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JDebkati0tt ta tlje ,f irst arib Qetorib (bition0. 



TO 

 JAMES MADISON, 



EX-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ETC., 



ALIKE DISTINGUISHED AS AN ILLUSTRIOUS BENEFACTOR OF HIS COUNTRY, 



A ZEALOUS PROMOTER OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE, 



AND THE FRIEND OF MANKIND, 



SI) 10 iDork, 



INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE FUNCTIONS EXECUTED BY THAT BEING, 

 WHOSE MORAL AND POLITICAL CONDITION HAS BEEN WITH HIM AN OBJECT OF 



ARDENT AND SUCCESSFUL STUDY, 

 IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION, INSCRIBED, 



IN TESTIMONY OP UNFEIGNED RESPECT FOR HIS TALENTS AND PHILANTHROPY, 



AND OF GRATITUDE FOR NUMEROUS EVIDENCES OF FRIENDSHIP, 



BY HIS OBEDIENT AND OBLIGED SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



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