Secret History, or the Horrors of St. Domingo - In a Series of Letters, Written by a Lady at Cape Francois, to Colonel Burr, Late Vice-President of the United States, Principally During the Command of General Rochambeau #244626

I AM fearful of having been led into an error by my friends, when taught by them to believe that I could write something which would interest and please; and it was chiefly With a view to ascertain what confidence I might place in their kind assurances on this subject, that I collected and consented, though reluctantly, to the publication of these letters.