ADVERTISEMENT. 



The patient industry and research of the learned 

 and eloquent eulogists of the late Chief Justice 

 Tilghraan^ have furnished the compiler of this biogra- 

 phy with all the materials necessary for his present 

 instructive undertaking: and although its magnitude 

 lias gone so far beyond his first proposal, as to require 

 that it should receive a separate publication, those 

 great facilities to his undertaking, have made his la- 

 bour both easy and agreeable. 



Their brief but comprehensive record of his ances- 

 try^ traces its origin to the early period of Henry the 

 Eighth's reign, and portrays the living feature of 

 every incident apt to interest an American reader in 

 the nobility of his origin, or the reputation of his 

 family connections. 



For the citizens of the United States have never 

 desired to extend their fame otherwise than by noble 

 deeds ; and to secure for their country the good will 

 of every nation by a dignified conduct, and greatness 

 of example, which neither illustrious birth, elevated 

 rank, or great fortune, can ever bestow ; " and which 

 even upon the throne, can only be acquired by a life 

 of exemplary virtue, and an anxious attention to the 

 suffrages of posterity .'' 



J. GOLDER. 



January 20, 1829. 



