THIS NARRATIVE, RECORDING THE PROGRESS OF LIFE ASSURANCE, AND RELATING
THE SERVICES OF SIR WILLIAM PETTY, THE FATHER OF POLITICAL ECONOMY,
IN THE CAUSE OF VITAL STATISTICS, IS, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED TO HIS DESCENDANT, THE MOST NOBLE HENRY PETTY, THIRD MARQUESS
OF LANSDOWNE, BY HIS LORDSHIP’S MOST OBEDIENT AND VERY DEVOTED SERVANT,
JOHN FRANCIS.
_Shooter’s Hill, May 23. 1853._