The author might now proceed to record the various other expressions of public and private feeling to which the lamented decease of Mr. Clinton gave rise; for these he refers the reader to a small volume, entitled "Tribute to the Memory of De Witt Clinton," &c. in which they are collected and judiciously arranged, by a citizen of Albany. Suffice it to remark, that most of the numerous public institutions, literary and benevolent, of our city and country, with scarcely an exception, gave a public expression of their sorrow at the death of the late chief magistrate of our state. While, too, it would have afforded the author high gratification to have introduced into these pages many of the testimonials referred to, and some of the more splendid effusions contained in the several eulogies that have been pronounced in various parts of the United States, he is denied this melancholy duty by the very unexpected length to which this Appendix has already extended.

Recurring to the following warm tribute of affection and respect (not less honourable to the writer than to the deceased friend whose loss he deplores,) he is compelled to deviate from his original purpose.

Letter of Condolence from General Lafayette addressed to Charles A. Clinton, Esq. of this City.

PARIS, March 30, 1828.

MY DEAR SIR,

Your particular and friendly attentions to me, make you the natural organ of the melancholy and affectionate feelings, which I wish to be conveyed to the family of your lamented father. I regret the mournful and unexpected event, as an immense loss to the public, and a great personal cause of grief to me. Bound, as I was, to the memory of my two beloved revolutionary companions, your grandfather and granduncle, I had found a peculiar gratification in the eminent talents and services of their son and nephew, and in his kind and liberal correspondence, until personal and grateful acquaintance had impressed me with all the feelings of a more intimate friendship. I beg you to be to your afflicted family the interpreter of my deep sympathies, and to believe me, for ever,

COL. CLINTON.

P.S. My son and Le Vasseur beg to be mournfully remembered.

THE END.

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