Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books, Tracts, Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Views, Portraits, and Manuscripts, in the Library of the New-York Historical Society The Catalogue now Offered to the public, executed with a minuteness' which, it is hoped, will be gratifying to the historian and antiquary, exhibits evidence of the industry with which many rare and valuable books, tracts, newspapers, maps, charts, manuscripts, and other articles, have been procured. Works ih' any language, in any department of literature and science, also natural and artificial curiosities for our cabinet, are received with gratitude and preserved with care; yet the prio mary Object of the society is to avail itself of a copy of all rennet= rican and foreign publications and manuscript productions, which throw light on the history Of our country. One volume Of our Historical Collections has been issued from the press, and the second may shortly be expected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.