TO
WILLIAM HAYNE SIMMONS,
OF EAST FLORIDA—
TO ONE WHOSE MUSE, ALIKE GRACEFUL AND CORRECT,
IS OBNOXIOUS TO NO CENSURE SAVE THAT WHICH
IS DUE TO HER INDOLENCE, I BEG LEAVE,
WITH AFFECTIONATE RESPECT,
To Inscribe this Romance.
W. G. S.
Woodland, S. Carolina, May 20th, 1838.