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law, manufactures, and commerce. For these 

 articles I am indebted to the kindness of two srentle- 

 men, whose talents, and intimate acquaintance with 

 the subjects which they treat, will readily be acknow- 

 ledged. The article Law was drawn up by Alex- 

 ander J. Dallas, Esq., those relative to manufactures 

 and commerce by Tench Coxe, Esq. 



" For all the other additions, alterations, and cor- 

 rections, I am myself responsible. Many of these 

 additions, &c, have been introduced into the body of 

 the page, whilst others are thrown into the form of 

 notes. These last are marked with the initial of my 

 name. 



" It may, perhaps, seem decorous to apologize to 

 Mr. Pinkerton, for the liberty which I have, in many 

 instances, taken with his statements of facts, and with 

 his speculative opinions upon a variety of subjects : 

 my apology is briefly this ; it was intended to render 

 the work more correct and just; the task was con- 

 fided in me ; and, as an American, I had it more in 

 my power than the learned author could have had, to 

 procure authentic documents, or a more extensive 

 body of facts. It was originally my intention to have 

 introduced, in the shape of notes, all the points of 

 difference between Mr. Pinkerton and myself, but I 

 found it necessary to relinquish this design, as the 

 work would have been too much swelled with an ex- 

 pensive body of notes. 



