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[Approves whole-heartedly of the plan of his work, expresses her enjoyment of the first two numbers, and her intent to commend the whole work in the March issue of Ladies' Magazine , which she edits; and asks permission "to express my hope that you will continue your researches and labors in the annals of our country. We need such exertions. We must make our own country more especially the object of our literary efforts. And I rejoice to see men of talent and literature devoting their powers of genius and investigation to those early scenes and incidents which have had such astonishing results; and which are still operating mightily on the destiny not only of America , but of the whole world."]