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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Eight Annual Meeting of the National Board of Trade: Held in New York, June, 1876 I accept, Mr. President, the tender Of the hospitalities of the city Of New York, and I am sure that while my friends Of the National Board Of Trade are here with you they will not only derive profit and pleasure from your example, but will go to their homes influenced by the lessons they are taught here, to awaken their own centers to an emulation which may in time place them upon an equal eminence with vou. [applause] The president: It will be first in order to ascertain who are present, and the Secretary will call the roll, and delegates present Will answer as their names are called. The Secretary read the list Of delegates as far as pre sented, which was subsequently perfected as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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