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D. F. ROBINSON & co. and NORTON & RUSSELL.

Norton & Russell, Printers.

1826.

315.10

4.S.4661.21

1871, Oct. 4.
Gift of
Wm. Channing Cannett,
of Boston.

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L.S.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, ss.

BE it remembered, that on the Sixteenth day of August, in the

Fifty-First year of the Independence of the United States of America, D. F. Robinson & Co. and Norton & Russell, 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 selection of the Eulogies, pronounced in the several States, in honor of "those Illustrious Patriots, and Statesmen, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson."

In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, 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 also to the act, entitled, " An act suplementary to an act, enti"tled 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, " engravings, and etching historical and other prints."

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me,
CHARLES A INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

HULOGY,

PRONOUNCED AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
July 11, 1826.

BY JOHN TYLER.

WHY this numerous assemblage-this solemn and melancholy procession-these habiliments of woe? Do they betoken the fall of some mighty Autocrat, some imperial master who hath "bestrided the earth like a Colossus," and whose remains are followed to the grave by the tools and minions of his power? Are they the tokens of a ceremonious woe a mere mockery of feeling? Or are they the spontaneous offerings of gratitude and love? What mighty man has fallen in Israel, and why has Virginia clothed herself in mourning ? The tolling of your dismal bell, and the loud, but solemn discharge of artillery hath announced to the nation the melancholy tidings-THOMAS JEFFERSON no longer lives. That glorious orb which has for so many years given light to our footsteps, has set in death. The Patriot-the Statesman, -the Philosopher-the Philanthropist, has sunk into the grave-Virginia mourns over his remains and her harp is hung upon the willows. Why need I say more? There is a language in this spectacle which speaks more eloquence than tongue can utter. This is the testimony of a well spent life --the tribute of a nation's gratitude. Look on this sight, ye rulers of the earth, and learn from it the lesson of wisdom. Ye ambitious and untamed spirits, who seek the attainment of glory by a scaffolding formed of human suffering, behold a people in tears over the funeral bier of their benefactor, and if true glory be your object, be guided by the light of this example.

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