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INTRODUCTION
PRESENT STATE
STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE OF MAINE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
STATE OF ILLINOIS'S
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
STATE OF VIRGINIA
STATE OF NEW-YORK
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND
COMPARATIVE
TABLE
INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
INSTRUCTION
In the month of January last, I received the following letter:
Paris, December 24th, 1845.
Monsieur Alexandre Vattemare,
Sir,
The undersigned young men, citizens of the United States ofAmerica, now in Paris, have heard so much about the successfulrealisation of your scheme of international exchanges betweenFrance and their native land, that they are induced to take theliberty of requesting from you a narration of the results of yourindefatigable exertions in the cause of science during the pasttwelve months. They avail themselves of the occasion to testifytheir gratitude for your desinterested toil and the high respectwith which they have the honor to subscribe themselves,
Your very obedient and humble servants,
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