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 DEDICATION,

of the American Indians their civilization and the happy fettlement of the fertile lands aroiind them, I {hall rejoice ; and the public will be greatly obliged to you, as your requeft incited to it ; and to you I am alfo indebted for many interefting particulars, and valuable obiervations.

I embrace this opportunity, of paying a public tefti- rnony of my gratitude, for your many favours to me. Permit me alfo to ^ celebrate your public fpirit your zealous and faithful fervice of your country your focial and domeftic virtues, &c. which have en deared you to all your acquaintance, and to all who have heard your names, and make you more illu- ftrious, than can any high founding titles. All who know you, will readily acquit me of fervility and flattery, in this addrefs. Dedications founded on thefe motives, are the difgrace of literature, and an infult to common fenfe. There are too many inftances of this proftitution in Great Britain, for it to be fuffered in America. Num bers of high feated patrons are praifed for their divine wifdom and godlike virtues, and yet the whole empire is difcontented, and America in ftrong convulfions.

May you long enjoy your ufual calm and profperity ! that fo the widow, the fatherlefs, and the ftranger may

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