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The Hon. JA3IES BOWDOIN, Esquire 



Late PRESIDENT of the AMEKICAN ACADEMY of 



ARTS and SCIENCES. 



Who died at BOSTON, November 6th, A. D. 1790. 



MB. VICE TRESIDEN'T, AND 



GEXTLEME:Nr OP THE AJIERICAX ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 







whether of 



ipend for 



of the great, the 



a while, the ordinary pursuits of 

 contemplative nature 

 IS, and the wise, throucrh all their 



life, 

 path 



tions for the benefit of manldnd — and to portray their charac- 

 ters as an example to the world — has been the practice of all 

 ages — and is certainly a rational, an useful, and a philosophic 

 employment. Such a task, your too partial sentiments have as- 



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