TO 



JOHIT QUINCr ADAMS, LL.D., 



EX-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES J 



THE LOVKR OP RtTRAr. PlTBSniTS, 

 AS WBLl A8 



TUE DISTINGUISHED PATEIOT, STATESMAN, 



AND sage; 

 THIS VOLUME 



BT PIERMIfiSIONf 



IS RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTION'ATELT 



DEDICATED, 



BY HIS FRIEND, 



THE AUTHOR. 



