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Appendix.

Governors message [See page 17.]

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 specially 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 bringing 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 severally 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 exhibit, generally, the appearance of contentment and prosperity. Under such favourable circumstances, we assemble as the agents of our constituents, selected