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Signed by the following gentlemen, March,
1S4S.
Theodore Frelinshuyscn, Cchaneelor of Uni
yersiiy of New York
William II. Campbell, editor N. Y. District
School Journal.
Daniel Webster, U. s. Senator,
Thos. II. Benton, 6. ss
John Davis, &c I"
Jefferson Davis, 6. :
S. A. Douglass, g g
George N. Briggs, Governor of Massachu.
sets.
William B. Calhoun, Secretary of State of
Massachusetts.
Richard S. Rust, Commissioner of Common
Schools in New Hampshire.
Theodore F. King, Superintendent of Schools
in New Jersey.
Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the United
States House Of Representatives.
Edmund Burke, Commissioners OF Patents.
John Young, Governor of New York.
Christopher Morgan, Secretary OF State, and
Superintendent Of Common Schools in New
York.
Alvah Hunt, Treasurer of New York. r..
Willard Fillmore, Comptroller.
Rev. Samuel u. Cox, D. d.
Lyman Beecher, y. ID. President of Lane
Seminary.
Calvin Z. Stowe, D. D., d. II. Allen, Pro-
fessors in do 81.
Rev. Heman Humphrey. D. D. late Pres-
dent Of Amhest Colle"e.
Rev. Ezra Keller, d. D. Pres. Of Wittenberg
College, o.
NJ. a. Deh', n. a. Geiger, Professors in do
Benjamin Iarabee, d. d. President Middle
bury college, and other distinguished gentle
men.
The previous edition OF Wcbsier's Qnarto
Dictionary, received the following recomnen-
da.ion, from Dame! Webster, Levi Woodbury.,
Theodore Freliughuyscn and l0l other mem
bcrs Of Congress.
at is very desirable that one standard die
'ionary should be used by the numerous mil
lions Of people who are 10 ;uhahit the vast en-
tent Of territory belonging 10 the United States;
as the Of such 4 standard may prevent the
formation Of dialects in states remote from each
other, and impress upon the language unliorini-
ty aud stability. II is desirable. also. that the
acquisition o. the language should be rendered
easy, not only TO our own citizens, but to for
e;gncrs who wish to gain access to the rich
stores Of science which it contains. We ejoice
that the American Dictionary bids fair to be-
come snch a Standard
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