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TO

AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND,

(BACHELOR, D 4, ALBANY,)

THIS ATTEMPT

TO MAKE THE WEST AFRICAN DESCRIBE HIMSELF,

IS AFFECTIONATELY ADDRESSED,

BY

ONE OF HIS “RECLAIMED.”

WERE WRITTEN TWO YEARS AGO.

I LEAVE THEM A SORROWFUL MEMORIAL

OF THE DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN.