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putting money in their purse; educating their children, multiplying 

 their domestic comforts j and thus increasing the national wealth by 

 countless millions. 



THIS PLAN OF PUBLICATION APPLICABLE TO OTHER STATE DOCUMENTS. 



Here I beg leave to suggest that this plan of publication might 

 be adopted, to some extent, by the National and state governments, 

 at a great saving to their respective treasuries, and with vast advan- 

 tage to the people. The " Natural History of New- York," a work 

 which reflects honor upon the country, might have been published 

 'in this way at one half the expense to the state, at no more expense 

 to the purchaser, and twenty copies for one might have gone into 

 the hands of the people. Congressional and state laws of general 

 interest, should be simply stereotyped at the expense of the treas- 

 uries; they could then be published at a small advance on the mate- 

 rial and labor; and come within the reach of all who desired them. 



