FOREWORD.
The establishment of an historic basis for this little romance was fraught with many difficulties, owing to the great divergence in statement and opinions to be found in regard to the life and origin of Justin Morgan. The author was obliged to select from a mass of contradictory material that which most nearly conformed with the purpose and continuity of the story.
Therefore, if any find the history not to his way of thinking she begs him to realize that it is, after all, but a detail which she hopes may be compensated for by the manner in which she has endeavored to bring out all those noble characteristics for which the Founder of His Race was famous.
In the frontispiece, modelled by Roger Noble Burnham, the portrait of Mistress Lloyd was posed for by Miss Fifi Willis, of Columbia, Missouri, to whom the author wishes to extend her thanks.
Eleanor Waring Burnham,
(Morgan Horse Club).
Magnolia, Massachusetts, September, 1911.