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Arts conducive to the comforts and embellishments of life received 

 the encouragement originally designed by the projectors of the 

 American Institute. 



When viewing the animated and beautiful scene presented at our 

 late Annual Fair, held in a place where " armed men once prepared 

 to do battle," I was cheered by the hope that the day was not far 

 distant, when every Fort would be dismantled, and the fruits of 

 peace and good will spread their benign influence through the world, 

 raising the great human family to the highest standard of excel- 

 lence; when every man, reposing under the branches of his own vine, 

 would experience all the felicity which this earth is destined to 

 afford. 



All which IS respectfully submitted by your faithful friend. 



THOMAS BRIDGEMAN. 



Jfew-York, October 3Q(h, 1846. 



