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Excerpt from Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacuation of Boston: By the British Army, March 17th, 1776; Reception of the Washington Medal; Oration Delivered in Music Hall, and a Chronicle of the Siege of Boston Resolved, That the thanks of the City Council are due, and they are hereby tendered, to george E. Ellis, D. D., for the very interesting historical oration delivered before the municipal authorities of this city on the l7th inst., that being the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacuation Of the town Of Boston by the British Army; and that he be requested to furnish a copy of said oration for publication, together with such historical facts connected with the Siege of Boston as may be deemed worthy of preservation. Ordered. That fifteen hundred copies of the oration of George E. Ellis, D.D., delivered before the municipal authorities of this city on the 17th inst., be printed, together with an account Of the proceedings connected with the observance of the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacuation of Boston by the British Army; and that the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for Printing. 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.