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Halaman 56 - No one who saw him can forget his personal appearance at that time. Tall, angular and awkward, he had on a shortwaisted, thin, swallow-tail coat, a short vest of the same material, thin pantaloons, scarcely coming down to his ankles, a straw hat and a pair of brogans with woolen socks.
Halaman 58 - Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.
Halaman 11 - SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by any three Directors.
Halaman 43 - I had never seen him before ; I never saw him afterward. His speech lasted less than ten minutes, but it settled a great question for me. I went home and wrote to sundry friends that I was a candidate for the professorship of history in any Western college where there was a chance to get at students...
Halaman 10 - Act entitled an Act to establish the Illinois State Historical Library and to provide for its care and maintenance, and to make appropriations therefor...
Halaman 57 - ... removing obstructions in rivers, and providing other facilities for the commerce carried on from the ports on the Atlantic coast ; and the same obligations have been fulfilled to a much less extent, in providing similar facilities for
Halaman 10 - ... to the people of the State. (2) To accumulate and preserve for like use, books, pamphlets, newspapers and documents bearing upon the foregoing topics. (3) To publish from time to time for like uses its own transactions as well as such facts and documents bearing upon its objects as it may secure. (4) To accumulate for like use such articles of historic interest as may bear upon the history of persons and places within the State.
Halaman 13 - ... construction, can illustrate the history of Illinois, its early settlement, its progress, or present condition. All will be of interest to succeeding generations. Contributions will be credited to the donors in the published reports of the Library and Society, and will be carefully preserved in the Statehouse as the property of the State, for the use and benefit of the people for all time.
Halaman 55 - July 5, 6 and 7, 1847. He was simply a looker on, and took no leading part in the convention. His dress and personal appearance on that occasion could not well be forgotten. It was then for the first time I heard him called
Halaman 10 - Society ; they shall fix the times and places for their meetings ; keep a record of their proceedings, and make report to the Society at its annual meeting. SEC. 5. Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by election by the remaining members, the persons so elected to continue in office until the next annual meeting. SEC. 6. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and in case of his absence or inability to act, one of the VicePresidents shall preside in his stead, and...