Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, annual meeting
Bostonian Society
R. R. Main h M ca ■ f^ rs- . ca: ^4H 0 >1 "o 5 0 IK S ^ 2 'a "55 . 0. "C '6 ^ m < u ^ U pq SPECIAL FUNDS. The Invested Funds of the Society include the following. Special Funds : — Robert Charles Billings Fund. Boston Memorial Association Fund Edward IngersoU Browne Fund George Oliver Carpenter Memorial Fund Mrs. Catherine Page Perkins Fund. Samuel Elwell Sawyer Fund Joseph Henry Stickney Fund Robert Charles Winthrop Fund 3,000 GO- $1,179 S^' 1,000 00 1,000 00 4,000 00 4,610 87 1,000 00 3,000 00 FORM OF BEQUEST. I give and bequeath to The Bostonian Society, in the City of Boston, the sum of dollars, for the general use and purposes of the said Society. ADDITIONS TO THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY, 1907. Donors. Vol- umes. Pam- phlets. Adams, Charles Francis I Albree, John I American Book Company. I Bailey, Mrs. Anna L I Boston Athenaeum . .. I Boston Cemetery Department I Boston Museum of Fine Arts I Boston Public Library 13 Boston Registry Department I Boston Street Department. I Boston Young Men's Christian Association I Brookline, Town of. I Cambridge Historical Society I Charles River Basin Commission 3 2 Children's Hospital .... I Colonial Society of Massachusetts I Comer, Mrs. Elizabeth I Crafts, William F. . . . .. I Davis, Ephraim C. . . .. I Dorchester Historical Society 4 Durant, Mrs. Henry F. . .. I Essex Institute 4 Fairbanks, Fred. C 2 Fairbanks, Miss Mittie B.. I Folsom, Albert A I Fowler, Mrs. Laura W. I Carried forward . . -. 16 IZ 55 Donors. Brought forward. Gates, Samuel P. ..... Gay, Frederick L. . . .. Gilbert, Shepard D Hills, Thomas ...... Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio Hosmer, Jerome C. Hunt, Edmund S. Hutchins, Charles L. Illinois State Historical Society. Interstate Commerce Commission James, William G. Library of Congress Loud, John J. Manchester Historic Association Massachusetts, Commissioner of Public Records of Massachusetts, Secretary of State of Massachusetts Society; Sons of the American Revolution Matthews, Albert Medford (Mass.) Historical Society National Society; Sons of the American Revolution New England Historic-Genealogical Society New Haven Colony Historical Society New Jersey Historical Society Old Northwest Genealogical Society Ropes, Charles H. Purchased Quincy, Josiah P. Robinson, James W. Salem (Mass.) Public Library Sanford, Peleg Schenectady Historical Society Carried forward Volumes. Pamphlets. 16 I 15 I 62 56 Donors. Brought forward Sharon Historical Society. Smith, Robert B. Smithsonian Institution Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Massachusetts State Historical Society of Iowa State Street Trust Co. Stedman, C. Ellery Taylor, Charles H., Jr. Tilton, George P. Treat, John H. Varnum, John M. Watkins, Walter K. Weston, Thomas Whittier, Charles C. Winthrop (Mass.) Public Library Woburn (Mass.) Public Library. Commonwealth Volumes. Pamphlets. 61 I 73 ADDITIONS BY GIFT AND LOAN TO THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS, 1907. DONORS. Adams, W. F. Appleton, William S. Boston Consolidated Gas Co. Bradford, William R. Brigham, Miss Elizabeth F. Brown, Miss Lillian Butterfield, William A. Chapman, George A. Crandon, Edwin S. Dewing, Mrs. Benjamin F. Edmands, J. Rayner DESCRIPTION. Copies of the Boston Advertiser, Aug. 31, 1850, and the Boston Gazette, Oct. 30, 1852. Oil portrait of Hon. Nathaniel Appleton, 1779-1861. Loaned, 1885; withdrawn, 1907. Oil portrait of Capt. Nathan Appleton, 1843-1906. Original autograph list of subscribers for the publication in 1784 of a map of the four New England States. Loaned, 1904; withdrawn, 1906. (Loans.) Jar found in a well, before filling, on the premises of the company at the corner of Commercial and Prince Streets. Piece of oak, with iron rod inserted, from the frigate "Constitution." Door lock from the Hollis-street Meeting House. Crockery bowl from the ruins of the Boston Fire, 1872. Reproduction of Pelham's Map of Boston, 1775. Two pieces of script issued during the Civil War, by Harris and Chapman. Bill dated Oct. 16, 1781, of Samuel Chapman against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for riding express to Great Barrington and Provincetown. Steel letter head die of Atwood's Case. Washington-Lafayette pitcher. Steel portrait, on vellum and numbered 2, of Lieut. Col. Thomas Franklin Edmands, 1840-1906, for many years commander of the First Corps of Cadets. DONORS. DESCRIPTION. Everett, Miss Anna S. Faught, George N. Fowle, Charles H. Fowler, Mrs. Laura W. Glunt, A. Earl. Gould, Elizabeth Porter, estate of the late Halstram, Charles W. Heard, Henry H. Hills, Thomas H. Hines, Jerome C. Kendall, Mrs. Harriet M. McDonald, James W. Minnis, Thomas Pape, Eric Parker, P. Hildreth Parsons, Miss Anna, estate of the late Phillips, Henry A. Prescott, George W. Rounds, Samuel W. Shimmin, Misses Blanche and Marian. Four silver medals, awarded at Mrs. Rawson's School, 1817 and 1818. Framed photograph of Andrew Carney, merchant and philanthropist, 1794-1864. Three financial reports of the Provident Institution for Savings, 1836, 1844 and 1847. Miscellaneous collection of programs. United States copper cent, 1794. Cup of wood from the "Old Elm." Map of Boston, 1846. Six weekly toll receipts. West Boston Bridge. Political Scrap-book, Boston, 1852. 870. Commemorative medal of the Centennial of Amer- ican Independence, 1876. Lithograph of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Photographs of the Hosmer and Winthrop houses in Concord. Flip pitcher found in the Hancock Tavern when de- molished. House flag of Magoun & Son, Boston. Old State House rent bill, 1810. Four photographs of pastel and oil portraits of Thomas Hancock, 1 703-1 764; his wife, Lydia Henchman, 17 14-1776, and John Hancock, 1737-1793- Five framed paintings of scenes in Hawthorne's " Scarlet Letter," made to illustrate a publica- tion of that novel. Bronze medal commemorating the dedication of the Grant Tomb, New York, April 27, 1897. French mantel clock. Two photographs of the Mather-Eliot house, Han- over street, demolished 1906. Cup of wood from the " Feather Store," built 1680, demolished i860. Three pieces of Continental money. Dining-table formerly owned by Thomas McDon- ough, first British Consul of New England. OFFICERS BOSTONIAN SOCIETY SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION. Presidents. CURTIS GUILD, 1881-1906. JAMES F. HUNNEWELL, 1907 ■ Vice-President. Francis H. Manning, 1907 — Clerks and Treasurers.'^ *Samuel M. Quincy . . 1881-1884 James M. Hubbard . . 1884-1885 *Daniel T. V. Huntoon i88i;-i886 *William C. Burrage . 1 886-1890 S. Arthur Bent . . 1 890-1 899 Charles F. Read . . 1809 Directors. *Thomas J. Allen .. *Thomas C. Amory .. * William S. Appleton I 890-1 894 William H. Baldwin S. Arthur Bent Robert R. Bishop. Joshua P. Bodfish. *George O. Carpenter Benjamin C. Clark *David H. Coolidge *Jacob a. Dresser John W. Farwell *Albert a. Folsom COURTENAY GuiLD Curtis Guild .. *JoHN T. Hassam. 1886-1887 I 884-1 889 1881-1887 I 884-1 886 I 888-1 896 I 890-1 906 1895-1907 1891-1894 1907. 1897-1907 1908 1881-1906 i88i-i8qo *Hamilton a. Hill .. James F. Hunnewell. John Lathrop . .. *Abbott Lawrence .. William H. Lincoln. Francis H. Manning. William T. R. Marvin Thomas Minns Grenville H. Norcross Edward G. Porter Samuel H. Russell. Samuel E. Sawyer Charles H. Taylor, Jr. William W. Warren. William H. Whitmore Levi L.  F. Hunnewell | Grenville H. Norcross COURTENAY GUILD Committee on the Rooms Levi L. Willcutt Francis H. Manning Charles H. Taylor, Jr. James L. Whitney Francis H. Brown Courtenay Guild J. Grafton Minot The President and Clerk ex officio Committee on the Library Walter K. Watkins William G. Shillaber Henry W. Cunningham Committee on Papers William T. R. Marvin Zachary T. Hollingsworth Edwin D. Mead Committee on Publications Edward B. Reynolds Albert Matthews John W. Farwell Rufus G. F. Candage Committee on Membership Charles H. Taylor, Jr. William L. Allen Joseph B. Moors William Grant James B. Preston Clark Committee on Memorials Grenville H. Norcross Francis H. Brown Francis H. Appleton CUSTODIANS. Robert B. Smith James W. Robinson CUSTODIANS. William T. Crafts. HONORARY MEMBERS. Bent, Samuel Arthur Chamberlain, Mellen Guild, Curtis Matthews, Nathan, Jr. O'Brien, Hugh Smith, Samuel Francis LIFE MEMBERS. Abbe, Henry Thayer Abbot, Edward Stanley Abbot, Edwin Hale Abbot, Francis Ellingwood Abbott, Marshall Kittredge Adams, Alexander Clinton Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Mrs. Isabella Hortense Addicks, John Edward Allan, Mrs. Anna Allen Allen, Miss Clara Ann Allen, Crawford Carter Allen, Elbridge Gerry Allen, Francis Richmond Allen, Francis Richmond Allen, James Woodward Allen, Thomas Alley, John Robinson Ames, Mrs. Anna Coffin Ames, Charles Gordon Ames, Frederick Lothrop Ames, Oliver Amory, Oliver Amory, Frederic Andrews, Frank William Andrews, John Adams Angell, Henry Clay Anthony, Silas Reed Appleton, Mrs. Emily Warren Appleton, Francis Henry Appleton, Nathan Appleton, William Sumner Armstrong, George Washington Atherton, Joseph Ballard Atherton, Miss Lily Bell Atkins, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Atwood, David Edgar Austin, James Walker Ayer, James Bourne Bacon, Mrs. Louisa Crowninshield Badger, Arthur Campbell Badger, Daniel Bradford Badger, Erast Beethoven Bailey, Joseph Tilden Baker, Miss Charlotte Alice Baker, Mrs. Ellen Maria Baker, Richard Baldwin, William Henry Ballister, Joseph Fennelly Ballister, Miss Minetta Josephine Bancroft, Cornelius Cheever Barlow, Charles Lowell Barnes, Charles Benjamin, Jr. Barrett, Edwin Shepard Deceased. Barron, Clarence Walker Barry, Charles Stoddard Barry, George Thomas Barry, John Lincoln, Jr. Bartlett, Francis Batcheller, Robert Beal, James Henry Beal, William Fields Beatty, Franklin Thomason Beebe, Edward Pearson Beebe, James Arthur Beech, Mrs. Ruth Adelaide Benson, George Wiggin Bigelow, Albert Smith Bigelow, George Brooks Bigelow, Joseph Smith Bigelow, Melville Madison Bigelow, William Sturgis Black, George Nixon Blake, George Nixon Blake, Mrs. Frances Greenough Blake, Francis Blake, George Baty Blake, Mrs. Sara Putnam Blake, Stanton Blake, William Payne Blanchard, Samuel Stillman Blaney, Dwight Blake, Mrs. Susan Eliza Boardman, Samuel May Bodfish, Joshua Peter Langley Bowditch, Alfred Bowditch, Ernest William Bowditch, William Ingersoll Bradford, Martin Luther Bradford, William Burroughs Bradlee, Caleb Davis Bradlee, Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Frederick Wainwright Bradlee, Josiah Putnam Bradley, Jerry Payson Brayley, Arthur Wellington Bremer, John Lewis Bremer, Mrs. Mary Rice Bremer, Samuel Parker Brewer, William Dade Briggs, Lloyd Vernon Brooks, John Henry Brooks, Peter Chardon Brooks, Shepherd Brown, Francis Henry Brown, George Washington Brown, Harold Haskell Brown, John Coffin Jones Brown, Charles Allen Brown, Edward Ingersoll Brown, William Andrews Burbank, Alonzo Norman Burnham, John Appleton Burr, Miss Annie Lane Burrage, Albert Cameron Burrage, William Clarence Cabot, Arthur Tracy Candage, Mrs. Ella Marie Candage, Robert Brooks Candage, Rufus George Frederick Candler, John Wilson Carpenter, George Oliver Carpenter, George Oliver Carpenter, George Oliver Carter, Charles Theodore Carter, Fred Louis Carter, Herbert Leslie Center, Joseph Hudson Chamberlin, Charles Wheelwright Chandler, Cleaveland Angier Chapin, Nahum Chase, Caleb Chase, George Bigelow Chase, Sidney Chase, Stephen Chase, Theodore Cheney, Benjamin Peirce Cheney, Mrs. Emmeline Child, Dudley Richards Church, Herbert Bleloch Clapp, Mrs. Caroline Dennie Clark, Charles Edward Clark, John Spencer Clark, Miss Nancy Joy Deceased. Clark, Nathan Freeman Clarence, Mrs. Alice de Verman-dois Clay, Thomas Hart Clementson, Sidney Cleveland, Mrs. Corinne Maud Cobb, John Candler Codman, John, 2nd Codman, Mrs. Martha Pickman Codman, Ogden, Jr. Coffin, Frederick Seymour *Colburn, Jeremiah Collamore, Miss Helen *Converse, Elisha Blade Coolidge, Algernon, Jr. *Coolidge, David Hill Coolidge, Mrs. Helen Whittington Coolidge, Joseph Randolph Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, Jr. Corbett, Alexander, Jr. Cordis, Mrs. Adelaide Elizabeth Cory, Charles Barney Cotting, Miss Alice Cotting, Charles Edward *Cotting, Charles Uriah Crafts, John Chancellor Crandon, Edwin Sanford Crocker, George Glover Crocker, Miss Sarah Haskell *Crosby, Charles Augustus Wilkins Crowell, Horace Sears *Crowninshield, Benjamin William Crowninshield, Francis Boardman Cruft, Miss Harriet Otis *Cummings, Charles Amos Cummings, Thomas Cahill Cunningham, Henry Winchester *Curtis, Caleb Agry *Curtis, Charles Pelham * Curtis, Mrs. Eliza Fox *Curtis, Hall Curtis, Mrs. Harriot Curtis, Henry Pelham Curtiss, Frederick Haines Cutler, Charles Francis Cutler, Samuel Newton *Cutter, Abram Edmands *Cutter, Benjamin French Cutter, Mrs. Elizabeth Finley Cutter, Leonard Francis Cutter, Watson Grant Daniell, Moses Grant Darling, Charles Kimball Davenport, Orlando Henry Davis, Arthur Edward Davis, Ephraim Collins Davis, George Henry *Davis, James Clarke * Davis, Joseph Alba Davis, Mrs. Mary Cheney Davis, William Henry *Day, William Francis *Dean, Benjamin *Dean, John Ward *Dean, Luni Albertus *Deblois, Stephen Grant *Denny, Daniel Devlin, Edward *Dewing, Benjamin Hill Dexter, Morton Dexter, William Sohier *Dill, Thomas Bradford Dillaway, William Edward Lowell Dodd, George Davis *Dorr, Francis Oliver Dorr, George Bucknam Draper, Eben Sumner Draper, George Albert Dupee, Henry Dorr *Dupee, James Alexander Dutton, Harry *Dwight, Edmund *Dyer, Mrs. Julia Knowlton Eaton, Albert Eaton, Miss Georgianna Godd ar *Eaton, Walter David Edes, Henry Herbert Edmands, John Rayner Eliot, Christopher Rhodes *Eliot, Samuel *Emerson, George Robert *Emery, Francis Faulkner * Deceased. 64 Endicott, William Endicott, William, Jr. Endicott, William Crowninshield Ernst, Harold Clarence Estabrook, Arthur Frederick Estabrook, Frederick Estes, Dana Eustis, Miss Elizabeth Mussey Eustis, Henry Button Eustis, Joseph Tracy Eustis, Miss Mary St. Barbe Fabyan, George Francis Fairbanks, Frederick Clinton Farnsworth, Edward Miller Farnsworth, William Farrington, Charles Frederick Farwell, John Whittemore Fay, Joseph Story Fay, Joseph Story, Jr. Fay, Sigourney Webster Fearing, Andrew Coatesworth, Jr. Felton, Frederic Luther Fenno, John Brooks Fenno, Lawrence Carteret Ferris, Mortimer Catlin Fish, Frederick Perry Fiske, Andrew Fiske, Mrs. Charlotte Morse Fiske, Miss Elizabeth Stanley Fitz, Mrs. Henrietta Goddard Fitz, Reginald  Miss Caroline Louisa Williams French, Miss Cornelia Anne French, Mrs. Frances Maria French, Frederick William French, Jonathan Frothingham, Thomas Goddard Frye, James Albert Fuller, Charles Emerson Fuller, Henry Holton Galloupe, Charles William Galloupe, Mrs. Sarah Augusta Gardiner, Robert Hallowell Gardiner, George Peabody Gardner, John Lowell Gaugengig, Ignaz Marcel Gay, Edwin Whitney Gay, Ernest Lewis George, Elijah Giddings, Mrs. Susan Kittredge Gilbert, Shepard Devereux Gill, James Seel Gill, Mrs. Matilda Gill, Mrs. Rachel Maria Glasier, Alfred Adolphus Gleason, James Mellen Goddard, George Augustus Goddard, Miss Julia Goodrich, Francis Abbot Goodrich, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gould, Benjamin Apthorp Grandin, John Livingston Gray, Reginald Gray, Russell Green, Charles Montraville Green, Samuel Abbott Greenough, Francis Boott Grew, Edward Wigglesworth Griggs, John Hammond Grozier, Edwin Atkins Guild, Courtenay Guild, Curtis, Jr. Guild, Mrs. Sarah Crocker Guild, Miss Sarah Louisa Hagar, Eugene Bigelow Haigh, John Hale, Mrs. Ellen Sever Hall, Mrs. Ellen Page Hall, George Gardner. Hall, Henry Lyon Hall, Thomas Bartlett Hammond, Charles Dunkel Hammond, George Warren Hancock, Franklin Hapgood, Warren Harrison, Walter James Hart, Thomas Norton Hart, William Tennant Hartt, John F Haskell, William Andrew Hassam, John Tyler Hastings, Henry Haven Haven, Franklin Hayward, Nathan Holbrook Haynes, James Gilson Haynes, John Cummings Hayward, George Hayward Head, Charles Hecht Hemenway, Alfred Hecht Hemenway, Augustus Hecht Henchman, Nathaniel Hurd Henry, William Linzee Henshaw, Samuel Hickok Hickok, Gilman Clarke Higginson, Francis Lee Higginson, Mrs. Ida Agassiz Hill, Hamilton Andrews Hill, Henry Eveleth Hill, James Edward Radford Hill, Warren May Hill, William Henry Hills, Edwin Augustus Hinckley,  Charles Dudley Homans, George Henry Homans, John, 2nd Hooper, Mrs. Alice Perkins Hooper, Mrs. Mary Davis Beal Hooper, Robert Chamblet Hooper, William Hopkins, Amos Lawrence Hornblower, Henry Horsford, Eben Norton Houghton, Clement Stevens Houghton, Miss Elizabeth Goodridge Hovey, Henry Stone Howard, Herbert Burr Howe, Elmer Parker Hubbard, Charles Wells Hughes, Laura Ann Cleophas Hunnewell, James Frothingham Hunnewell, James Melville Hurlbut, Mrs. Eda Adams Hurlbut, George Sherburne Jackson, Mrs. Amy Gore Jackson, Mrs. Mary Stuart Jackson, William James, Arthur Holmes James, George Abbot Jeffries, Benjamin Joy Jenks, Henry Fitch Jenney, Bernard Jenney, William Thacher Johnson, Arthur Stoddard Johnson, Wolcott Howe Jones, Daniel Wayland Jones, Nathaniel Royal Joy, Franklin Lawrence Keith, Benjamin Franklin Kellen, William Vail Kelly, Fitzroy Kennard, Martin Parry Kennedy, George Gelding Kennedy, John Joseph Kidder, Charles Archbald Kidder, Nathaniel Thayer Kimball, Miss Augusta Caroline Deceased. 66 Kimball, Mrs. Clara Bertram Kimball, David Pulsifer Kimball, Lemuel Gushing *Kimball, Mrs. Susan Tillinghast Kitson, Henry Hudson *Kuhn, Hamilton Ladd, Babson Savilian Ladd, Nathaniel Watson Lamb, George Lamb, Henry Whitney * Lambert, Thomas Ricker *Lane, Jonathan Abbott Lawrence, Amory Appleton * Lawrence, Amos Adams Lawrence, Charles Richard Lawrence, John Lawrence, Robert Means. Lawrence, Samuel Crocker Lawson, Thomas William Lee, James Stearns Lee, Joseph Lee, William Henry Leonard, Amos Morse Leonard, George Henry Leverett, George Vasmer Lewis, Edwin James * Lincoln, Beza Litchfield, Wilford Jacob Little, Arthur *Little, George Washington Little, James Lovell Little, John Mason *Lockwood, Philip Case Lockwood, Thomas St. John Lodge, Henry Cabot Long, Harry Vinton Longfellow, Alexander Wadsworth Longley, James Longley, Mrs. Julia Robinson Lord, George Wells Loring, Augustus Peabody *Loring, Caleb William Loring, Miss Katharine Peabody Loring. William Caleb *Lothrop, Daniel Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland Loud, Charles Elliot Loud, Joseph Prince Loveland, Timothy Otis Low, George Doane *Low, John Lowell, Francis Cabot Lowell, Miss Georgina Lowell, John Lowell, Miss Lucy Lowell, Mrs. Mary Ellen Lowell, Percival * Lucas, Edmund George Luke, Arthur Fuller Lyman, Arthur Theodore *Lyon, Henry *MacDonald, Edward *Mack, Thomas Macleod, William Alexander Mandell, Samuel Pierce *Mann, Arthur Elisha Mann, George Sumner Manning, Francis Henry Marion, Horace Eugene Marsh, Mrs. Julia Maria * Marshall, James Fowle Baldwin Marston, Howard Marvin, William Theophilus Rogers Matthews, Albert May, Miss Eleanor Goddard May, Frederick Goddard *May, Frederick Warren Goddard Mayo, Miss Amy Louisa *Mead, Mrs. Anna Maria Melville, Henry Hulmes Merriam, Frank Merriam, Olin Lane * Merrill, Mrs. Amelia Grigg Metcalf, Albert Meyer, George von Lengerke Minns, Thomas Minot, Joseph Grafton *Minot, William Mitton. Edward John Mixter, Miss Madeleine Curtis Moore, Frederic Henry *Moore, George Henry * Deceased. 67 *Moore, Miss Mary Eliza Moriarty, George Andrews, Jr. Morse, George Henry Morse, Lemuel Foster Morss, Charles Anthony Morss, Everett Morss, John Wells Moseley, Alexander Moseley, Miss Ellen Frances Motley, Edward Preble Munro, John Cummings Murdock, William Edwards Murphy, James Smiley Nash, Nathaniel Gushing Newman, Miss Harriet Hancock Nichols, Arthur Howard Norcross, Grenville Howland Norcross, Mrs. Lucy Ann Norcross, Otis Norman, Mrs. Louisa Palfrey Norwell, Henry Noyes, James Atkins Nutting, George Hale Osgood, Mrs. Elizabeth Burling Page, Mrs. Susan Haskell Paine, John Calvin Paine, James Leonard Paine, Mrs. Mary Woolson Paine, Robert Treat Paine, William Alfred Paine, Francis Winthrop Paine, John Carver Palmer, Benjamin Sanborn Parker, Charles Wallingford Parker, Frederick Wesley Parker, Herman Parker, Mason Good Parker, Moses Greeley Parker, Miss Sarah Parkman, Francis Parlin, Albert Norton Parmenter, James Parker Parsons, Arthur Jeffrey Payne, James Henry Peab Body, Charles Breckenridge Peabody, Frank Everett Peabody, Mrs. Gertrude Peabody, John Endicott Peabody, Philip Glendower Peirce, Mrs. Elizabeth Goldthwait Peirce, Silas Perkins, Augustus Thorndike Perkins, Edward Cranch Perkins, William Perry, Charles French Perry, Edward Hale Perry, Thomas Sergeant Pfaff, Charles Pfaff, Mrs. Hannah Adams Pfaff, Jacob Phelan, James Joseph Phillips, Mrs. Anna Tucker Pickering, Henry Goddard Pierce, Henry Lillie Pierce, Nathaniel Willard Pillsbury, Albert Enoch Piper, William Taggard Playfair, Edith, Lady Pond, Virgil Clarence Poole, Lucius Porter, Alexander Silvanus Porter, Edward Griffin Porter, William Killam, Jr. Potter, Henry Staples Powell, William Beverley Prager, Philip Prager, Mrs. Rachel Prang, Louis Prang, Mrs. Mary Dana Pratt, Laban Prendergast, James Maurice Prescott, Alfred Usher Prescott, Walter Conway Preston, George Marshall Pridee, William Henry Proctor, Mrs. Abby Shaw Pulsifer, William Henry Putnam, Mrs. Mary Lowell Deceased. Putnam, William Edward Quincy, Charles Frederic Quincy, George Gilbert Quincy, George Henry Quincy, Mrs. Mary Caroline Quincy, Samuel Miller Radcliffe, Herbert Ratshesky, Abraham Captain Raymond, Freeborn Fairfield, 2nd Read, Mrs. Lucy Richmond Read, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Reed, Mrs. Grace Evelyn Reed, Henry Ransford Reed, James Reed, John Sampson Reed, William Howell Reynolds, John Phillips, Jr. Rhodes, James Ford Rice, Edward David Richardson, Edward David Richardson, Edward Cyrenius Richardson, Albert Lewis Richardson, Benjamin Heber Richardson, Edward Bridge Richardson, Edward Cyrenius Richardson, Maurice Howe Richardson, Spencer Welles Richardson, William Lambert Riley, James Madison Ripley, George Rivers, Miss Mary Robinson, Edward Roby, Mrs. Cynthia Coggeshall Rodocanachi, John Michael Ropes, John Codman Ross, Alphonso Rotch, William Rothwell, James Eli Ruggles, Charles Albert Russell, Joseph Ballister Russell, Mrs. Margaret Pelham Russell, Samuel Hammond Rust, Nathaniel Johnson Rutan, Charles Hercules Saltonstall, Richard Middlecott Sampson, Charles Edward Sampson, Edwin Holbrook Sargent, Charles Sprague Sargent, Miss Louisa Lee Sawyer, Henry Nathan Sears, Alexander Pomroy Sears, Harold Carney Sears, Henry Francis Sears, Herbert Mason Sears, Horace Scudder Sears, Joshua Montgomery Sears, Mrs. Mary Crowninshield Sears, William James Sears, Mrs. Mary Crowninshield Sears, William James Sederquist, Arthur Butman Sewall, Atherton Shattuck, Frederick Cheyne Shattuck, George Brune Shaw, Mrs. Annie Whipple Shaw, Mrs. Cora Lyman Shaw, Henry Lyman Shaw, Henry Lyman Shaw, Henry Southworth Shaw, Henry Southworth, Jr. Shepard, Willis Stratton Shillaber, William Green Shimmin, Charles Franklin Shuman, Abraham Shumway, Franklin Peter Sigourney, Henry Simpson, Frank Ernest Skinner, Francis Skinner, Francis Slater, Edmund Farwell Slater, Andrew Chapin Slocum, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Slocum, William Henry Smith, Miss Ellen Vose Smith, Fitz Henry, Jr. Smith, Frank Ernest Smith, Joseph Warren Smith, Miss Mary Almira Snow, Franklin Augustus Sohier, Miss Elizabeth Putnam Sohier, William Davies Sortwell, Alvin Foye Deceased. 69 Soule, Miss Sarah Marden Spaulding, Mrs. Emily Steward Spaulding, John Taylor Spaulding, William Stuart Sprague, Francis Peleg Sprague, Phineas Warren Squire, Frank Orvis *Stafford, George Lewis Stanwood, James Rindge Stearns, Foster Waterman Stearns, Frank Waterman Stearns, Richard Hall Steinert, Alexander *Stetson, Amos William Stetson, James Henry Stetson, John Alpheus * Stevens, Oliver Stodder, Charles Frederick Stone, Charles Wellington Storey, Joseph Charles Storey, Mrs. Mary Ascension Stowell, Edmund Channing *Stowell, John Stratton, Solomon Piper *Sturgis, Russell * Sumner, Alfred Henry Suter, Hales Wallace Swan, William Willard *Sweetser, Mrs. Anne Maria Sweetser, Isaac Homer Swift, Henry Walton Taft, Edward Augustine Taggard, Henry Talbot, Miss Marion Taylor, Charles Henry Taylor, Charles Henry, Jr. Taylor, William Osgood *Thacher, Henry Charles Thacher, Louis Bartlett Thacher, Thomas Chandler Thayer, Bayard Thayer, Charles Irving •Thayer, David *Thayer, Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, Frank Bartlett Thayer, John Eliot Thayer, Mrs. Mary Thorndike, Alden Augustus *Thorndike, George Quincy Thorndike, Townsend William •Thornton, Charles Cutts Gookin Tileston, James Clarke *Tinkham, George Henry Todd, Thomas Todd, Thomas, Jr. •Tompkins, Arthur Gordon Tompkins, Eugene Tompkins, Mrs. Frances Henrietta^ Viles Tucker, Alanson Tucker, George Fox •Tucker, James Crehore Tucker, Lawrence Tufts, Leonard * Turner, Alfred Rogers Turner, Mrs. Cora Leslie •Turner, Edward •Turner, Job Abiel Tyler, Charles Hitchcock Tyler, Edward Royall •Upham, George Phinehas •Upton, George Bruce Van Nostrand, Alonzo Gifford •Vose, James Whiting * Wads worth, Alexander FairfieldJi •Walker, Francis Amasa Walker, Grant Wallace, Cranmore Nesmith Ward, Francis Jackson Ware, Miss Mary Lee Warner, Bela Hemenway Warren, Albert Cyrus Warren, Edward Ross Warren, John Collins Warren, Samuel Dennis •Warren, Mrs. Susan Cornelia Warren, William Fairfield •Warren, William Wilkins Waterman, Frank Arthur * Waters, Edwin Forbes Watkins, Walter Kendall Webber, Franklin Roscoe Deceased. Webster, Frank George Webster, John Haskell Weeks, John Wingate Welch, Francis Clarke Weld, Mrs. Caroline Langdon Weld, Daniel Weld, John Davis Weld, Otis Everett Wendell, Barrett Wentworth, Alonzo Bond Wesson, James Leonard West, Mrs. Olivia Sears Weston, Mrs. Frances Erving Wetherbee, Winthrop Wheeler, Horace Leslie Wheelwright, Andrew Cunningham Wheelwright, Edward Wheelwright, Edward Wheelwright, Mrs. Isaphne Moore Wheelwright, Josiah Wheelwright, William Wilder Whipple, Joseph Reed Whipple, Sherman Leland Whitcher, Frank Weston Whitcomb, Henry Clay White, Charles Tallman White, George Robert White, John Gardner White, McDonald Ellis White, Mrs. Sarah Brackett White, Miss Susan Jackson Whitman, William Whitmore, Charles John Whitmore, Charles Octavius Whitney, Mrs. Caroline Abbe Whitney, Henry Austin Whitman, James Lyman Whittington, Hiram Wigglesworth, Edward Wigglesworth,  Sarah Edith Williams, Benjamin Bangs Williams, Edward Henry Williams, Henry Dudley Williams, Henry Davis Williams, Miss Louisa Harding Williams, Ralph Blake Williams, Samuel Stevens Coffin Williams, Stillman Pierce Wilson, Davies Winchester, Daniel Low Winchester, Thomas Bradlee Winslow, Arthur Winslow, William Copley Winslow, Robert Charles, Jr. Winthrop, Robert Charles, Jr. Winthrop, Robert Mason Wise, John Perry Withington, Charles Francis Woolcott, Mrs. Edith Prescott Woods, Frederick Adams Woods, Henry Woolley, William Woolson, Mrs. Annie Williston Woolson, James Adams Wright, Charles Francis Wright, Miss Esther Fidelia Wright, John Gordon Wright, William James Young, George ANNUAL MEMBERS. Abbott, Samuel, Jr. Adams, Edward Brinley Ainsley, John Robert Alcott, John Sewall Pratt Allen, Mrs. Adeline Amanda Allen, Mrs. Caroline Balch Allen, Charles Willard Allen, Frederick Baylies Allen, Herbert Dupee Allen, Horace Gwynne Allen, William Lothrop Alley, Arthur Humphrys Ames, Fisher Ames, Oliver Amory, Charles Walter Amory, William Anderson, James Francis Andrews, Edward Reynolds Appleton, Samuel Appleton, William Sumner Atkins, Edwin Farnsworth Atkinson, Charles Follen Atkinson, George Austin, Charles Lewis Avery, Charles French Ayers, Walter Bacon, Edwin Munroe Bacon, Louis Badger, Wallis Ball Bailey, Hollis Russell Baker, Ezra Henry Ballard, Miss Elizabeth Barbour, Edmund Dana Barrus, George Hale Barton, Edward Henry Batcheller, Mrs. Emma Walker Bates, John Lewis Batt, Charles Richard Baylies, Walter Cabot Beal, Boylston Adams Bean, Henry Sumner Bigelow, Alanson Bigelow, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Binder, William Bird, William Barnard Bliss, James Frederick Bliss, James Frederick Odgett, William Boit, Robert Apthorp Boles, Frank Walter Bond, Harold Lewis Bond, Lawrence Borland, Melancthon Woolsey Bouvé, Charles Osborn Bowditch, Charles Pickering Bowen, Henry James Bradlee, John Tisdale Bradstreet, George Flint Braman, James Chandler Bremer, Theodore Glover Briggs, Oliver Leonard Brooks, Lyman Loring Brown, Arthur Eastman Brown, Charles Henry Calhoun Brown, Samuel Newell Bruerton, James Brush, Edward Clifford Bryant, John Duncan Bunker, Marston Bradlee Burnett, Robert Manton Burrage, Charles Henry Bush, John Standish Foster Bush, Samuel Dacre Deceased. Campbell, John Capen, Samuel Billings Carlisle, Edward Augustus Carpenter, Frederick Banker Carr, Samuel Carter, George Edward Cate, Martin Luther Chamberlin, Miss Abby H. Cheney, Mrs. Elizabeth Stickney Chick, Frank Samuel Choate, Seth Adams Christian, Andrew Forest Churchill, Asaph Clapp, Mrs. Susan Prescott Clapp, Mrs. Vanforan Clark, Benjamin Cutler Clark, Benjamin Cutler Clark, Benjamin Preston Clark, Charles Storey Clark, Ellery Harding Clark, Frederic Simmons Clark, Isaiah Raymond Clarke, George Kuhn Clarke, George Lemist Clarke, Melville Lubeck Cobb, William Henry Cochrane, Alexander Codman, Charles Russell Coffin, Charles Albert Cole, Edward Enoch Coleman, Cornelius Ambrose Conrad, Sidney Smith Cook, Charles Sidney Coolidge, Harold Jefferson Coolidge, John Templeman Covel, Alphonso Smith Cox, Edwin Birchard Crane, Winthrop Murray Crosby, Freeman Mansur Crosby, Samuel Trevett Crosby, Stephen Moody Cruft, Mrs. Florence Lemist Cumings, Charles Bradley Cunniff, Michael Mathew Currant, John Francis Cushing, Arthur Percy Daniels, John Alden Daniels, John De Forest Davenport, Francis Henry Davenport, George Howe Davidson, Herbert Elbridge Davis, George Peabody Davis, Horatio Dawes, Ambrose Day, Frank Ashley Dean, Charles Augustus Dennison, Charles Sumner Dennison, Henry Beals Dennison, Herbert Elmer Dexter, Charles Warner Dexter, George Blake Dexter, Gordon Dickinson, Marquis Fayette Dillaway, Charles Henry Dodd, Henry Ware Dodd, Horace Dodd, Horace DoUiver, Watson Shields Dorsey, James Francis Dowse, Charles Francis Driver, William Raymond Drummond, Mrs. Esther Anne Dumaine, Frederic Christopher Dumaresq, Philip Kearney Durant, William Bullard Eaton, Charles Henry Edmands, Amos Lawrence Eldredge, Samuel James Eldredge, Mrs. Ellen Sophia Eldredge, Elisha Elizabeth Fairbanks, Daniel Sullivan Ernst, Mrs. Ellen Lunt Eustis, George Pickering Emery, Arthur Greene Fairbanks, Charles Francis Fales, Herbert Emerson Farley, William Thayer Deceased. Farnsworth, Miss Alice Farrar, Frederick Albert Fay, Temple Rivera Ferdinand, Frank Field, George Prentice Fifield, Mrs. Emily Anna Fisk, Everett Olin Fisk, Otis Daniell Fisk, Otis Daniell Flagg, Elisha Fobes, Edwin Francis Folsom, Albert Alonzo Forehand, Frederic Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright Frenning, John Erasmus Fry, Charles Fuller, Alfred Worcester Furness, Dawes Eliot Gagnebin, Charles Louis Gallison, William Henry Gardner, George Augustus Gaston, Miss Sarah Howard Gaston, William Alexander Gay, Eben Howard Gay, Frederick Lewis Gay, Warren Fisher Gilman, Gorham Dummer Gleason, Daniel Angell Glines, Edward Glover, Albert Seward Goddard, William Goodnow, Daniel Goodnow, Walter Richardson Gookin, Charles Bailey Goss, Elbridge Henry Graves, John Long Gray, John Chipman Hall, Charles Wells Hall, James Morris Whiton Hall, Thomas Hills Hallett, Daniel Bunker Hallett, William Russell H All, William Formby Hammond, Charles Sumner Hammond, Gardiner Greene Hardy, Alpheus Holmes Harrington, Francis Bishop Harrington, George Sumner Hart, Francis Russell Haskell, Edwin Bradbury Haskell, Henry Hill Hastings, Albert Woodman Hastings, Charles William Hatch, Edward Augustus Hatfield, Charles Edwin Haynes, Henry Williamson Hecht, Mrs. Lina Frank Hedges, Mrs. Anna Hedges Hedges, Sidney McDowell Hemenway, Mrs. Ellen Louisa Henchman, Miss Annie Parker Hersey, Charles Henry Hill, Clarence Harvey Hills, William Sanford Hitchcock, Edward Francis Hockley, Mrs. Amelia Daniell Hogg, John Hollander, Louis Preston Holman, Charles Bradley Hopewell, John Horton, Edward Augustus Hosmer, Jerome Carter Houdlette, Frederic Alley Howe, Henry Saltonstall Howe, Daniel Havens Howland, Joseph Francis Howland, Shepard Hubbard, James Mascarene  Hurd, Charles Edwin Hurd, Charles Edwin Hurd, Charles Edward Jackson, Robert Tracy. Deceased. Jackson, William Henry James, George Barker James, William Grant Jaques, Eustace Jaques, Henry Percy Jaynes, Charles Porter Jelly, George Frederick Jenkins, Charles Jernegan, Holmes Mayhew Johnson, Edward Crosby Johnson, Hiram Jones, Benjamin Mitchell Jones, Clarence William Jones, Leonard Augustus Jones, Mrs. Sarah Gavett Judd, Mrs. Sarah Gavett Judd, Mrs. Sarah Ann Kellogg, Charles Wetmore Kendall, Frederick Kennedy, Miss Louise Kent, Prentiss Mellen Kimball, Edward Adams King, Daniel Webster King, Tarrant Putnam Knapp, George Brown Lamb, Roland Olmstead Lathrop, John Lawrence, William Learned, Francis Mason Leatherbee, Charles William Lee, George Cabot Leman, John Howard Lilly, Channing Lincoln, Albert Lamb Lincoln, William Edwards Lincoln, William Henry Livermore, George Brigham Lincoln, William Henry Livermore, George Taylor Lowney,  Stevens Mackintosh, William Hillegas Macurda, William Everett Mann, Frank Chester Manning, William Wayland Marcy, Charles De Witt Mason, Fanny Peabody McElwain, William Howe McGlenen, Edward Webster McLellan, Edward Mead, Edwin Doak Means, Charles Johnson Means, James Merrill, Joshua Merrill, William Edward Merritt, Edward Percival Meyer, Miss Hosee Miller, Henry Franklin Mills, Edward Coes Miner, George Allen Minot, Laurence Mitchell, Thomas Spencer Monks, Frank Hawthorne Monks, Richard Joseph Montague, David Thompson Moody, Mrs. Elizabeth Dana Moor, Joseph Benjamin Morse, Godfrey Morse, Robert McNeil Moseley, Frank Moseley, Frederick Strong Mumford, James Gregory Murdock, Harold Myrick, Nathan Sumner Nash, Herbert Nash, Mrs. Mary Pratt Newhall, Charles Lyman Newhall, George Warren Newhall, Horatio Newton, James Stuart Nichols, Francis Henry Nickerson, Andrew Noble, John Deceased. North, James Norman Nute, Herbert Newell O'Brien, Edward Francis O'Brien, Thomas Leland O'Connell, William Henry O'Meara, Stephen Otis, Mrs. Margaret Page, Walter Gilman Paine, Charles Jackson Palmer, Bradley Webster Palmer, Ezra Parker, Charles Wentworth Parker, George Francis Parker, John Nelson Peirson, Charles Lawrence Perkins, James Dudley Perry, Mrs. Olive Augusta Peters, Charles Joseph Peters, Francis Alonzo Peters, William York Pettigrove, Frederick George Phelps, George Henry Pierce, Wallace Lincoln Piper, Henry Augustus Porter, Marshall Spring Perry Poor, Clarence Henry Pope, William Carroll Porter, Charles Burnham Powers, Patrick Henry Porter, Benjamin Sweetser Prescott, William Herbert Putnam, George Franklin Putnam, Miss Georgina Lowell Quincy, Josiah Phillips Rand, Arnold Augustus Read, Charles French Read, Robert Leland Read, William Remick, John Anthony Reynolds, Edward Belcher Rhodes, Stephen Holbrook Rice, David Rice, Fred Ball Rich, James Rogers Rich, William Thayer Richards, George Edward Robb Ins, Royal Rogers, Miss Susan Snow Rogers, Mrs. William Barton Ross, Mrs. Caroline Emily Russ, Miss Lucy Smith Russell, Mrs. Frances Spofford Russell, Thomas Hastings Saben, Edward Emerson Sargent, Arthur Hewes Saunders, Daniel Sawyer, Warren Schouler, James Seabury, Frank Sears, Charles Putnam Sears, Francis Bacon Sears, George Oliver Sears, Mrs. Ruth Sears, Richard Sears, Richard Sears, William Richards Sears, Fred Hannibal Sears, Charles Spencer Sherwin, Thomas Shimmin, Miss Blanche Shuman, Samuel Skillings, David Nelson Sleeper, William Edmond Small, Augustus Dennett Smith, Albert Oliver Smith, Charles Card Smith, Charles Francis Smith, Edward Ephraim Smith, Joseph Newhall Smith, Robert Boynton Smith, William Eustis Snow, Charles Armstrong Soule, Horace Homer, Jr. Sowdon, Arthur John Clark Spinney, Benjamin Franklin Sprague, Henry Harrison Sproul, Thomas John Stanwood, Arthur Grimes Stearns, James Price Stedman, Arthur Wallace Stevens, Benjamin Franklin Deceased. Stevens, Francis Herbert Stillings, Ephraim Bailey Storey, Moorfield Stowe, William Edward Stratton, Charles Edwin Stratton, Francis Volney Strong, Edward Alexander Sturgis, Richard Clipston Sullivan, Richard Swan, Charles Herbert Swan, Robert Thaxter Sweet, Everell Fletcher Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Minetta Tenney, George Punchard Thayer, Nathaniel Thorndike, Augustus Larkin Throckmorton, John Wakefield Francis Tolman, James Pike Towle, Ezra Herbert Trask, William Ropes Tucker, Arthur Standish Tuttle, Joseph Henry Tuttle, Lucius Underwood, Mrs. Caroline Susanna Underwood, Henry Oliver Vaughan, Francis Wales Verne, Bernard Paul Vialle, Charles Augustus Vincent, Miss Susan Walker Vose, Charles Charles Wait, William Cushing Wales, William Cushing Ward, Joseph Frederic Ware, Horace Everett Warren, Bentley Wirt Warren, Franklin Cooley Warren, Mrs. Rebecca Bennett Way, Charles Granville Webster, Everett Bertram Weeks, Warren Bailey Potter Weil, Victor Meyer Welch, Charles Alfred Wells, Benjamin Williams West, Charles Alfred Weston, Thomas Wheeler, George Henry Wheelwright, Henry Augustus Wheelwright, John William Whitaker, Joseph White, Miss Gertrude Richardson White, Walter Henry Whitney, David Rice Whitney, James Edward Whitney, Mrs. Margaret Foster Whittemore, John Quincy Adams Whittemore, Albert Rufus Wight, Franklin James Williams, David Weld Williams, George Gorham Williams, Henry Bigelow Williams, Horace Perry Williams, Robert Breck Williams, Sydney Augustus Williams, Robert Warden Winkley, Samuel Hobart Winthrop, Thomas Lindall Wolf, Bernard Mark Wood, Howland Wood, Irving Woodbury, Isaac Franklin Woodman, Stephen Foster Woods, Edward Franklin Woods, Solomon Adams Woodward, Frank Ernest Wright, George Sumner Young, William Hill No. 1 44 1. (Commonwealth) of Massachusetts. It is not known that whereas Thomas C. Amory, Curtis Guild, John Ward Dean, Dorus Clarke, Samuel M. Quincy, William S. Appleton, Thomas Minns, Henry F. Jenks, John T. Hassam, and Dudley R. Child, have associated themselves with the intention of forming a corporation under the name of the Commonwealth. Clare, Boston, October 13, 1810. This certificate is issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and is dated October 13, 1810. It is further recorded that the following is a copy of the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810, and signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by the seal of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810. It is further recorded that the following is a copy of the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810, and signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by the seal of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810. It is further recorded that the following is a copy of the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810, and signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by the seal of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810. It is further recorded that the following is a copy of the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810, and signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by the seal of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810. It is further recorded that the following is a copy of the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810, and signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by the seal of the Commonwealth, dated October 13, 1810. Hassam and Dudley R. Child, their associates and successors, are legally organized and established as and are hereby made an existing corporation under the name of with the powers, rights and privileges and subject to the limitations, duties and restrictions, which by law, appertain thereto. My official signature hereunto subscribed and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed, this, second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. [Signed] HENRY B. PEIRCE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF BOS TO 1^ AND THE PRESERVATION OF ITS ANTIQUITIES. BY-LAWS. OBJECTS. It shall be the duty of members, so far as may be in their power, to carry out the objects of the Society, by collecting, by gift, loan, or purchase, books, manuscripts, and pictures, and by such other suitable means as may from time to time seem expedient. II. MEMBERS. The members of the Bostonian Society shall be such persons, either resident or non-resident in Boston, as shall, after having been proposed and accepted as candidates at any regular monthly meeting by the Directors, be elected by the votes of a majority of the members present and voting. III. HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Honorary and Corresponding members shall be nominated by the Directors, and shall be elected by ballot by two-thirds of the members present and voting. They may take part in the meetings of the Society, but shall not be entitled to vote. IV. ADMISSION FEE AND ASSESSMENTS. Each member shall pay five dollars at the time of his or her admission, and five dollars each first day of January. Afterwards, into the treasury of the Society for its general purposes; provided, however, that no person joining the Society on or after the first day of October in any year shall be required to pay an additional assessment for the year commencing on the first day of January following. If any member shall neglect to pay his or her admission fee or annual assessment, for three months after the same is due, he or she shall be liable to forfeit his or her membership at any time when the Directors shall so order. The payment of the sum of thirty dollars in any one year by any member of the Society shall constitute him or her a life member of the Society; life members shall be free from assessments, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of annual members. The money received for such life membership shall constitute a fund, of which not more than twenty per cent, together with the annual income, shall be spent in any one year. Certificates, signed by the President and the Clerk, shall be issued to all persons who have become life members of the Society. Meetings. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the second Tuesday in January, and regular meetings shall be held on the second Tuesday of every month, excepting June, July, August, and September, at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint. Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk, under the instruction of the Directors. At all meetings, ten members shall be a quorum for business. All Committees shall be appointed. By the Chair, unless otherwise ordered. VII. OFFICERS. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-President and seven other Directors, a Clerk and a Treasurer. The Directors, Clerk and Treasurer shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting in January, and shall hold office for one year, and until others are duly elected in their stead. The President and Vice-President shall be elected by the Board of Directors from their number. The offices of Clerk and Treasurer may be held by the same person. VIII. VACANCIES. Any vacancies in the offices of the Society may be filled for the remainder of their term by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting, to serve until the next annual meeting of the Society. In the absence of the Clerk at any meeting, a Clerk pro tempore shall be chosen for that meeting. X. NOMINATING COMMITTEE. At the monthly meeting in December, a Nominating Committee of five persons shall be appointed, who shall report at the annual meeting a list of candidates for the places to be filled. X. PRESIDING OFFICER. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings. In the absence of both, a President or tempore shall be chosen from the Board of Directors. XI. DUTIES OF THE CLERK. The Clerk shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall notify all meetings of the Society. He shall keep an exact record of all the proceedings of the meetings of the Society and of its Directors. He shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society, and place on file all letters received. He shall enter the names of members systematically in books kept for the purpose, and issue certificates of life membership. The Clerk shall have such charge of all property in the possession of the Society as may from time to time be delegated to him by the Board of Directors. He shall acknowledge each loan or gift that may be made to and accepted in behalf of the Society. XII. DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall collect all moneys due to the Society, and pay all bills against the Society, when approved by the Board of Directors. He shall keep a full account of the receipts and expenditures in a book belonging to the Society, which shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors; and at the annual meeting in January, he shall make a written report of all his doings for the year preceding. The Treasurer shall give bond in the sum of one hundred dollars, with one surety, for the faithful discharge of his duties. The Directors shall superintend and conduct the prudential and executive business of the Society; shall authorize all expenditures of money; fix all salaries; provide a common seal; receive and act upon all resignations and forfeitures of membership, and see that the By-Laws are duly complied with. The Directors shall have full power to comply with the terms of the lease of the rooms in the Old State House, made with the City of Boston, and to make all necessary rules and regulations required in the premises. They shall annually, in the month of April, make a careful comparison. Of the articles in the possession of the Society with the list to be returned to the City of Boston under the terms of the lease, and certify to its correctness. They shall make a report of their doings at the annual meeting of the Society. The Directors may, from time to time, appoint such sub-committees as they deem expedient. The Directors may, from time to time, appoint such sub-committees as they deem expedient. Special meetings of the Directors shall be held in such manner as they may appoint; and a majority shall constitute a quorum for business. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The President shall annually, in the month of January, appoint two Directors, who, with the President, shall constitute the Committee of Finance, to examine, from time to time, the books and accounts of the Treasurer; to audit his accounts at the close of the year, and to report upon the expediency of proposed expenditures of money. STANDING COMMITTEES. The President shall annually, in the month of January, appoint six standing committees, as follows: — Committee on the Rooms. A committee of seven members, to be called the Committee on the Rooms, of which the President and Clerk of the Society shall be members ex officios, who shall have charge of all the arrangements of the Rooms, (except books, manuscripts, and other objects appropriate to the Library, offered as gifts or loans); the hanging of pictures, and the general arrangement of the Society's collections in their department. Committee on Papers. A committee of three members, to be called the Committee on Papers, who shall have charge of the subject of papers to be read, or other exercises of a like nature, at the monthly meetings of the Society. Committee on Metnbership. A committee of five or more members, to be called the Committee on Membership, whose duty it shall be to give information in relation to the purposes of the Society, and increase its membership. Committee on the Library. A committee of five members, to be called the Committee on the Library, who shall have charge of all the arrangements of the Library, including the acceptance or rejection of all books, manuscripts, and other objects appropriate to the Library, offered as gifts or loans, and the general arrangement of the Society's collections in their department. Committee on Publications. A committee of four members to be called the Committee on Publications, who shall have charge of all the publications of the Society. Committee on Mejnorials. A committee of three members, to be called the Committee on Memorials, who shall have charge of such Memorials as the Society may vote to erect. These six committees shall perform the duties above set forth, under the general supervision of the Directors. Vacancies which may occur in any of these committees during their term of service shall be filled by the President. AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. Amendments to the By-laws may be made, at any annual meeting, by vote of two-thirds of the members present. and voting. They may also be made by the like vote at any regular meeting, provided notice of the same be contained in a call for such meeting issued by the Clerk, and seat to every member. 