178 INTRODUCTION. 
form in which they were received, little labor having been bestowed upon them 
beyond that of compilation. The laudable objects of those citizens, as well 
as my own design, will have been attained, if any thing valuable shall be preserved 
which would otherwise be lost ; if the attachment of our citizens to the state and 
its institutions shall be increased and confirmed, or if any new incentives shall be 
furnished for perseverance in the career which is here recorded. 
WILLIAM H. SEWARD. 
ALBANY, 1842. 
