SECRET HISTORY:

OR,

THE HORRORS OF ST. DOMINGO,

IN

A SERIES OF LETTERS,

WRITTEN BY A LADY AT CAPE FRANCOIS

TO

COLONEL BURR,

LATE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

PRINCIPALLY DURING THE COMMAND OF

GENERAL ROCHAMBEAU.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY BRADFORD & INSKEEP

R. CARR, PRINTER.

. . . . . . . . . . .

1808.

PREFACE.

I am fearful of having been led into an error by my friends, whentaught by them to believe that I could write something which wouldinterest and please; and it was chiefly with a view to ascertain whatconfidence I might place in their kind assurances on this subject, thatI collected and consented, though reluctantly, to the publication ofthese letters.

Should a less partial public give them a favourable reception, andallow them to possess some merit, it would encourage me to endeavour toobtain their further approbation by a little work already planned andin some forwardness.

THE AUTHOR.

Philadelphia, Nov. 30th, 1807.

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