This affidavit, addressed to the Jackson electors of the county of Dutchess, presents the integrity and worthiness of Henry I. Traver, candidate for the office of county clerk. It was published to refute slanderous reports and is authorized by thirteen of the most aged and respected of our citizens, including some who were politically opposed to him. It is signed in type by ten members of the Republican Corresponding Committee. The thirteen men who certified his qualifications are William Germond, Samuel Russel, David Sheldon, Josiah Sutherland, Henry Hoffman, Joshua Culver, Henry I. Hiserrodt, Israel Harris, Niles Hartwell, Cornelius Allerton, William Woodin, E. Taylor, and John Perry, Jr. The ten Republicans are Clapp Raymond, George P. Oakley, James Hooker, James Fort, J. van Benthuysen, Edward J. Hunt, James P. Frear, D.V.N. Radcliff, Richard Pudney, and Charles P. Barnum.