TO THE MASTER, WARDENS, AND COURT

OF ASSISTANTS OF THE

Worthipful Company of Grocers

OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

GENTLEMEN,

In the year 1829, I had the honour of presenting to you the first edition of my Account of the Venerable Fraternity with which we are all associated, and you were pleased to receive it with indulgence. Permit me now to dedicate to you a corrected and enlarged edition of the same work, and to assure you, that I am, Gentlemen,

With sincere esteem and attachment,

Yours very faithfully

J. B. HEATH.

London, October, 1853.