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and I disclaim any other merit, thafi that of 

 having, by means of machinery, procured 

 at an easy price, the use of an article which 

 was not before easily attainable. 



I should not discharge the duty I owe 

 to the public, and to myself, were I not 

 at this moment, to urge the necessity af at- 

 tending to certain principles in shoeing, in 

 order to guard, at any future time, against 

 the attempts of persons to pass off shoes, of 

 w^iich the only recommendation may be 

 their immediate cheapness. In this, I mean 

 nothing personal. With regard to the shoes 

 made by my machinery, I rest my expec- 

 tations of the public opinion, both as to their 

 form and other properties^ on the result of 

 public expedience, being w^ell assured, that 

 the trial w^ll be fair, and the verdict just. 



In the prosecution of this plan, I have ex- 

 perienced much kindness and patronage from 

 many gentlemen ; but from your Lordship 

 in particular, I have uniformly and unre- 



