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"SORTIE IBSTEE’S DICTIONARY, UN 
V v abridged. Published by G. &. C. Merriam, Spring- 
field, Mass., and for sale by booksellers generally. 
Washington , Jan. 31st, 1850. 
I possess many Dictionaries, and of most of the learned and 
cultivated languages, ancient and modern. But I never feel that 
I am entirely armed and equipped in this respect, without Dr, 
Webster at command. Daniel Webster. 
I think it the most useful Dictionary of the English and Ameri¬ 
can language extant. Henry Clay. 
I find it an invaluable vade mccum. — Washington Irving. 
Every scholar knows the value of a work, which, in addition to 
its etymological learning, has done so much to enlarge our ac¬ 
quaintance with the English vocabulary, both by the number of 
its words, and the accuracy and extent of its definitions. 
Wm. H. Prescott. 
The etymological part surpasses anything that has been done 
for the English language by any earlier laborers in the same 
field. Geo. Bancroft. 
We recommend it to all who desire to possess a complete, 
accurate, and reliable Dictionary of the language. 
Signed by Webster, Cass, Benton, Fillmore, Briggs, Calhoun, 
Winthrop, Chancellor Frelinghuysen, and thirty other Mem¬ 
bers of the United States Senate. 
We rejoice that it bids fair to become the standard Dictionary 
to be used by the numerous millions of people who are to 
inhabit the United States. Signed by 104 Members of Congress. 
The copious list of geographical names is an important feature 
of this work for schools, and is itself worth the cost of the whole 
work. School Committee of Framingham. 
Resolved, unanimously, that Webster’s Quarto Dictionary be 
the Standard in the New-York State Normal School. 
my Wm. H. Campbell, Clerk Ex. Com. 
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