Excerpt from The Poles in the United States of America: Preceded by the Earliest History of the Slavonians and by the History of PolandThe publication of the present essay, announced a' year a 0, has been delayed by the hope that the Act of ongress, granting lands to certain exile: from Poland (approved the 30th June, 1834) would be executed before the intended publication. But although that hope, placed in the august body repre renting a people which but recently went through the ordeal of a revolution, has not yet been realized, 1he committee of the Polish exiles in this country desirous, notwithstanding all disappointments, to fulfill their romise, respectfully offer this short statement 0 the condition of the Poles in these United States, to all those whose °udgment and feeling enable them to be friends of, an unsuccess ful butjust cause.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.