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M il. J. D E W I N D T ,

OF

ST. CROIX.

Sin,

I beg you to consider the dedication of this little volume, not as an attempt to discharge even the least of my obligations to your disinterested kindness; for, in this respect, I must remain for ever your debtor; but as an evidence of the pure esteem I feel for that patriotic ardor which incites you