Excerpt from A Memorial of Christopher Columbus: From the City of Boston in Honor of His Discovery of America Ordered: That the Clerk of Committees, under the direction of the Committee on Printing Department, be authorized to prepare and publish an edition of three thousand copies of a memorial volume of the Columbus Day Celebration, to contain an account of the services at the Boston Theatre on said day, together with such other matter as the said committee may deem advisable; and that each member of the City Council of 1892 be furnished with twenty copies of said memorial volume; the expense attending the same to be charged to the special appropriation for the Columbus Day Celebration. Passed. Sent up for concurrence. In Board of Aldermen, November 14, concurred. Approved by the Mayor, December 16, 1892. 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.