Excerpt from Public Documents of the Legislature of Connecticut: Special Session, December, 1862 and May Session, 1863

It will thus be seen, that after toiling and laboring for eight long weeks, to the sacrifice of all other business, he generally came out at the little end of the horn at last!

But, notwithstanding these trials and perplexities, he, from year to year, patiently and perseveringly continued to plod on in the usual way, until at length, a discriminating Legislature, who sympathized with him in his losses, generously took the Subject into consideration, and finally resolved, as the Statistics were found generally useful for reference, and that the origi nal aut'ograph book was yearly presented gratuitously to the connecticut historical society, to award him for his labors with one hundred dollars, after he had presented the General Assembly and State officers With two printed copies each.

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