The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-25
TO THE PUBLIC.

The whole OF the Inst edltIon having oeeh
sold the Editor has been inducedto Ole, new
one, on more enlal ged scale, by reason OF the
many demands that have been made ior the
work from various parts oithe United States.
Theta, OF able reception that has been given
to this (" Biographical Dictionary" Will, It is
grateful To he compiler, may be REGARDED as
honorable 10 the American community. The
ancient republics ased monuments OF stone 1 I
give perpetuity to the fame OF hen heroes ami
says We ~ouldimplant tie memory eiopr'S
Il the hea Is Of our children, to be handed own
to their children, in proud rememb, auce otthe
virtues and talents of men who never had then
supeuors. Ol those who took PAT IN the Re
voluiiou, il has heen emphatiCaiY sald, " there
were giants in those DAYS Ii Is at once ON
duty an oul ntere to cherish lively ecoilec-
ton of them. There isan hone-tpridch be one
ing tot that constitutes moral force oil NH
nIte value totnepnhlic welfare.
The ,econd edition will be much more valu
able aud inte esting than the iilst, as 1t wllcon
tain many important character islc anecdotes
q c. nevvi before published, oi those iIlustiIous
men who acted a consiicu US Dart III "uf sl0-
rious Rev oluti II. The Editor thlnksIt proper
to ad that many gentlemen, nom various
parts of the Union, have promised to furnish
OH, inaIsk etche- of our most dIstinguished Re
volutionary heroes, ages and statesmen.
The valuable, rare, and eloquent papers, la
Ken from the Jour ais OF tn" Revolutionary
Congress, as well as the Constitution oithe u
States-andthe valedictory add, ess oil Genel al
Washington which the iii7t edition did not
contain, wiigive additonalinteresta and valueto
he work.
The first edition contained bioGlaphlca'
sket ch of the character OF one hundred and
fifteen individual l., AND il i ex ecie the second
will contain sketch OF the character, &c. OF
forty or fifty more, who have dled since the
public alton OF he hlst edition.
Among many accommodations OF the hrs
edition, the publisher viii only give the follow
ug:
Mr.. NILES, in his Register, July /, 1912
oncluded anarticle on " ocho' Books, WIN
he fol owing observations
I" have been led to these few remarks, ny
LAYING nv hand on a volume lately published
by Mr.. Rogers, at East"n, Penn. eh.'lso ="
new Biographical Dictionary, containing the
Ii es of all oui eminent statesmen, hel oe'
patriots and sa res"
NEw-YoeK, April 10, l5lf.-Slh-Nektt %
he Bible and hooks of a moral and reneio"'
| nature, which ought ever To hav lal 9e sn'l
of attention in I'll our sem nauese oil learning
scarcely any thing can he more 'ns.rhttre, d"
! certainly, nothing can he more interesting 10 an
Ingenious youth, thanbiography.
! lam happy to find that you have pu'i'sed :
| Biographical Diotiona y, which th'hk WEI
calculated to give the rising generation thur'
important knewleGge of many 'shng"ahea a
merica heroes and statetmen. That your Ia
! hor sGorthe benefit oil those, who ateto succeed
! MS on the great tnearre o. the world, may too
generously remunerated, is the sincere wish
| your humble servant,
TIMOTHY ALDEN.
T. J. ROGERS, Esq.
CONDITIONS.
|. The work to be comprised in an OCTAVE
volume, to contain between4 and 800 pages
The price to Subscribers will be IS, payable OF
| delivery.
2. Ii will be printed on good paper an'
handsome type, neatly bound aud lelttred.
S,h,cr;ni;on papers to be returned to tn
Ed;,o,, at Washington until the 3rd oil March
and alter thattme to Easton, Penn.
NJ The Editor viii thank gentlemen IN va
rions parts ofthe Union for biographical sstttsL
e, ofour depa,ted heroes, sages, and statesmen
Faston. penn. ia. 27, 1928.