The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-04-27
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volutiun, l. has bee ehp duc y said . taeie
wee q. anti in tHosc avs. Il Is. at onCe our
doty ana our ntel e.t to rhe Isl aiveyl oliee.
ti5no EN-. Ine ( lsa@ % e=tPrlde ong
lnr % =, tuat co Ietitules moral force OF NH
ndc ne to,n puUnc vel AZ.
The .cond itlon " / ne much more valH
ab'ean ilte e,ting than the inst, a 1t wllico
tain MANY portant character.t,c aneea9tez,
& lev.r re r" pu ia he'd, ! TIA sc 1T lous
men VINO ac,,G a con. leu us paft IA N ID
Tiu. Re, ,utl "a. Tn Editor thinksIt proper
tt ID 3D., that many gentlsmen, frpm various
p'-,,of tue Uuio,t, aaye omeed t" malah
origina', .tuhe7 OF on N std-urgaish ke-
yom' ,nna,v IL ,es, age md statesmel.
The valuable, rare, q .Ioquen. plpefs, Ia
ken ttom the Jonr as % the hev dictionary
Congress-. as wei, As the Constitution olthe 4.
Sates-anlthe valedictory add fss OF Gene al
Washington, which the lirst edition dld II 1
contain, will give additionainteresta and valaeto
hework
The first edition contained a biographies
sketch ui the character OF gnt ht'Hdfed aud
fifteen individuals, and II is expected the Secon#
viii contalr a ketch the character, Nc. o,
forty Il fifty more, who have died since the
publication Of the hrs' rdltlcn.
Amour muuy recommendations of the hss
edition, the pubiishc, will only give the iollo"
ne:
Mr.. Niles, in his Register, July 1,l8l5,
concluded anarticle on" che books, with
he tol owiug ursrryatons
:" have been led to these few remarks, by
hyin nv hand on volume lately PobIehed
by ~. ROGERS, at Eastan, PEN. entitled"
new Bug apnical Dictionary, rontainr the
Ii es of al oul emnent s.atesmtn, hetot7
patro and "a es.'
Ntw.Yo X, up il 10, l8l4.-SIR-Next to
the ibe an Luofe f moral and re lgtous
nature, yhich ought eva to hav large SHIRE
OF ate0tOnl all our sem II les Oh aarhhg,
scarcely anything an 5e more rn5'ractl'e, and
certainly, nothinL caa re more Interes lng t. an
ngeni, youth, thapbi gfapnv.
Lam happy find TIA you have Pnbllsed a
Biographical Dict may, whet ! think well
calculated to give the rising 1enerat'oO mueh
important Knowledge OF many d sunsalshee A
menca .oeS and statetmen mat y1hr a.
no sIorthe ben lit ofthose, Who .eto succeed
az on the great theatre o. the " Id may be
generously ramunerated, IS the sincere wish al
Your humble servant,
TIMOTHY ALDEN.
W RoGrRs, Esq;
CONDIT' ONs.
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Editor, at Washington until the 9id o. Matoha
and after thattime to Easton, Penn.
- che Editor will thank gentlemen in va
Nous parts ofthe Union for bog aphleai sketch
e'o.our departed heroes, sages, and Statesmen
Easton, Penn jan. 81, 1923.