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 was considered desirable, and Messrs. J. & A. Mc, No. 41 Hanover Square, New York, were induced to collect and put them to press, in a convenient form, and to offer them for sale at a moderate price.

Accordingly, on the first day of January, 1788, these gentlemen issued the following Prospectus: —

In the Preſs, and ſpeedily will be publiſhed,

A collection of ESSAYS, written in favor of the

NEW CONSTITUTION,

By a CITIZEN of NEW-YORK:

To render this work more complete, will be added, without any additional expence,

As agreed upon at Philadelphia, Sept. 17. 1787.