To browse Academia. With an endeavor of this scale, the list of people that facilitated my research and provided guidance over the years is vast. I owe a debt of thanks to the staff of the Florida State University's Strozier Library Special Collections and sub-basement staff, where this project started. The archives in Great Britain provided the guidance and assistance I needed to successfully mine their vast holdings in the limited time I had.
I would like to thank C. Woolgar in particular and the staff of the Special Collections at the University of Southampton for their assistance with the Wellington Papers; the staff of the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London, in using their valuable and under-utilized journals and correspondence; and the staff of the Public Records Office, Kew Gardens. The library staffs, and especially the inter-library loan personnel, from the United States Military Academy Cadet Library and the Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth, provided exemplary service in locating books when given the most rudimentary of information, particularly Sharon Strein and Joanne Knight.
I would like to express my appreciation for the faculty that guided me over the course of this enterprise. Since , my major professor, Dr. Donald Horward, has been a mentor, a friend, an encouragement and set the example for so many of his students. Without his commitment and support this dissertation could not have been completed.
To finish this study before he retired, he spent months working with me going through the various drafts. He has given freely of his time and expertise over the years it has taken to see this project through to fruition.
His vast knowledge of this period and the sources has been truly amazing. His example can never be surpassed, only emulated. I would also like to thank Dr. William Olson, Dr. Jonathan Grant, Dr. Michael Creswell and Dr.
