THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED 



TO ALL PATRIOTIC AMERICANS, 



AND ESPECIALLY TO THE DESCENDANTS 



OF THE HEROIC FRENCH PROTESTANTS, 



EXILES FROM THEIR NATIVE LAND 



ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH — 



THE STORY OF WHOSE HEROISM, 



AND THE PART THEY PLAYED IN THE 



BUILDING OF OUR AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH 



ON THE SOLID FOUNDATIONS OF 



CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, 



IS TOLD IN THESE PAGES 



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