HONOURABLE JAMES TALLMADGE, LL.D., 
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE J 
DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS FIRM, FAITHFUL, AND INTELLIGENT COURSE AS A REPRE- 
SENTATIVE IN CONGRESS ; AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF 
NEW YORK 5 AS A MEMBER OF THE TWO PRECEDING CONVENTIONS 
FOR REVISING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE ; AS A PATRON 
OF EDUCATION ; AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIS LONG-CONTIN- 
UED EFFORTS IN ENCOURAGING AND PROTECTING 
AMERICAN INDUSTRY, IN AGRICULTURE, 
MANUFACTURES, AND THE ARTS, 
ETC., ETC., ETC. 
f)is Volume is respsjctfttUa JUebicatefc, 
BY 
THE AUTHOR 
