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EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on tliefifth day of Mardi.ia ilie (or-
ty-third year of the independence of the United States of America, A.D.
1S19, Moi-es Thomas^ of the said district, hath deposited in this office tlie
title of a book, the right whereof he clainis as proprietor, in the woi^ds
following, to wit:

A History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the end
of the Butch Dynasty. Containing among many surjn-isijig and cui-ioua
matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disas-
ti-ous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of
Pettr the Headstrong, the three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam:
being the only jVuthentic History of the Times that ever hatli been pub¬
lished. I'he third edition. By Diedrich Knickerbocker. De waarheid
die in duister lag. Die komt met klaarbeid aan den dag.

In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, intituled,
" An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of
maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies
durmg the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled, " An
act supplementary to an act entitled " An act for the encouragement of
learring, by secui-ing the copies of maj)s, charts, and books, to the au¬
thors and proi)rietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,
and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving,
and etching historical and otlier prints."

D.   CALDWELL,

Clerk oftheEaHein DistrictvjPennsylvania.