Excerpt from Forty-Third Annual Report of the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia: January, 1866 The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Mercantile Library Company was held this evening, at 7} o 'cl.ock Mr. Samuel C. Morton was called to the Chair. The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting, and of the Special Meeting held Dec 12 1865 were read and approved. The Annual Report of the Board of Managers was read, and, on motion, was accepted, and referred to the present Board to be printed. 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.