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vigour from the extenfion of its commerce. In thefe views, 

 our intereft and that of the State are too clofely connected 

 to permit me to doubt the readinefs of the refpedable corporation 

 over which you prefide, to attend to every objedl which may 

 intereft our agriculture ; nor will they, Sir, I truft, find any 

 difficulty in believing that the Agricultural Society will 

 cheerfully embrace every means that they fhall fuggeft for 

 extending the commerce of this State. The requeft which I 

 am now to make, on the part of the Society in which I 

 prefide, will indeed rather be a tax upon the pubHc fpirit of 

 the members individually, than upon the Chamber ; but it is 

 a tax which I am fatisfied that they will readily pay, if it meets 

 the approbation, and is recommended by the corporation. 

 In this perfuafion, I inclofe a draft of general inftru£lions for 

 captains of veffels failing in the employ of the members of 

 your Chamber, with a requeft on the part of the Society, for 

 the Promotion of Agriculture and Ufeful Arts, that they may, 

 under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce, be 

 recommended to their care and attention. Not having yet 

 had any opportunity of confulting the Society on this fubjedl, 

 I ftiall hold myfelf perfonally bound for any reafonable expence 

 that may be incurred. If the Chamber of Commerce fhould 

 adopt the inftrudions, with any alterations that they may 



deem proper, the Secretary of the Agricultural Society^ 



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Samuel L. Mitchill, Efq; on their being fent to him,. 



