THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



President : 

 Honourable Stephen Van Rensselakr. 

 Vice-Presidents : 

 His Excellency Gov. Marcy, Albany. His Ex. Gov. Everett, LL D, Mass. 

 Hon. Albert Gallatin, New- York. Hon. Dan. VVebster, LL.U., Boston. 

 Hon. Reuben H. VValwonli, N. Y. James Milnor, D.D., New- York. 

 JRt. Rev. Benj. T. Oiiderdonk, N. Y. His Excellency Gov. Dunlap, Me. 

 Hon. Franklin Pierce, N. H.jHon. Ruel Williams, Me. 



Francis Wayland, D.D., R. I. Hon. Horace Everett, 



Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, N. .I.iHon. Roger M. Sherman, 



Hon. Samuel li. Southard, N. J 

 Hon. Robert C. Greer, Penn. 



Hon. Roger B. Taney, Md. 



Hon Windham Robertson, Va. 



Hon. William C, Rives, Va. 



GeneralJames Hamilton, S. C. 



Hon. Henry Hitchcock, Ala. 



Hon. Alexander Porter, La. 



Hon. Felix Grimdy, Tenn. 



Rt. Rev. Charles P. M'llvaine, Ohio. 

 His Excellency Gov. Duncan, 111. 

 Henry R. Schoolcraft, E^5q., Mich. I 



Board of Directors 



Hon. Horace Binney, LL.D., 

 Hon. James Hayard, 

 Thomas Sewall, M.D., 

 Hon. William Gaston, 

 Hon. John M. Berrien, 

 Hon. Robert J. Walker, 

 Hon. Thomas J. Lacy, 

 Hon. Henry Clay, LL.D., 

 John C. Young, D.D., 

 Hon William Hendricks, 

 Hon. Lewis F. Lion, 



Vt. 



Conn. 

 Penn. 



Del. 

 D. C. 

 N. C. 



Geo. 

 Miss. 



Ark. 



Kv. 



Ky. 



Ind. 



Mo. 



Alonzo Potter, D.D., New- York. 

 John Knox, D.D., 

 Jacob Janeway, D.D., " 



Rev. John A. Vaushan, " 



Rev. Gorham D. Abbott, " 



Hon. Benj. F. Hutler, LL.D., " 

 Hon. Samuel T. Armstrong, Mass. 

 Hon. Samuel Hubbard. LL D., " 

 Hon. John Sergeant, Pennsylvania. 

 Peter G. Stuyvesant, Esq., N. Y. 

 Hugh Maxwell, Esq , " 



Charles Butler, Esq., '• 



Hiram Ketchum, Ksq., " 



James Brown, Esq., " 



Frederic A. Tracy, Esq., " 



Eleazer Lord, Esq., " 



Thomas Cock, M D., " 



John T. Gilchrist, Ksq , " 



Samuel W. Seton, Esq., " 



Isaac Collins, Esq., Pennsylvania.' 



Executive Committee: 

 J.\MEs Brown, Esq., New-York, Chairman. 



Thomas M'Auley, D.D., New- York, 



Francis L. Hawks, D.D., " 



Thomas Dewitt, D.D., " 



Rev. George Potts, " 



Rev. .Tohn Proudfit, " 



Prof. Benj. Silliman, LL.D., 



Hon. Samuel Jones, 



Hon. Myndert Van Schaick, 



Hon. Heiiian Lincoln, 



Bradford Sumner, Esq., 



David Graham, Esq.. 



Timothy R. Green, Esq. 



George S. Robbins, Esq., 



Cornelius Baker, Esq., 



John Griscom, LL D., " 



Anthony P. Halsey, Esq., " 



Robert Kelly, Esq., " 



Isaac S. Loyd, Fsq., Pennsylvania. 



Thomas J. Wharton, Esq., 



Conn, 



NY. 



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Mass. 



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N. Y. 

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 N. Y. 



N. Y. 



John Torrey, M.D., Med. Coll 

 Alonzo Potter, D.D., U. Col., 

 Wilbur Fisk, D.D., Wes. Uni., Conn. 

 Rev. Jacob .Abbott, Boston. 



Rev. Bela B. Edwards, 

 Rev. Leonard Bacon. New-Haven. 

 Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, Ohio. 



Charles Butler, Esq., New-York. 



GoRHAM D. Abbott, Secretary. 

 Anthony P. Halsev; Treasurer 



Thomas Cock, M.D., New- York. 

 Lewis C. Beck, NY. University," 

 William Cooper, Lye. Nat. Hist., " 

 .John T. Gilchrist, Esq, ** 



Timothy R. Green. Esq., •• 



Marlnus Willett. M.D., " 



William Betts, Esq., 

 Henry E. Davies, Esq., 



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