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form in which they were received, httle labor having been bestowed upon them 

 beyond that of compilation. The laudable objects of those citizens, as well 

 as my own design, will have been attained, if any thing valuable shall be preserved 

 which would otherwise be lost ; if the attachment of our citizens to the state and 

 its institutions shall be increased and confirmed, or if any new incentives shall be 

 furnished for perseverance in the career which is here recorded. 



WILLIAM H. SEWARD. 



Albany, 1842, 



