Acknowledgments 
Sincere, heartfelt thanks is hereby tendered 
To Mrs. Edward Morrell (Louise Bouvier Drexel) 
for the inspiration, and continued assistance by her 
sympathetic cooperation and financial sponsorship of 
the entire work. 
To REV. M. M. Mercedes, Superior General, for de­ 
taching me from all other work during the months 
required to do this; for her careful reading of the 
manuscript; and for kindly suggestions as to correc­ 
tions and arrangement. 
To Charles S. Langstroth of Long Beach, Cal., for 
his never-tiring courtesy in giving information of the 
Langstroth family, and furnishing photos of Pis­ 
cator and Eliza Langstroth and photostatic copies of 
Grandmother Langstroth's entries in her Bible. 
To John V. Bouvier of New York City for information 
of the Bouvier family history. 
To Mrs. Seton Henry (Josephine Wharton Drexel) 
for gift of photo of the Drexel home, Dornbirn, Ger­ 
many; photo of Francis Martin Drexel's painting of 
himself, wife and child; information about Grand­ 
mother Drexel, and anecdotes, incidents, relative to 
the Drexel family history. 
To Mrs. Nuno F. Jardim (Elizabeth Langstroth Fi­ 
gueira) of Funchal, Madeira Island, for invaluable 
aid in our searcli for data of the first Mrs. F. A. 
Drexel (Hannah Jane Langstroth) and for a copy