TO HIS EXCELLENCY SILAS WRIGHT. 



Gn\minr of the Slate of New-fork, 



SIR. 



The present volume, the completion of which is in a great measure due to 

 your special indulgence (in granting a prolongation of the time originally 

 stipulated), contains a general account of the soils of the State, their 

 composition and distribution, and their relations to the underlying forma- 

 tions. Although the work thus far has been the result of much labor, still 

 I can but barely hope that its execution may meet your approbation, and 

 subserve the purpose for which the Survey was ordered by the Legislature 

 of New- York. 



Your obedient servant, 



Albany, December 30, 1846 







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E. EMMONS. 



