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solicit the correspondence and co-operation of such men. It is 

 reasonable to hope that the inquiries will elicit much valuable 

 knowledge ; that they will contribute to excite and strengthen a 

 spirit of improvement in agriculture, this most honorable and 

 useful pursuit ; that they will unfold agricultural resources and 

 capacities of which we were not fully aware ; that they will 

 strengthen those, which already exist and present new reasons 

 for a devoted attachment to our native State ; a State, which, if 

 its soil be comparatively hard and sterile, and its climate severe, 

 is in a high degree favorable to longevity, to strength of muscle, 

 vigor of intellect, and moral energy ; furnishes an ample reward 

 to patient industry, temperance and frugality ; and under the 

 administration of upright magistrates, and wholesome and equal 

 laws, which she has so long and eminently enjoyed, abounds 

 in the elements of domestic comfort, and social improvement 



and prosperity. 



Yours respectfully, 



HENRY COLMAN. 



Boston, June, 1837. 



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