DEDICATION.

TO THE

HON. JAMES KENT,

CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

SIR,

WILL you permit me to place under your protection the following pages, in which it is attempted to present a brief outline of the Resources and Character of a Country, whose public weal you have so powerfully upheld by your judicial talents and learning; whose private interests have been promoted, and whose private relations have been uniformly gladdened, by your social and domestic virtues?

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your much obliged

And most obedient Servant,

JOHN BRISTED,

New-York, 1818.