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the labor necessary for their production, must sustain the 

 millions who are dependent upon it. The products of the man- 

 ufacturer, mechanic, and artisan, must be exchanged for the pro- 

 ducts of the cultivator, and these exchanges should form within 

 our Union an internal commerce such as no nation has before 

 exhibited. Short sighted legislation may retard the develop- 

 ment of this mighty fabric, but it will expand as intelligence ad- 

 vances, and this should be accelerated by the bounty of the State, 

 judiciously bestowed. 



We are happy in feeling assured that the members of the Ame- 

 rican Institute are ready at all times to lend their aid in promo- 

 ting objects of public utility, and especially such as tend to the 

 advancement of agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and the 

 arts. 



It may not be improper here to state, that the library of the 

 Institute has been increased during the past year by the pur- 

 chase of 1100 volumes of agricultural, mechanical and miscel- 

 laneous works ; making the whole number of volumes to exceed 

 5,500, Under new arrangements it has been made a circulating 

 library among members. Strangers who are tarrying in the city 

 for short periods, can have free access to it, on being introduced 

 by a member ; where they will find the leading periodicals of 

 Europe and America, and also the most prominent newspapers of 

 the United States. 



JAMES TALLMADGE, 

 LIV. LIVINGSTON, 

 ROBT. LOVETT, 

 ROBT. L. PELL, 

 EDW'D. T. BACKHOUSE, 

 ADONIRAM CHANDLER, 

 HENRY MEIGS, Trustees. 



