to the kindness of that public-spirited gentleman I am indebted for the privilege of submitting it in an engraving to the discriminating judgment of his countrymen. To John Jáy, Esq., of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, I am indebted for permission to copy the fine original portrait of Mr. Jáy, as a private citizen, also by Stuart, which has been carefully preserved at The Jáy Homestead, and which is considered the best of the many portraits of the distinguished statesman and jurist which have been preserved in different parts of the country.
It remains only for me to acknowledge, gratefully, the kind assistance, often accompanied with friendly suggestions, which I have received from time to time, for the purpose of adding to the interest and value of this edition of The Fœderalist, from Hon. James A. Hamilton of Dobbs' Ferry, in this county; from John Jáy, Esq., of The Jay Homestead, Bedford, also in this county; from James Kent, Esq., of Fishkill Landing; from Egbert Benson, Esq., of the city of New York; from A. A. Low, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y.; from Francis Howland, Esq., of Englewood, New Jersey; from George Henry Moore, Esq., the librarian of the New York Historical Society; from Frank H. Norton, Esq., the assistant superintendent of the Astor Library, New York; from S. Hastings Grant, Esq., the librarian of the Mercantile Library Association, New York, and from Mr. G. Hannah, his obliging assistant; from Wentworth S. Butler, Esq., the librarian of the Society Library, New York; from Alfred B. Street, Esq., the librarian of the State Library, Albany, New
