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of the few surviving comrades of Washington, enume- 

 rated his military and civil services. Our Chief Magis- 

 trate, and our Legislature, with the Boards over which 

 he presided, have each paid him the tribute due to his 

 unsullied virtues. 



The individual traits of his character may be inferred 

 from the brief biography that I have now laid before you. 

 He possessed, in a remarkable degree, the rare gift of a 

 well-balanced mind. With great equanimity of temper 

 he united firmness of purpose and decision in accom- 

 plishing. His friendship when once formed, was unwa- 

 vering, and most devotedly reciprocated. In the domes- 

 tic circle he was ever attentive, kind and affectionate.* 

 Fellow Members of the Institute, 



The reverend gentleman who a few weeks since did us 

 the honor to deliver the annual address, feelingly re- 

 marked, that the last year of our history as a society was 

 not without aflfecting memorials. Besides the late Sur- 

 veyor-General, another active and most excellent mem- 

 ber and constant attendant, Charles R. Webster, 

 has gone from us. It is a cheering thought amidst the 

 changes induced by death, that we can point to some re- 

 lic, by which our friends can be remembered, and their 

 names transmitted to our successors. Thus, even in our 

 collections, their memory will survive. Who indeed can 

 gaze on the portion contained in yonder recess, without 

 recalling to his mind the lineaments of departed great- 

 ness—who but will drop a tear over the cherished cabi- 

 net of De Witt Clinton? 



Happy, if when our account is made up, we shall be 

 found, each in his appropriate sphere, like our honored 

 fellow members, to have done some service to the com- 

 munity, or the state. Then, whether in the morning of 

 life, or at its fervid, bustling noon-day, or in the declin- 

 ing hour, we depart, our memories will be cherished, and 

 ^^^^Jia mes implore the passing tribute of a sigh." 



denbergh, the sister of Colonel Varick, and 3dly to Mbs Susan Linn, daugh- 

 w of the Rev. Dr. WUliam Linn. 



