INTRODUCTION. 



_1T may be proper to explain what was the 

 cause of my going to America. 



During the interval my EXPERIENCED 

 FARMER was printing, I had much time to 

 spend in London ; and having the honour 

 of being acquainted with Sir John Sinclair, 

 who was then President of the Board of 

 Agriculture, I frequently had occasion to 

 consult that gentleman. General Washing- 

 ton had at that time sent over to Sir John 

 proposals for letting his Mount Vernon 

 estate to English or Scotch farmers. This 

 being made known to me, I thought my- 

 self almost possessed of a real treasure, in 

 having the honour to be introduced by Sir 

 John Sinclair to so great a man as General 



