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population, commerce, opulence, and power, it stands at the head of 

 the Union ; and it is believed that no country in the world furnishes 

 more fertile subjects for the researches of the naturalist, the investiga- 

 tions of the philosopher, and the speculations of the politician. 



By order, 



And in behalf of the Society. 

 (Signed) DE WITT CLINTON, President. 



N. B. Specimens of Minerals, and other subjects of Natural History, 

 will be thankfully received and reposited in the Cabinet of the Society. 



*£* Please to transmit your answer to this Letter by a safe private conveyance, 

 directed to the Hon. De Witt Clinton, Dr. David Hosack, or the Rev. Dr. John 

 M. Mason, New-York, or the Hon. James Kent, Albany. 



