OF THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A. M. AUTHOR OF THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER, YOUNG COTTAGER, &c. BY THE REV. T. S. GRIMSHAWE, A. M. RECTOR OF BURTON-LATIMER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE; AND VICAR OF BIDDENHAM, ABRIDGED BY THE REV. WILLIAM PATTON, A, M. New York: PUBLISHED BY J. LEAVITT, 182 BROADWAY. BOSTON: CROCKER & Brewster, 47 WASHINGTON STREET. R4G7 Southern District of New York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-seventh day of December, A. D. 1828, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Jonathan Leavitt, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "A Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond, A. M., author of the Dairyman's Daughter, Young Cottager, &c. By the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, A. M, Rector of Burton-Latimer, Northamptonshire; and Vicar of Biddenham, Bedfordshire. Abridged by the Rev. William Patton, A. M." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "an Act, supplementary to an act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.' FRED. J. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New York. Vanderpool & Cole, Printers. ADVERTISEMENT. In our religious and intelligent community, there must be a very general curiosity to become intimately acquainted with one, whose writings have been read with so much delight and profit, as those of LEGH RICHMOND. The Editor of the following pages, has therefore wished to afford American readers a full view of his character and sentiments, and of the most important incidents of his life. Still it has seemed proper to omit some paragraphs and sentences of a local nature, and some observations and reflections of the original Compiler, which might be interesting and useful in England, but not so much so in this country. The omission of those, and of large extracts from the Diaryman's Daughter, and other writings already in extensive circulation, has much reduced the price of the volume, and thus, it may be hoped, will greatly extend its usefulness. In making these omissions, the Editor has not relied solely on his own judgment, but has been privileged with the advice and cordial approbation of two of his ministerial brethren of this city, of the same Christian denomination of which Legh Richmond was so distinguished an ornament. Thus abridged, the.book is now affectionately commended to the intelligent and good of every name. New York, Dec. 22, 1828. W. P. |