TO 
MY MOTHER, 
MRS. LYDIA HEART. 
Though a name conspicuous in the scientific world might 
add popularity to this little work now offered to the public ; 
affection for my venerable parent induces me to dedicate to 
her, what will, to her, be interesting, however it may be re- 
garded by the severe eye of criticism. I have, within the past 
year, seen in my sister’s dedication to our aged Mother “ The 
History of the Republic of America ,” that these marks of 
affectionate respect from her children have the power of 
awakening more vivid emotions in her breast than most events 
connected with a world, which has almost vanished from her 
sight in the brighter visions of eternity ; that she may find the 
pious sentiments imbibed from herself, in some degree reflect- 
ed from the following pages, is the wish of her 
Daughter, 
ALMIRA H. LINCOLN. 
Troy Female Seminary , April 20, 1829. 
