Excerpt from Record of the Proceedings and Ceremonies Pertaining to the Erection of the Franklin Statue in Printing-House Square, 1872 Collection of a fund to defray the expenses incidental to the proper reception of the generous gift of albert DE groot, were urged by many contributors to put into permanent form an account of the entire proceedings. And believing that all who participated in the cere monies would be glad to preserve the speeches, etc., the Committee decided to prepare and print a detailed record of all matters connected with the Statue from its inception to the close of the celebration on Franklin's Birth-day. In this they have been especially aided by Mr. T. L. De Vinne, whose firm have presented the work. 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.