Excerpt from Semi-Centennial Celebration of the City of Buffalo: Address of the Hon. E. C. Sprague Before the Buffalo Historical Society, July 3, 1882; Celebration of July 4th, in Connection With Laying of Corner Stone of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Resolved That the President appoint a committee of five, to make arrangements for a proper Observance by this Society of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation Of the city Of Buffalo, which will occur April 20, 1882. Whereupon, the President named Wm. H. H. Newman, Rev. A. T. Chester, William C. Bryant, Wm. Dana Fobes, and Thomas B. French, as such committee. 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.