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452 History University of Illinois STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Providence, February 22,1858. SIR: Prefixed, I beg leave, in accordance with a resolution of the general assembly of this State, to transmit you resolutions which have just passed that body, in relation to an act now before the Congress of the United States, for the donation of public lands to the several States and Territories in the Union which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. With high respect, I have the honor to remain your most obedient servant, JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary of State. Hon. Phillip Allen, United States Senate. 35TH CONGRESS, > 1st Session. \ SENATE. RESOLUTION OF (MIS. DOC. \ No. 184. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE IN FAVOR OF The distribution of a portion of the public lands among the several States for educational purposes. MARCH 4,1858.—Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. STATE OF MAINE. RESOLVE IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES. Resolved, That our senators and representatives in Congress be requested to use their efforts to procure a fair and equitable
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