INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE., 



DELIVERED BEFORE 



THE LITERARY 



AND 



'HILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



OF NEW- YORK, 



ON THE 



FOURTH OF MAY, 1814, 



DE WITT CLINTON, LL. D. 



PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY A.SD PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF NKW-TOEK, 



NEW-YORK 



PUBLISHED BY DAVID LONGWQRTH, 



At the Shakspeare-Gallcry. 

 IS'. Van Riper, Print- 



1815. 



