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Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Ship-Canal Convention: Held at the City of Chicago, June 2 and 3, 1863 S. Edgerton, Ohio. Charles Sumner, Massachusetts. James H. Campbell, Pennsylvania. Henry Wilson, Massachusetts. H. P. Bennett, Colorado. J. M. Howard, Michigan. Pursuant to the above call, delegates from nearly all the loyal States assembled at Chicago, on June 2, 1863, to the number of about five thousand. The day was propitious; and a spacious tent was erected for the accommodation of the delegates, on Lake Park, between Eldridge and Harmon Courts, and overlooking the blue waters of Lake Michigan. 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.