Meeting of the citizens of Albany.

At a meeting of the citizens of Albany, at the Capitol, on the evening of the 12^th of Feb. 1828. Isaiah Townsend, Esq. was called to the chair, and Thomas W. Olcott Esq. was chosen secretary.

The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:

The citizens of Albany, having learned with unfeigned sorrow, the sudden and lamented death of his excellency De Witt Clinton, and assembling together to testify the respect they owe to the memory of his exalted talents and eminent services, do resolve as follows:

That they sincerely deplore the severe and afflictive loss, sustained not only by the state, but the nation. This distinguished statesman and accomplished scholar, after devoting more than thirty years to the public good, as the firm and decided patron of the arts, the warm and zealous friend of science, and the powerful advocate and supporter of internal improvements, of education, and of virtue, is now no more. His public and private worth are identified with the history of his country, and will endure, as long as patriotism and freedom preserve their influence over this happy land.

That they condole with his family, relatives, and connexions, in this painful and mysterious dispensation of Divine Providence, by which they have lost an affectionate relative, and an illustrious benefactor.

That they will abstain from their usual avocations during the day on which his funeral obsequies shall be solemnized, and that they will close their stores and shops.

That they will wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm, on that day.

That a committee, consisting of three persons from each ward, be appointed to confer with such other committees, as are, or shall be appointed by the legislature, the corporation, the bar, the military, or other public bodies, to make arrangements for attending the funeral of the deceased, and to adopt such other measures as shall be suitable to the occasion.

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