Written by:

Frances Pollard
Director of Library Services, Virginia Historical Society

Toni Carter
former Assistant Librarian, Virginia Historical Society

Gregory Stoner
former Library Assistant, Virginia Historical Society

Edited by:

Paul Levengood
Managing Editor, Virginia Historical Society

Web site development:

Tom Illmensee
former Web Site Production Manager, Virginia Historical Society

Special thanks to:

Angie Boyer and Tyler Young, former VHS library clerks, for locating illustrations.
E. Lee Shepard, Director of Manuscripts and Archives, for teaching us, once again, how a bill becomes a law.