Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Convention of the Friends of Public Education: Held in Philadelphia, October 17, 18& 19, 1849 Tm: undersigned, deeming that the great cause of popular education in the United States, may be advanced, and the exertions of its friends strengthened and systematized, by mutual consultation and deliberation, respectfully request the friends of Common Schools and of universal education through out the Union, to meet in Convention, at the city of Philadel phia, on Wednesday, the 17th day of October next, at 10 o'clock, a.m., for the promotion of this paramount interest of our Republican Institutions. 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.