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Excerpt from The Lectures Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction: At New Bedford, Mass., August 23, 1859, Including the Journal of Proceedings, and a List of the Officers At the close of the lecture, mr. Congdon, Chairman of the Local Committee, announced that those who were not provided with accommodations could be supplied by call ing at the City Library. Mr. Thatcher, teacher Of Music in the Public Schools in New Bedford, with a trio Of young ladies, favored the Institute with a song. The Chair announced that the evening session would be held at the Baptist Church, in Williams Street. The President read a communication from the Trustees of the Free Public Library, through abner J. Phipps, Clerk of the Trustees, inviting the members Of the Insti tute to visit the Library Rooms, at such times and as Often as may suit their individual convenience. On motion of mr. Bulkley, of Brooklyn, the invita tion was accepted. 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.