New-Haven, Jan. 1, 1800. To [blank] : Sir, The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, desirous of contributing to the collection and propagation of useful knowledge, and of procuring the materials for a statistical history of Connecticut, request you to furnish them with every species of information which it may be in your power to obtain; relative to the geography, natural, civil and political history, agriculture, manufactures and commerce of the state of Connecticut.