The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1798.
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'Dedication', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5, (Canterbury, 1798) pp. iii-iv. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol5/iii-iv [accessed 25 April 2024]
In this section
TO CHARLES SMALL PYBUS, Esq.
ONE OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY's TREASURY, AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE TOWN AND PORT OF DOVER, &c. &c.
SIR,
YOUR partiality to a county, of which this is a
History, has given me hopes, that the Dedication of
this part of it to you will not be looked upon in an
unacceptable light. The continued assistance and liberal encouragement which you have favored me
with in the progress of my larger History, and the
many other essential marks of friendship which you
have honored me with, cannot but flatter me with
those hopes. You are besides, Sir, materially connected with the county, by the important station
which you have so long held in representing the town
and port of Dover, to the universal satisfaction of
your constituents, who, confident of your attachment
to the best of kings, and the happy constitution of
this country, (an attachment which you have persevered in with unabated constancy) have continued
their approbation of your conduct by repeatedly
chusing you, with the same servent zeal, in two successive parliaments. Give me leave, Sir, to join in
the deserved acknowledgment of your public merit,
and at the same time to seize this opportunity of returning my thanks to you for the many favors which
you have conferred on,
SIR,
Your most respectful,
and much obliged
humble servant,
EDWARD HASTED.
LONDON,
MAY 12, 1798.