COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN SENATE, June 16, 1874. ORDERED, That the Joint Special Committee appointed to take suitable measures to provide for the delivery of an Oration upon the life, character and public services of CHARLES SUMNER, be directed to prepare a Memorial Volume containing the proceedings in the Legislature on the receipt of the intelligence of the decease of our late Senator; the account of the Funeral and Commemorative Services, and a copy of the Eulogy delivered by GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, and the Poem by JOHN G. WHITTIER; and that five thousand copies of such Memorial be printed and bound for the use of the Legislature. And that each member of the Legislature, the Clerk and Chaplain of each branch, and the Sergeantat-arms be allowed ten copies each, and the other officers of the Legislature, and the reporters to whom seats are allotted in the two branches, and each city and town in the Commonwealth, one copy each; the residue to be distributed or otherwise disposed of according to the best discretion of the Committee. THE undersigned Joint Special Committee, acting under the preceding Order, herewith submit the MEMORIAL VOLUME which they were directed to prepare. The Committee have asked Mr. WILLIAM HOWELL REED to give his editorial supervision to the several reports and documents, in order to insure a completeness and precision, without which the work would lose its value. They are entirely satisfied with his work, and as the volume has taken form under his direction, they may say with propriety that they believe it will fully meet the wishes of the General Court. MOODY MERRILL. WILLARD P. PHILLIPS. SMITH R. PHILLIPS. |