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To JOHN CHILDS, Esq.
OF BUNGAY, IN SUFFOLK,
A ZEALOUS PROMOTER, FROM EARLY MANHOOD, OF
CIVIL, RELIGIOUS, AND COMMERCIAL LIBERTY,
AND, WITH THE ABLE ASSISTANCE OF JOSEPH HUME
AND A FEW OTHER COADJUTORS,
THE SUCCESSFUL ABATER OF THE MONOPOLY
WHICH TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLED THE PRICE OF THE
BIBLE,
THIS HISTORY OF THE
DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER UNRIGHTEOUS MONOPOLY,
IS INSCRIBED, AS A TESTIMONY OF SINCERE RESPECT
FOR HIS UNDEVIATING ADHERENCE TO PRINCIPLE,
AND AS A MEMORIAL OF
FORTY YEARS' UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN HIM AND THE AUTHOR.
