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ADDRESS. 



3/r. President, and Members of the 



New YorJc State Agrkultural Society : 



Gentlemen : 



I esteem very highly the honor you have 

 done me, by inviting me to deliver the Address 

 usually given on the anniversary occasions of 

 your extensive, instructive and world-renowned 

 exhibitions. I have always been accustomed to 

 regard your Society with feelings of respect and 

 gratitude, as being the precursor of many simi- 

 lar institutions on this wide and fertile Conti- 

 nent; and I shall esteem the present occasion of 

 addi< "g the farmers, mechanics, and citizens 

 genet , of the old Empire State, among the 

 happiest of my life, if I can say anything that 

 shall, in however humble a degree, tend to 

 encourage you in prosecuting the important ob- 

 jects contemplated by the founders of this Society 

 more than a quarter of a century ago. 



