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Proceedings of the Sixth Convention 469 DOCUMENT NUMBER 13 Prairie Farmer, June 20, 1863. PROCEEDINGS OP THE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION (Sixth) Pursuant to a call issued by prominent agriculturists in different parts of the State, The friends of agriculture assembled in convention at the rooms of the State Agricultural Society, in Springfield, June 9th, for the purpose of considering the best method for the legislature to dispose of the lands and script donated by the national government for the establishment of agricultural colleges in the state. The meeting organized at 2 o'clock P. M., of said day, under the following officers; President—James N. Brown, of Sangamon County Vice Presidents—Hon. Cyrus Edwards, of Madison County Hon. L. W. Lawrence, of Boon County Secretaries—W. W. Corbett, of Cook County, Thos. Quick of Washington County. At the suggestion of the President, John P. Reynolds, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, read the call for the convention and the act of congress donating lands for the establishment of colleges in the different states. On motion of Prof. J. B. Turner, of Morgan county, the President appointed a committee of three to draft resolutions appropriately expressing the feelings of the convention concerning the death of Dr. John A. Kennicott. Prof. J. B. Turner, Rev. J. C. Burroughs, Jno. P. Reynolds, were appointed such committee, who reported the following resolutions: Resolved, that in the death of Dr. John A. Kennicott, the members of this convention who have been personally associated with him, especially in labors pertaining to the agricultural interests of,the state, have lost a friend whose worth they will ever respect, and whose memory they will affectionately cherish.
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