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Michigan State Agricultural College BY PRESIDENT ABBOT
Mr. Bingham adds: "To the warm friendship of Governors Bingham, Wisner, Blair, Crapo, and Baldwin much is due in the past and present; to Hon, Hezekiah G. Wells, of Kalamazoo, who has stood by it in all these years of battle, and with his pen, and by his influence, exerted in its behalf at all times, and most effectively in the present decisive struggle, all honor; to Hon. J. Webster Childs, of Washtenaw, and the members of the State agricultural board, thanks for their effective vindication of its merits, and unflinching friendship in its behalf; to Hon. Benjamin L. Baxter, of Lenawee, a member of the house, and to Hon. George Willard, of Battle Creek, editor of the Battle Creek Journal, both regents of the university, who have, by all honorable means, advocated the claims of this institution to the support of the State, grateful recognition is due; to the citizens of Washtenaw, Oakland, Livingston, Calhoun, Eaton, Bay, Jackson, and other counties who have sent in petitions on short notice in favor of the college and its present location, the just meed of praise for carrying out honest conviction for justice and right. "
March 31. 1869, the Detroit Post, which had advocated removal, in an editorial written by Mr. Conover, one of its editors, and more recently rector of St. Luke's church, Kalamazoo, after speaking of its advocacy of a removal to Ann Arbor, says: "But the action of the State government has been so sweeping and provident that the Agricultural college may be looked upon as a permanent institution, unless it contains some inherent defect that no money nor State aid can supply.
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