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In 1828, he engaged with zeal in the formation of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, and was placed at the head of its Executive com- 

 mittee. In 1829, he was one of the committee appointed to pro- 

 cure its charter. In 1830, he was elected one of its Vice Presi- 

 dents, which post he held by annual re-election for a period of 

 seven years, when he resigned, but continued an active member 

 of the Institute. There was no member more prompt in his at- 

 tention to the duties devolving on him, than Colonel Crolius. 



As an evidence of the estimation in which he was held by its 

 members, on his resigning the Vice Presidency in 1837, we copy 

 the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted: 



" Resolved, That the thanks of the American Institute be ten- 

 dered to Col. Clarkson Crolius, for his faithful discharge of the 

 duties of Vice President for many years, and for his uniform, in- 

 defatigable, and able support of the protective system as well at 

 the meetings of the Institute, as in the halls of the Legislature 

 in the early periods of that controversy." 



" Resolved, Thfit it is due from .the members of this Institute, 

 that a permanent record be made of their estimate of the char- 

 acter and services of Col. Crolius, and that these resolutions be 

 inserted on the minutes of the proceedings of the Institute, for a 

 permanent memorial of the estimation in which he was held, 

 and the gratitude which is entertained towards him by all his 

 co-laborers of the Institute.^' 



It is not an every day occurrence that we are called upon to note 

 the departure of a friend or an acquaintance, full in the measure 

 of years allotted to man, of whom we can truly say, " his long 

 life has been devoted, with a singleness of purpose, to the prin- 

 ciples he professed." Such, we believe, is strictly true in rela- 

 tion to the gentleman of wnom we are speaking. 



We have been associated with Col. Crolius in the labors of the 

 American Institute, from its formation until his demise It is 

 undoubtedly true that his inflexible adherence to principles con- 



