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The General was then conducted between the open files 

 towards the Castle, near to which he was met by the Secre- 

 tary of State, who addressed him to the following eftectj 



" Dear General, 



The Governor Council, and Citizens 

 assembled, greet you, and the gentlemen accompanying 

 you, with a cordial welcome to the "State in Schuyl- 

 kill." Your visit here, completes your tour to all the 

 States in the Union. 



" We possess but a limited territory and population, 

 but there are no limits to the joy we feel on this auspicious 

 occasion. It is now nearly a century since some of the 

 worthiest and most eminent men of our parent Colony of 

 Pennsylvania, associated on the Ranks of our beautiful 

 river, and founded this Institution, with a view to occa- 

 sional relaxation from the cares and fatigue of business. 



" The waters and woods furnished abundance of game, 

 and the pursuit of it, and its preparation for the festive 

 board, at once contributed to the delight and health of 

 the sportsmen. 



"No event (save the War of the Revolution, in which 

 you Sir, bore so distinguished a part,) ever interrupted 

 the amusements of the Fishing and Fowling Company of 

 the Colony in Schuylkill. 



" Its independence is coeval with the close of that con- 

 test, when its surviving citizens, exchanging the sword and 

 musket, for the angling rod, and the fowling piece, re-as- 



