TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
JOHN ADAMS, 
PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
If this volume be tranfmlltcd:' acrofe 
the Atlantic, and fhould find its way to your 
hand, receive it as the voluntary homage 
of a native American, who from Ms ear- 
Heft life hath been taught to venerate vour 
virtues and your talents.- A worM, like tfce 
prefent, which has for its objeft the diffu- 
lion of fcience, the promotion of civilisa- 
tion through the unexplored regions of Af- 
ricaj and the eftabllfliment of colonial fe -ce- 
ments in that fertile but neglected quarter 
of the earth, cannot be addreffed to any in- 
dividual with more propriety than to you™ 
Succeeding: our illuftrious Vi^afliini^ton in 
the chair of the people, your conftitutional 
influence muft be extenfive, and there lives 
^ powerful advocate in your bofom, for the 
iuGcefs of every meafure that has a tendeu- 
