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472 History University of Illinois sitions in regard to said institution,'' should be constituted of one gentleman from each congressional district of the State. The chair, with the aid of the convention, appointed the following gentlemen members of said committee: 1st District—Henry D. Emery Chicago 2nd —L. W. Lawrence Belvidere 3d » —W. H. Van Epps Dixon 4th " —W. H. Rosevelt Warsaw 5th |! —A. C. Mason Galesburg 6th | —Lewis Ellsworth Naperville 7th " —Wm. Kile Paris 8th I —John P. Reynolds Springfield 9th " —Thompson Chandler Macomb 10th " —J. B. Turner Jacksonville 11th " — N. M. McCurdy. . . . * Vandalia 12th " —W. C. Flagg Moro 13th " —B. G. Roots Tamaroa John P. Reynolds was designated chairman of the convention pro tern. On motion of Prof. Turner, it was voted that the secretaries prepare the minutes of this convention for publication in the city papers of Springfield, and the agricultural papers of the State, and that the press generally throughout the State be requested to publish the same. The motion to adjourn was then put, and the President declared the convention adjourned sine die. Jas. N. Brown, President W. W. Corbett, Secretary.
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