- Richard C. Boys, University of Michigan
- James L. Clifford, Columbia University
- Ralph Cohen, University of Virginia
- Vinton A. Dearing, University of California, Los Angeles
- Arthur Friedman, University of Chicago
- Louis A. Landa, Princeton University
- Earl Miner, Princeton University
- Samuel H. Monk, University of Minnesota
- Everett T. Moore, University of California, Los Angeles
- Lawrence Clark Powell, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- James Sutherland, University College, London
- H. T. Swedenberg, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles
- Robert Vosper, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
- Edna C. Davis, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
- Beverly J. Onley, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Typography by Wm. M. Cheney
INTRODUCTION
Opinion is a mighty matter in war, and I doubt but the French think it impossible to conquer an army that he leads, and our soldiers think the same; and how far even this step may encourage the French to play tricks with us, no man knows.
Swift's Journal to Stella, 1 January 1711