ISO Arendt Van Curler. 



Craving pardon of my hearers, and of this honorable Albany Insti- 

 tute for presenting- so fragmentary a paper, pleading shortness of 

 notice, and press of imperative duties as my excuse. I beg leave to 

 state that life and leisure being given, I hope to do fuller justice to a 

 name most noble among those who laid the foundations of the great- 

 ness of the Empire State. 



