TO 



GENERAL WASHINGTON, 



late President of the 

 United States. 



sir, 



X O Dedicate, with propri- 

 ety, a Work which treats of one of 

 the moft ufeful Branches of Hu- 

 man Induftry and Speculation, fome- 

 thing more is required to exiil in 

 the obje£l of the Addrefs than mere 

 Wealth and nominal Superiority. 



Liberality of Sentiment, exten- 

 five Knowledge, and marked Phil- 

 anthropy are the beft claims to 

 that deference and refpeft which 



the 



