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Appendix. Containing Messages from the Governor, &c. -

[Governor's Message. -]

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives -

In entering upon the duties of the several stations to which we have been respectively elected we cannot be unmindful of our dependence upon that source of Wisdom to which all men, more especially those entrusted with the exercise of important political powers should look for direction and support. To that Being we have abundant reason to be grateful, which the transactions of this occasion cannot fail of beingly distinctly to our consideration - Our State has been blessed with the enjoyment of more than common health; our populous towns have been preserved from that distressing sickness with which several of the cities of other States have been severely afflicted; - the honest industry of the people in their various employments, has been rewarded with success: the restrictions upon one of the important branches of our commerce have been removed; our fisheries have been unusually prosperous; - our farms have produced their common abundance; and our citizens whilit it generally, the appearance of contentment and prosperity. Under such favorable circumstances, we assemble as the agents of our constituents, selected by their