Wednesday, July 7, 1847.Chicago, IL. | Resolutions to print and circulate proceedings are adopted and Executive
Committee appointed to present its views to Congress. After speech by Edward Bates,
presiding officer, convention adjourns. In afternoon "committee of the whole," with
Horace Greeley in chair, adopts resolution advocating construction of railroad to
Pacific. Robert Fergus, comp., Fergus' Historical Series,
No. 18: Chicago River and Harbor Convention (Chicago: Fergus Printing
Company, 1882). |