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Excerpt from A Discourse Designed to Commemorate the Discovery of New-York by Henry Hudson: Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society, September 4, 1809; Being the Completion of the Second Century Since That Event
In resolving to celebrate this day, the historical society has adopted a measure which was due to the Occasion and to itself. And happy shall I be, if, in discharging that part Of the duty which devolves on me, I shall be able to contribute, in the smallest degree, either to the suitable celebration of the Anni versary, or to the entertainment of this audience.
In undertaking the task, Gentlemen, with which you have been pleased to honour me, I have Suppo sed that the plan Of discourse most likely to fulfil your wishes, most conformable with the design Of our in stitution, and certainly most commensurate with my own powers, and most agreeable to my own taste, would be that Of a plain historical memoir. Instead, therefore, Of attempting to entertain you with philo Sophical disquisition, or with rhetorical addresses to the imagination, I shall confine myself to a simple ac count Of the DI scov E RY which we celebrate, together with some Of the circumstances which preceded and followed that event. And if the plainness of unadorn ed narrative should exercise your patience, I trust the recollection, that you are listening to a recital of well authenticated jizcts, which took place two centuries ago, and some Of them at a still more remote period, near the spot where we now stand, will guard you against excessive weariness.
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