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COPY OF THE CALL 



OF THE 



ASSOCIATED AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL Socn 

 held at Dedham, January 28, 1851, the following proposition was adopted : 



"That the President and Secretaries be a Committee to mature and adopt a 

 for a Convention of Delegates from the various Agricultural Societies of the C 

 monwealth, to be holden at some convenient time and place, the object of w 

 shall be to concert measures for their mutual advantage, and for the promotion of 

 cause of Agricultural Education." 



In the discharge of their duty, the Committee have addressed communications 



HON. LEVI LINCOLN, . . President of the Worcester County Society. 



JOHN W. PROCTOR, ESQ., " " Essex County Society. 



HON. E. D. HOAR, ... " " Middlesex County Society. 



MORGAN LEWIS, ESQ., . " " Berkshire County Society. 



HON. SETH SPRAGUE, . " " Plymouth County Society. 



J. H. W. PAGE, ESQ., . " " Bristol County Society. 



HON. WILLIAM CLARK, . " " Hampshire, Hampden & Franklin ! 



GEN. JEREMIAH MAYO, . " " Barnstable County Society. 



JOSIAH HOOKER, ESQ., . " " Hampden County Society. 



GILBERT MONSON, ESQ , " " Housatonic Society. 



ALFRED BAKER, ESQ., . " " East Hampshire Society. 



HON. HENRY W. CUSHMAN, " " Franklin County Society. 



HON. GEORGE DENNY, . " " Westboro' Society. 



All of the gentlemen above named have responded, and they cordially appi 

 the plan of the Convention, and unite in calling it. 



fn the further discharge of their duty, therefore, the undersigned beg leave to 

 nounce that a Convention of the several Agricultural Societies of the CommonweE 

 will be holden at the Slate House in Boston, on Thursday, March 20, 1851. 



In order to increase the interest and usefulness of the occasion, the Officers 

 Trustees of the above named Societies, and such delegations as may represent th 

 are respectfully invited to attend. 



The Convention will first assemble in the Green Room, at 10 o'clock, A. M., 

 the purpose of organization ; and at 3 o'clock, P. M., and 7 o'clock in the evening 

 the Hall of the House of Representatives, the use of which has been granted foi 

 accommodation. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER,^ 

 EDGAR K. WH1TAKER, > Commille 

 EDWARD L. KEYES, ) 



