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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in Illinois |
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| history; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Harvard, |
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| Illinois and the people of that community, will be celebrating |
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| the sesquicentennial anniversary of their city; and
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| WHEREAS, The land that would become the community of |
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| Harvard was originally purchased from the government by Abraham |
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| Carmack and Jacob A. Davis, who then sold the property to |
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| Gilbert Brainard; after the death of Mr. Brainard the land was |
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| sold to a group of railroad men including the man who would |
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| name the town: E.G. Ayer; and
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| WHEREAS, It was Mr. Ayers decision to name the town after |
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| Harvard, Massachusetts; after his partners left the area Mr. |
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| Ayers stayed on to watch the development of the community; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 25, 1856, Amos Page appeared before |
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| McHenry County Judge J.M. Stroede and witnessed the signing of |
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| the Plat of the Village of Harvard as surveyed by George Tyler, |
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| Deputy Surveyor; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Harvard is planning a Re-Signing of |
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| the Plat of the Original Town of Harvard on November 25, 2006; |
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| former mayors and the current city council will be on hand for |
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| this historic moment; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the people of Harvard, Illinois, on this |
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| milestone in their community history; and be it further
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