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TO THE
IMPARTIAL HUMANE SOCIETY
OF
BALTIMORE,
AND
THE FEMALE HOSPITABLE SOCIETY
OF
PHILADELPHIA,
(WHOSE NOBLE EXAMPLES OUGHT TO BE FOLLOWED IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN THE U. STATES)
THIS PAMPHLET IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
AS
A SMALL MARK OF APPROBATION, OF THEIR
LIBERALITY, HUMANITY, AND FOSTERING CARE,
DIRECTED TOWARDS THE RELIEF OF
A LARGE, OPPRESSED, AND SUFFERING
CLASS OF FEMALES,
WHOSE CASE OFTEN PRESENTS SCENES OF DISTRESS, TO WHICH NOTHING
BUT OCULAR DEMONSTRATION COULD SECURE CREDIT,
IN A
COUNTRY FAR MORE PROSPEROUS
THAN ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE HABITABLE GLOBE.
BY THE AUTHOR.
Philadelphia, June 24, 1833.