THE

AMERICAN POLITICIAN;

THE

AMERICAN POLITICIAN;

CONTAINING THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,

THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,

THE

INAUGURAL AND FIRST ANNUAL ADDRESSES

AND MESSAGES OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS,

AND OTHER IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS;

TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF

INTERESTING STATISTICAL TABLES,

AND

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES

OF

THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
THE SEVERAL PRESIDENTS, AND MANY OTHER
DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS.

BY M. SEARS.

Embellished with the Portraits of the Presidents,

FROM WASHINGTON TO TYLER.

SIXTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.

BOSTON:

BELA MARSH.

1844.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE LIBRARY OF
PHILIP HOWES SEARS
JANUARY 5, 1934

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841,

BY E. LELAND AND W. J. WHITING,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.