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"Among these memorials, you will find one from Albany, dated 

 October 19th, 1827, and signed by his excellency Nathaniel 

 Pitcher, lieutenant-governor of the state of New York, the hon- 

 ourable Erastus Root, speaker of the house of representatives, 

 and by nearly all the members of the legislature. I have 

 also the honour of transmitting to you three other memo- 

 rials : the first is dated Charleston, South Carolina, May 31st, 

 1827, and signed by the mayor of the city, President of the 

 Chamber of Commerce, and by a very long list of respectable 

 citizens. The second is dated Raleigh, North Carolina, Decem- 

 ber 24th, 1827, and contains the signatures of his excellency 

 James Iredell, governor of the state; the. honourable B. Yancy, 

 speaker of the senate ; the honourable James Little, speaker of 

 the house of commons; and by a large proportion of the members 

 of each branch of the legislature. The third memorial is dated 

 Richmond, Virginia, January 1st, 1828, and is sustained by a 

 number of respectable citizens : by the honourable Linn Banks, 

 speaker of the house of delegates, and by a large and respect- 

 able number of the members of the legislature." 



With these memorials, Mr. Reynolds transmitted, in like man- 

 ner, to the speaker, the following preamble and resolution, adopted 

 by the house of delegates of the state of Maryland : 



"Whereas foreign nations have long turned their attention 

 towards the acquirement of a more perfect knowledge of the 

 geography of the earth, by means of voyages of discovery, and 

 by these exertions have not only acquired reputation, but extended 

 the weight of their influence, opened new channels for commer- 

 cial enterprise, and benefited the human race, by enlarging and 

 improving the boundaries of knowledge : And whereas the gov- 

 ernment of the United States has attained a high standing among 

 the nations of the earth, the practical result of the most stupen- 



