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Franklin Bi-Centennial Committee

Appointed by the Governor, on behalf of the Commonwealth:

SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, LL.D., Chairman

LINDSAY SWIFT, SECRETARY

PATRICK J. GUERIN

C. B. TILLINGHAST, LITT. D.

EDWARD H. CLEMENT, LITT. D.

Appointed by the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Boston:

HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT, LL.D., CHAIRMAN
RT. REV. MGR. WILLIAM BYRNE, D.D.

JAMES J. PHELAN, TREASURER

MARTIN T. JOYCE

FRANCIS H. MANNING

Acting Secretary:

EDWARD S. SEARS

Rec. Sept 27, 1906

Poem by the Hon. James Jeffrey Roche

Cable Message to the President of France

History of the Franklin Fund, by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett

Oration by the Hon. Carroll D. Wright

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Concluding Exercises

APPENDIX A: Resolve of the General Court for the Celebration

APPENDIX B: Order of the City Council in Concurrence with the

above

APPENDIX C: Resolve of the General Court authorizing the publi-

cation of this volume

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APPENDIX D: Order of the City Council in Concurrence with the

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above

APPENDIX E: Selections from Franklin's writings prepared for use

in the Public Schools of Boston, by Lindsay

Swift, Esq.

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