My dear Uncle,<br><br>In dedicating these Sketches to you, I desire to testify my recognition of the valuable assistance you have afforded in giving me the benefit of your own researches respecting our common ancestor, the Huguenot Daniel Guérin, and his descendants; the possession of which was the inducement for gathering further particulars, which led to the compiling of these records of the family of Guérin, which I trust may be of interest to all connected with the name.