AMERICAN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA,
ETC. ETC.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1851.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY M. MASON, IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.
TO THE LADY MATILDA MAXWELL,
WHOSE DISCERNMENT OF AN UNUSUAL AND SUPERIOR
CHARACTER IN A MERCHANT SEAMAN,