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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 congratulate the citizens of 
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Chapin as they celebrate the sesquicentennial of the village; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In September of 1848, Horace Chapin came from 
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Massachusetts and settled in Morgan County; he wrote his 
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brother, Lyman, back east and told him to move the family to 
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Morgan County, and they arrived in November of 1848; they spent 
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their first winter in Jacksonville, and in the spring bought 
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the Seth Wetherbee farm; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The brothers were later joined by their mother and 
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younger brothers; the brothers later decided to lay out a town 
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near the Wabash railroad, and asked the superintendent of the 
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Wabash line what they should name the community; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He promptly said "Chapin" and the little village 
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was born; and

 

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    WHEREAS, The citizens of Chapin will celebrate the 
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sesquicentennial of the village during Chapin Big Country Days 
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in August of 2008; therefore, be it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the citizens of Chapin as they celebrate the 
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sesquicentennial of the village and wish them the best in the 
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future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to John Williams, Village Board President of the 
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Village of Chapin, as a symbol of our respect.