Excerpt from Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Trustees of the New York State Library: Transmitted to the Legislature April 5, 1865 Sir - 21 have the honor to transmit the forty-seventh Annual Report of the Trustees of the New York State Library. I remain, respectfully, Your obedient servant, john V. L. Pruyn, Chancellor of the University. 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.