 SOCIETY : I take occasion at this first meeting of the Society, since I was informed of my election as its President, to tender to you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me, in selecting me to preside over this learned association. To be...  Collections of the Maine Historical Society - Page xviiby Maine Historical Society - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Michigan - 1849 - 806 pages
...the Chair, allow me in Spartan brevity to express my grateful acknowledgments for the distinction and honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me to preside over your deliberations. I enter upon the duties incumbent upon me with much diffidence, yet with an anxious... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Maine - 1857 - 544 pages
...PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY. DELIVERED AT AUGUSTA, MARCH, 1857. ADDRESS. GENTLEMEN OP THE MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY : I take occasion at this first meeting of...deceased, Chief Justice Mellen, Stephen Longfellow, and Gov. Parris, names only to be mentioned to be honored, while the survivors, President Allen, late of... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1857 - 550 pages
...OP THE S 0 CIE £ "£. DELIVERED AT AUGUSTA, MARCH, 1657. ADDRESS. GENTLEMEN OF THE MAINE HISTOEICAL SOCIETY: I take occasion at this first meeting of...deceased, Chief Justice Mellen, Stephen Longfellow, and Gov. Parris, names only to be mentioned to be honored, while the survivors, President Allen, late of... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Iowa - 1864 - 696 pages
...the chair. On taking the chair, Mr. Butler addressed the House as follows : GENTLEMEN : — I tender you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me, in choosing me as your Speaker. Inexperienced in the responsible duties of the chair, I shall require... | |
 | National commercial convention - United States - 1868 - 264 pages
...copied from the thriftiness and example of New England. (Applause.) Now, gentlemen, I again present to you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me; and when I look upon this Convention and see the faces that are turned toward me beaming with intelligence,... | |
 | Commercial Union of the State of New York - Canals - 1870 - 116 pages
...SPEECH OF NATHANIEL SANDS, ESQ., OF NEW-YORK. G-ENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION — You will please accept my thanks for the honor you have Conferred upon me in selecting me your President on this occasion. We can scarcely over-estimate the importance of the work we have 011... | |
 | American Gas Light Association - Gas - 1885 - 348 pages
...(Applause.) MR. HUMPHREYS — Mr. President, and Gentlemen: I wish to tender my sincere thanks to you for the honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me to be the successor of my good friend, Captain White; and I promise you that if the duties of' the office... | |
 | Vermont. General Assembly. Senate - Vermont - 1879 - 428 pages
...the oath of office and, on taking the Chair, addressed the Senate as follows : k SENATORS : I return you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me to preside temporarily over your deliberations. I shall strive to so perform the duties of the Chair as to merit... | |
 | Illinois State Medical Society - Medicine - 1888 - 290 pages
...LINCOLN, ILL. ME. PRESIDENT AND MEMBEKS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY : I desire to express to you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me in placing me on so important a committee as that of gynecology. and more especially for having associated... | |
 | 1889 - 398 pages
...would be insincere and incomplete if it did not contain some expression of niy heartfelt gratitude for the honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me to preside over your deliberations at the present time. And I crave your indulgence, and ask your aid, in my efforts... | |
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