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THE STATESMAN'S MANUAL,

THE

ADDRESSES AND MESSAGES

OF THE

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.-

INAUGURAL, ANNUAL, AND SPECIAL,

FROM

1789 TO 1854;

WITH

A MEMOIR OF EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS

AND

A HISTORY OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIONS:

ALSO,

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND A SELECTION OF
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES,

BY EDWIN WILLIAMS.

EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS,

ENGRAVED ON STEEL BY VISTUS BALCH.

IN FOUR VOLUMES,
VOL. I.

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.

NEW YORK:

EDWARD WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET.

1854.

the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY C. C. SAVAGE

13 Chambers Street, NY.