able and efficient manner in which they discharged the duty confided to them.
Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting be and he is hereby vested with full power and authority to call an adjourned meeting at any time he may deem the public exigence requires it.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the City papers and copies thereof transmitted to the of the , and to the Church Authorities of , by the Chairman and Secretary of this meeting.
During the reading of the foregoing papers the members of the council indulged themselves with quite a season of rejoicing and pleasure.
The then suggested to the editors of our papers that they publish [p. [61]]
Archibald Williams, a prominent lawyer and local politician in Quincy, served as the chair of this meeting. The secretary may have been William H. Benison, who served as the secretary for the public meeting that preceded this one and for which Williams served as chairman. (“The Troubles in Hancock,” Quincy [IL] Whig, 1 Oct. 1845, [2]; Livingston, Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living, 679–680; “Disturbances in Hancock,” Quincy Whig, 24 Sept. 1845, [2].)
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Livingston, John. Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions. Vol. 2. New York: Cornish, Lamport, 1853.