HON. JAMES M. SMITH, JR.,

RECORDER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

PUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION,

BY ORDER OF

THE METROPOLITAN SOCIETY

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SEPTEMBER, 1855.

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1855.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE HEIRS OF
GEORGE C. DEMPSEY

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Gift of

The Heirs of

George C. Dempsey

Nicholas Hill, Jr., Esq.,

Hon. Rufus Choate, and Others,

Letter of Harrison Gray Otis, Esq.,

Decision of the Supreme Court,

Hon. James M. Smith, Jr.,

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