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E340 -W4A3 1825

73256

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT:

District Clerk's Office.

BE it remembered, that on the twentieth day of December A. D. 1821, in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Wells & Lilly of the said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the Words following, to wit :-

"A Discourse, delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In commemoration of the First Settlement of New England. By Daniel Webster."

In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled. "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps. Charts and Books, to the Au thors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an Act entitled, “An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled. An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching Historical and other Prints "

:

JNO W. DAVIS,

Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.

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HON. DANIEL WEBSTER,

SIR,

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23, 1820.

AT a meeting of the Trustees of the PILGRIM SOCIETY, present, John Watson, William Davis, James Sever, Alden Bradford, Barnabas Hedge, Thomas Jackson, Jr. and Zabdiel Sampson, Esquires, VOTED, "That the thanks of the Trustees be presented to the HON. Daniel WEBSTER, for his eloquent and interesting DISCOURSE, delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d instant, at their request, in commemoration of the completion of the second century since the settlement of New England-that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication-and that the Corresponding Secretary communicate the preceding vote."

While in the performance of this duty, as honorable as it is pleasing, I am directed to subjoin, that the Committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of the American Antiquarian Society, who attended en this occasion, by invitation, unite in the request.

With great esteem and regard,

I am, Sir,

Very Respectfully,

SAMUEL DAVIS,

Corresponding Secretary of the Pilgrim Society.