Madison, Wis., November, 1904.
Hulme's Journal of a Tour in the Western Countries of America—September 30, 1818-August 8, 1819.
Extracted and reprinted from William Cobbett's A Year's Residence in the United States of America: London, 1828.
{259} DEDICATION
To TIMOTHY BROWN, Esq.
OF PECKHAM LODGE, SURREY
North Hempstead, Long Island,
10th Dec. 1818.
MY DEAR SIR,
The little volume here presented to the public, consists, as you will perceive, for the greater and most valuable part, of travelling notes made by our friend Hulme, whom I had the honour to introduce to you in 1816, and with whom you were so much pleased.
His activity, which nothing can benumb; his zeal against the twin monster, tyranny and priestcraft, which nothing can cool; and his desire to assist in providing a place of retreat for the oppressed, which nothing but the success in the accomplishment can satisfy; these have induced him to employ almost the whole of his time here in various ways all tending to the same point.