BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD, A. M. VOL. I. STRABANE: Printed by JOHN BELLE W. M.DCC.LXXXIII. 17.83 + To General the Earl of Charlemont. My LORD, To your kind Indulgence I owe the Grati fication of being permitted to caft the following Letters on your Lordship's Protection. During the Course of the Subfcription, they have been supported by fome of the first Characters in the Kingdom; that the Defign was not only patronised but confiderably promoted by your Lordship, is a Circumstance highly flattering to the Author, and has been, in a particular Manner, conducive to his Intereft. To trace out and vindicate our national Rights is a principal Intention of the present Work. Thefe, during the late glorious Struggle, have been aided by your Lordship with an affectionate, a perfevering and animated Zeal, that has excited the Admiration of your Fellow-Citizens, and which they and their Pofterity will ever feel with all the Warmth |