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 A, and Political Register for the State of North Carolina is herewith presented, for the first time, in the history of the State.

The want of such a compilation is by every citizen of the state.

In very many of the States of the Union, such a work is annually published by public patronage, and is much esteemed as affording a ready reference to names, dates and facts, which are inaccessible to some, of difficulty to many, and important to all.

The compiler feels grateful to many patriotic citizens of North Carolina for aid afforded. In the collection of so many names and facts, and the compilation of so large an array of figures, it is t be expected that some errors will occur. Much labor and pains have been taken to guard against them; errors will creed in, however, and the compiler will be grateful to any one who may detect them, and communicate the facts, that they may be avoided in future editions. It is to be hoped, however, that should some errors occur, they will be so small as not to mislead the observant reader, or impair the usefulness of the work.

In future editions, (as the word is, by law, to be prepared for each succeeding Legislature.) such errors will be avoided; and by improvement in matter and embellishments in mode, this work more worthy of its distinguished subject, and the patronage of its patriotic citizens. JOHN H. WHEELER,