I do myself the pleasure, to send you my publication, concerning the Western and Northern Canals, in this State, written and published at the request of the New York Corresponding Association, for the promotion of Internal Improvements.1

In doing this, I cannot but congratulate a Statesman, so distinguished and venerable as yourself, among the Fathers of our Republic, that you have lived to see the day, when your toils and your Sacrifices are repaid, by the unparalleled prosperity & happiness of the Nation, to whose existence and welfare, you have so essentially contributed. I have the honor to be, Sir, With the highest considerations of respect. Your Obt. Sevt.