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days of September, it was thought desirable to hold two or three 

 meetings of the executive committee there, to enable them the better 

 to perfect their preliminary arrangements. Such meetings were ac- 

 acordingly held, and by the aid of the citizens of Poughkeepsie, to 

 w^hom all praise is due for the prompt and efficient manner in which 

 they furthered the vie"ws of the committee, the most satisfactory ar- 

 rangements were made for the holding of the coming fair. 



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The ground selected for the occasion, was an elevated plain, com- 

 manding extensive views of the surrounding country, to which the 

 mountains in the west, and the blue range of the distant Highlands, 

 gave a varied outline and interest scarcely to be surpassed. A large 



