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Petitions to Congress 439 DOCUMENT NUMBER 9 Petitions to congress for a grant of land in support of an industrial university or agricultural college in each of the states came apparently from Illinois alone during the years 1853-1857. As soon as the bill for a grant of land to each state for an agricultural and mechanical college was introduced in congress, December 14, 1857, petitions came from many states. The following are examples of the various kinds of petitions on the subject sent to congress; by no means all that were sent. PETITIONS TO CONGRESS v " Bouse Journal, 1st Session, 33d Congress. Dec. 23,1853, p. 138. By Mr. John Wentworth: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a grant of land and the appropriation of money for the establishment of a University in each State of the Union for the education of the working classes; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Jan. 16, 1854. p. 207, By Mr. Elihu Washburne: The memorial of the Agricultural Society of Carroll county, Illinois, for the establishment of an agricultural or normal school in each State in the Union; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Jan. 18, 1854, p. 240. On motion of Mr. Craige, Ordered, That the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of the chairman and board of supervisors of Cooke County, Illinois, for the establishment of a college for the laboring classes in each State of the Union, and that the~same be laid on the table. Mar. 16, 1854, p. 516. By Mr. Norton: The memorial of the Board of Supervisors of Bureau county, Illinois, for the establishment of an industrial university in the several States of the Union; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Mar. 20, 1854, p. 527. By Elihu B. Washburne: The petition of the Kane County, Illinois, Agricultural Society, for the establishment of a university for the working classes in each State of the Union; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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