Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Young Men's Association, of the City of Chicago, Vol. 1: Containing the Titles Added From the Foundation of the Library to April 1st, 1865, Together With an Alphabetical Index to the WholeResolutions were adopted expressing the objects of the meeting, and pledging those present to the support of the enterprise.A Committee, of which the hon. Mark skinner was Chairman, was appointed to solicit subscriptions, and to draft a Constitution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.