Excerpt from Centennial Celebration, at Canton, Mass: Historical Address, July 4, 1876 Joint Resolution on the Celebration of the Centennial in the several counties Or towns. Be it Resolved by the Senate and house of Representative of the United State of America, in Congress assembled, That it he, and is hereby recommended by the Sen. ate and House of Representatives, to the people of the several States, that they assemble in their several counties or towns on the approaching Centennial Anniversary of our National Independence, and that they cause to have delivered on such day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation, nod that a copy of said sketch may he tiled, in printer manuscript, in the clerk's office of said county, and an additional copy, in print or manuscript, he filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress, to the intent that a complete record may be obtained of the progress of our institutions during the first Centennial of their existence. Ordered, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth transmit to the clerks of the several cities and towns in the Commonwealth a copy of the joint Resolution of Congress on the celebration of the Centennial, in the several counties or towns, transmitted to the Senate by his Excellency the Governor, April 24,1876. 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.