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This opportunity they expect from us, and we feel that that 

 necessity should be imperative indeed, which compelled us to 

 disappoint them. Bat let the American inventor, mechanic, man- 

 ufacturer, and farmer remember that they also have a duty to 

 perform. Let them promptly come forward, bringing to our 

 autumnal feast of industry the first fruits of their science and 

 genius. 



By our charter we are designated as the American Institute of 

 the City of New York. We feel, and shall endeavor to act up to 

 the conviction that by our position at the centre of American 

 population and trade and industry, we are Jlmerican in a wider 

 sense, and are the Institute of the State and of the Union. 

 All which is respectfully submitted. 

 New York, January 3, 1860. 

 DAVID R. JAQUES, JOHN C. JOHNSON, 



WILLIAM EBBITT, ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 



WILLIAM H. BUTLER, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Jr., 



ISAAC M. PHYFE, D. MEREDITH REESE, 



JOHN JOHNSON, GEORGE TIMPSON, 



WILLIAM CLOSE, BENEDICT LEWIS, Jr., 



THOMAS W. FIELD, ROBERT MARSHALL, 



JAMES C. BALDWIN, JOHN F. CONREY, 



CHARLES A. WHITNEY, JAMES RENWICK, 



F. W. GEISSENHAIXER, Jr., WILLIAM HALL, 



ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON, BENJAMIN AYCRIGG, 



THOMAS F. DE VOE, JOHN A. BUNTING, 



SAI^IUEL H. MAYNARD, WILLIAM B. LEONARD, 



GEORGE PEYTON, HENRY MEIGS, 



ZACHARY PECK, JOHN GRAY, 



Managers. 



