commiserations go out to my 

 wife Audrey Noel Hume and to John 'Van Ness 

 Dunton, who suffered through snow, frost, rain, heat, 

 and mosquitoes to help me with the excavation, an 

 operation that was really too large for three people 

 to handle. I am further indebted to them for their 

 assistance in assembling the glass and ceramics, and 

 particularly to Mr. Dunton for his work on the 



chemical treatment and cleaning of the metals. 



I am also indebted to the department of architec- 

 ture of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., \\'illiamsburg, 

 Virginia, for its assistance in the construction of this 

 report and for generously carrying the cost of 

 preparing the illustrations. 



Among the many persons who have given Ireely 

 of their council and guidance are Frederick M. Bayer, 

 associate curator of marine invertebrates, Smithso- 

 nian Institution; R. J. Charleston, assistant keeper 

 in the department of ceramics, Victoria and Albert 

 Museum, London; Philip H. Dunbar, curatorial 

 assistant at Colonial Williamsburg; John Gloag; 



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