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TO THE 



HONORABLE HENRY CLAY: 



My Dear Sir: 



I take the liberty to inscribe these volumes to you 

 as a testimonial of personal gratitude. In the midst of engrossing 

 cares you have often been pleased to turn aside for a while to foster 

 those who were following the humbler and quieter walks of litera- 

 ture ; and it is, naturally, their delight to offer for your acceptance, 

 upon every suitable occasion, an acknowledgment of cordial thank- 

 fulness. 



Allow me, then, as the only tribute I can tender, to present a 

 work designed to illustrate the history and resources of one of those 

 American States which were summoned into the brotherhood of 

 nations by your sympathy and eloquence. 



I am, with the greatest respect, 



Your friend and servant, 



BRANTZ MAYER. 



Baltimore, July, 1850. 



