Dear Sir:

Dear Sir

Most respectfully, &c.,

Most respectfully, &c.,

Troy, Feb. 26, 1848.

Troy, Feb. 26, 1848.

Ladies:—I have received your polite note of the 22d inst., and, while I consider myself fortunate in serving you acceptably, I deem it my duty to comply with your request.

Ladies

I am, Ladies, and ever hope to be, your friend and servant,

I am, Ladies, and ever hope to be, your friend and servant,

H. H. GARNET.

Mrs. H. B. Rich, Miss Charlotte Putman, Miss L. A. Gideons.

H. B. Rich

Charlotte Putman

L. A. Gideons

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ADDRESS.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Ladies and Gentlemen

My theme is the Past and the Present condition, and the Destiny of the Colored race. The path of thought which you are invited to travel, has not as I am aware, been pursued heretofore to any considerable extent. The Present, is the midway between the Past and the Future. Let us ascend that sublime eminence, that we may view the vast empire of ruin that is scarcely discernable through the mists of former ages; and if, while we are dwelling upon the 

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