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TEMPLES OF HONOR AND TEMPERANCE.
PERSEVERANCE TEMPLE, No. 8. L. J. Robertson, W. C. T .; James S. Baisden, W. F. R ; Charles E. Boswell, W. Treas .; John A. Decker, W. Chaplain. Instituted Feb. 18, 1869. Meets at 802 Asylum st. on Tuesday evenings.
CHARITY SOCIAL, No. 20. Jennie E. Puffer, S. P. T .; Hattie Hutchins, S. V. T .; Eugenia Sage, S. R .; Ella M. Boswell, S. U .; Mrs. E. Pebbles, S. G .; Mrs. Martha S. Estes, Fin. Sec'y, 155 Main, room Organized April 10, 1888. Meets at 802 Asylum st. Ist Wednesday evening of month.
YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
Organized Nov. 1888. Meets Wednesday evening at 802 Asylum street. Annual election in October.
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Chartered Societies.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HARTFORD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL. Edward H. Smiley, Pres't ex officio ; A. A. Welch, Lucy O. Mather, Vice Pres'ts; F. S. Morrison, Sec'y; Atwood Collins, Treas. Incorporated April, 1889. An- nual meeting, 8d Monday in March.
AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY. Chartered 1868. Office 25 Forest. G. H. WARNER, Pres't. Directors .- G. H. Warner, Charles E. Dustin, Wm. H. Gillette, Chas. E. Gross. Annual meeting in Dec.
AMERICAN SCHOOL AT HARTFORD FOR THE DEAF. (Formerly American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.) 690 Asylum. Chartered, 1816. Dedicated, 1821. FRANCIS B. COOLEY, President.
Vice Presidents-Nathaniel Shipman, John C. Par- sons, Jonathan B. Bunce, Rowland Swift, John C. Day, Wm. M. Hudson, F. W. Cheney, S. W. Kellogg.
Directors .- D. R. Howe, L. A. Barbour, Atwood Col- lins, W. L. Matson, J. B.Cone, C. H. Clark, Archibald A. Welch, W. Waldo Hyde, H. K. Smith, E. B. Ben- nett; D. R. Howe, Treas .; Archibald A. Welch, Sec'y. Annual meeting, Saturday after 2d Thursday in May. Principal, Job Williams; Instructors, Gilb't O. Fay, A. S. Clark, George F. Stone, John E. Crane, Mary A. Mann, Caroline C. Sweet, Jane B. Kellogg, Lucy H. Williams, Mollie J. Noyes, Sarah T. Sprague, Grace W. Robinson; Teachers of Articulation, Mary Allen, Adelia C. Fay, Elizabeth Fay, Mary L. Geer; Drawing, Solon P. "Davis; Steward, W. P. Williams; Attending Physician, F. T. Simpson.
ART SOCIETY OF HARTFORD. Org. June, 1877. Inc. March, 1886. Capital, $50,000. Mrs. F. G. WHITMORE, Pr. | Mrs. T.W. RUSSELL, R. Sec. Miss S. R. DUNHAM, V. P. | Mrs. W. WALKER, C. Sec. Mrs. E. H. PERKINS, V. P. | Mrs. WILLIAM E. COLLINS, Mrs. JAS. B. CONE, Treas. | Assistant Treasurer. Honorary Managers .- Mrs. Charlotte M. Ely, Mrs. John C. Day, Mrs. George Kellar, Miss Mary F. Collins, Miss Alice Taintor.
Managera .- Mrs. M. D. Thompson, Mrs. W. H. Pal- mer, Miss M. C. Root, Miss Frances A. Beach, Mrs. C. C. Beach, Miss Emily Cheney, Miss A. K. Bunce, Miss Mary Talcott, Miss Louise Williams, Miss Emily Bar- nard, Mrs. A. A. Welch, Mrs. F. W. Cheney, Mrs. J. L. English, Mrs. Chas. D. Warner, Mrs. Geo. G. Williams, Miss Sarah Day, Miss Eliza Robinson, Miss Sarah Goodwin, Mrs. Henry Ferguson.
Studio, in the Atheneum building, 206 Main street. Annual meeting second Thursday in Jan.
BOARD TRUSTEES YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Charles A. Jewell, Chairman; Appleton R. Hillyer, Sec'y and Treas .; James G. Batterson, Daniel R. Home, G. Pierpont Davis, John F. Tracy, W. H. Tal- cott. This Board has the care of property interests of the Association.
CHARITABLE SOCIETY IN HARTFORD. Formed November 28, 1792. Chartered May, 1809. RODNEY DENNIS, President. C. T. WELLES, Sec. & Tr. | W. A. WILLARD, Auditor. Almoners .- E. B. Farnham, A. H. Tillinghast, Ralph Foster, G. P. Chandler, H. J. Case. Annual meeting 2d Tuesday in Oct.
CHURCH HOME.
Chartered 1876. 76 Bellevue. JOHN WILLIAMS, Pres't. GEO. E. HATOH, Treas L. W.SALTONSTALL, V. Pres. | H. LILIENTHAL, Sec'y. Managers .- Mrs. E. S. Bartlett. Mrs. G. W. Rus- sell, Miss Alice Bolter, Mrs. G. A. Wright, Sec'y; Mrs.
T. G. Talcott, Treas .; Mrs. J. A. Russell, Mrs. J. M. Birmingham, Mrs. C. Ehbitts, Mrs. H. W. Torry, Mrs. J. E. Ball, Mrs. John W. Gray, Mrs. Charles Galscar, Miss J. Gilbert, Miss T. Bradin, Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. Mugford, Mrs. H. W. Richards, Miss B. C. Hawley. " Advisory Board, Dr. G. W. Russell, Jas. . A. Smith, Henry K. Morgan, L. A. Dickinson, G. H. Day. Trustees, G. W. Russell, J. L. Greene, Charles A. Pease. Auditors, Clarence Bryant, George E. Hoadley. Chaplain, G. R. Warner. Matron, Mrs. M. F. Weeks. Physician, John H. Rose. Annual meet- ing on Wednesday following 2d Sunday after Easter.
CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY. Incorp. 1874. RT. REV. JOHN WILLIAMS, Middletown, President REV. C. G. BRISTOL, Hartford, Conn., Sec'y and Treas.
Board of Education .- T. R. Pynchon, Chairman, F. Goodwin, J. W. Bradin, J. H. Barbour, F.W. Harriman, James Stoddard, S. Taylor, A. C. Goodman, F. J. King- bury, G. W. Russell, C. G. Bristol, Benj. Page. Annual meeting 2d Tuesday in June, where convened by Bishop.
CITY MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 284 Pearl at. Chartered 1859. H. J. GILLETTE, Missionary.
S. N. BENEDICT, Pres't. Gro. F. HILLA, Treasurer.
C. H. PRENTICE, V. Pr. E. S. SYRIA, Auditor.
OLIN H. CLARK, Secretary. J. B. PIERCE " This Society employs a city missionary with the united efforts of the Congregational churches of this city. An- nual meeting in October. Building dedicated March 25, 1891.
CONN. HISTORICAL SOCIETY .- 206 Main. Library open 9.80 a.m. to 12.80 noon, 1.80 to 5 p. m. CHAS. J. HOADLY, Pres't. ! W. DELOSs LOVE, Cor. Bec. J. F. MORRIS, Treasurer. | ROWLAND SWIFT, Audilor. ALBERT C. BATES, Rec. Sec'y and Librarian.
Vice Presidents .- Samuel Hart, James J. Goodwin, Hartford; James Terry, New Haven; Theodore S. Gold, Cornwall; Frank F. Starr, Middletown; Miss Ellen D. Larned, Thompson; Richard A. Wheeler, Stonington; Morris W. Seymour, Bridgeport. Library, 22,000 vols. Chartered 1825. Annual election, May 26. Meets 1st Tuesday evening in each month, from October to May.
DIRECTORS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT, 426 Asylum.
Organized 1798, chartered October, 1802, and took the above title by legislative enactment March 12, 1880. WARD W. JACOBS, Treas .; W. H. MOORE, Sec. and 8. M. Directors .- Rev. C. M. Lamson, Nathaniel Shipman, David N. Camp, Joel S. Irons, George W. Banks, Wat- son L. Phillips, E. P. Parker, S. H. Fellows, Axel W. Hazen, Jos. Anderson, J. W. Backus, E. W. Marth, John DePeu, H. L. Reade, W. H. Catlin, Edwin Tal- cott, J. L. R. Wyckoff, Rev. D. C. Eggleston, Bev. J. H. Twichell, Rev. David E. Jones. Auditors .- D. N. Camp, George M. Carrington, W. H. Catlin. Annual meeting in February in Memorial hall. These Directors have five Trusts :- Western Work; Everest Fund; Memorial Hall Estate; State Work; and Special Trusts.
FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. Organised, June, 1886. Incorporated, May, 1888. N. G. HINCKLEY, Pres't. I S. P. AGNEW, Collector. LOUIS KRUG, Vice THOS. BLAKE, Auditor. DUDLEY W. HAVENS, Sec'y. | F. P. LEPARD, "
CHARLES C. STRONG, Treasurer. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Benevolent Society- Louis Krug, Chairman; William Fitzpatrick, Engine No. 1; C. C. Champlin, No. 2: Charles Tarbox, No. 3; G. B. Hale, No. 4; W. E. Tucker, No. 5; J. J. Mcintyre, No. 6; J. C. Secor, No. 8; Wm. S. Smith, Hose Co .; S. C. Cooper, Hook & Ladder Co.
Annual meeting 1st Monday in June. 286 members.
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Trustees for the Old Veteran Department-John C. McManus, Alfred Milton.
Amount of Funds, June 7, 1897, $20,481.05. Paid to widows and orphans past year, $812. Paid members, $460.00. Total paid members, widows, and orphans, $24.595.50.
HARTFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM, 171 Putnam st.
Was chartered June 22, 1865, by uniting the Hart- ford Beneficent Society which was formed in 1809 and chartered in 1818 for Female Orphans, and of the Boys Orphan Asylum, which was chartered in 1888. The building first occupied stood corner of Albany av. and Woodland st. The second building at 102 Washington st. was torn down, July, 1886. The third edifice is now occupied on Russ st.
Mrs. CHAS. F. HOWARD, President.
Mrs. A. P. HYDE, Vice Pr | D. R. HOWE, Treas. Mrs. F. B. COOLEY, Mrs. W. W. HYDE, Aus't T. Mrs. E. B. BENNETT. C.S.
Mrs. F. GOODWIN,
Mrs. L. BRAINARD, " Mrs.C.F.SEDGWICK, R. S. Managers .- Mrs. John Allen, Mrs. Lucius A. Bar- bour, Mrs. George M. Bartholomew, Mrs. Edward B. Bennett, Mrs. James Bolter, Mrs. Leverett Brainard. Mrs John R. Buck, Miss E. Blythe, Mrs. G. R. Shepherd, Mrs. J. S. Camp, Mrs. W. C. Skinner, Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Mrs. J. S. Curtis, Mrs. F. R. Foster, Mrs. James J. Goodwin, Mrs. Frances Goodwin, Mrs. Charles E. Gross, Mrs. D. R. Howe. Mrs. A. P. Hyde, Mrs. Havemeyer, Mrs. Charles F. Howard, Charlotte A. Jewell, Mrs. J. F. Judd, Mrs. Geo. W. Moore, Mrs. George R. Shepherd, Mrs. G. E. Taintor, Mrs. H. E. Taintor, Mrs. J. J. Nairn, Mrs. George W. Beach, Mrs. W. W. Hyde, Mrs. Charles F. Sedgwick, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Mrs. Wilder Smith, Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Antoinette R. Phelps, Mrs. De Witt, Miss Ellen Case, Miss Clara E. Hillyer, Mrs. J. W. Bradin, Mrs. William E. Collins, Mrs. Harlan P. Kline.
Sup't-Rev. George Dustin; Matron-Mrs. George Dustin. Annual meeting first Monday in June. Man- agers' meeting first Monday in each month.
LARRABEE FUND ASSOCIATION. Organized, Dec. 1864. Meets at 426 Asylum st. Mrs. JACOB KNOUS, President.
ELLEN W. GRAY, 198 Farmington av. Sec. and Treas. Executive Committee .- Mrs. N. H. Morgan, Miss A. S. McManus, Mrs. J. G. Parsons, Mrs. Chas. R. Burt, Mrs. E. B. Bennett, Mrs. L. H. Brainard, Miss Sarah Fisher, Mrs. Howard A. Camp, Miss Susan T. Clark. Annual meeting in October
Trust Fund, $28,242.02. Annual income to be appro- priated to the relief of the lame, maimed and deformed Females of Town of Hartford. Treas. C. C. Strong, Trustees .- Mayor and Aldermen of City and Selectmen of Hartford.
PRIVATE COACHMEN'S BENEV'NT ASSOCIAT'N. Chartered April, 1884. 92 Asylum.
T. P. QUIRK, 82 Elm st., President. JAMES CLARK, V. Pres't. | PATRICK GOLDEN, Treas. WM. FEELEY, 77 Wethersfield av., R. and C. Sec'y. WILLIAM R. JONES, F. Sec'y.
Directors .- James Clark, Louis Thompson, P. Scan- lon, A. S. Tillotson, J. McCarty. Annual meeting 2d Tuesday in January. Meets monthly, 2d Tuesday evening at 92 Asylum st.
RETREAT FOR THE INSANE .- 80 Washington. Ses pages 674, 675.
SOCIETY FOR INCREASE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Organized 1857. Incorporated, 1859. Ofice 87 Spring. Rt. Rev. John Williams, Middletown, Conn., Presi ; Rev. T. R. Pyncheon, Rec. Sec'y; Rev. F. D. Hoskins, Cor. Sec'y; James Bolter, Treas .; Rev. S. O. Seymour, Chairman Ex. Com. Annual election 2d Tuesday, Sept.
ST. JOHN'S SICK AND BURIAL SOCIETY. Chartered July 18, 1848. 92 Asylum. JAMES CONNELLY, Pres't. | DANIEL A. HERNE, Treas. LAWRENCE LOW, V. Pres't. P. D. RYAN, Sec'y. Meets 8d Sunday, monthly. Elections June and Dec.
ST. PATRICK'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Chartered 1842. 180 Main. | EDWARD T. LYONS, Treas. F. A. MERRIMAN, Pres't. JAMES WATSON, F. Sec'y. JOSEPH DILLON, V. Pres't. | JOHN TAGERTY, R. Sec'y. Meetings first Sunday, monthly, at 104 Asylum street. Annual meeting 1st Sunday in January.
THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT. Now Hartford Theological Seminary. For full particular's see pages 684, 685.
TRINITY COLLEGE, Chartered 1828.
The former site was west of Trinity street and north of Capitol avenue, now that part of Bushnell Park known as the Capitol grounds. Three brown stone buildings stood on the crest of the hill, facing the east. The first class graduated was in 1827. In 1878 the college was removed to its new site on Summit street, where the buildings stand on west part of a campus of seventy-eight acres. The library contains about 88,000 volumes, and is rapidly increasing. There is a large cabinet, a fine science building, an astronomical observatory, and a gymnasium with public hall. The annual commencement is held on the last Thursday in June.
Rev. GEO. WILLIAMSON SMITH, D. D., LL. D., Pres't. CHAS. E. GRAVES, Treas .; office 89 Pearl street. For full particulars see pages 688, 688.
TRINITY COLLEGE SOCIETIES. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Founded, 1882. H. B. Pulsifer, President ; C. B. Hedrick, Sec'y; E. G Littell, Treas .; Rev. Profs. Pynchon and Hart, Chap- lains. Meets Monday evenings in the Latin room. CONNECTICUT BETA OF PHI BETA KAPPA. Founded, 1845. Professor Pynchon, Pres't ; Professor Hart, Sec'y. Eight undergraduate members in class of 1897.
LOCAL FRATERNITY OF I. K. A. Founded, 1829.
Hon. John T. Wait, L.L. D., President of Corporation. Meets at Hall on Vernon st. Eight resident members. FRATERNITY OF DELTA PSI, EPSILON CHAPTER. Founded, 1850. Chapter House, corner of Summit street and Allen place. Fifteen resident members.
FRATERNITY OF ALPHA DELTA PHI, PHI KAPPA CHAPTER.
Founded as Phi Kappa Society, 1885; Chapter char- tered, 1878. Chapter House, 122 Vernon st. Twen- ty-one resident members.
FRATERNITY OF DELTA KAPPA EPSILON, ALPHA CHI CHAPTER. Chapter chartered, 1879. Fifteen resident members. FRATERNITY OF POI UPSILON, BETA BETA CHAPTER. Founded as Beta Beta Society, 1842; Chapter char- tered, 1880. Chapter House, corner of Washington and and Park streets. Nineteen resident members. FRATERNITY OF SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON, CONNECTICUT ALPHA CHAPTER. Chapter chartered, 1892. Seven resident members.
FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA, TAU ALPHA CHAPTER. Chapter chartered, 1898. Seven resident members. FRATERNITY OF ALPHA CHI RHO. Organized, 1895. Twenty-two resident members.
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TRUSTEES OF THE GOOD WILL CLUB. Good Will Hall, side entrance. Keney Hall, 40 Pratt. Incor. Jan. 28, 1888. Building dedicated Feb. 22, 1889. Special Charter, April, 1889. A. E. BURR, President | FRANCIS GOODWIN, V. P. CHAS. HOPKINS CLARK, Tr. | HARRY S. CONKLIN, Sec'y. MARY HALL, Manager.
Trustees .- A. E. Barr, F. Goodwin, J. C. Parsons, Chas. H. Clark, Atwood Collins, W. W. Hyde, S. G. Dunham, D. R. Howe, Edward Curtis, Samuel Hart- Alex. R. Merriam, Harry S. Conklin. Annual meet- ing 2d Monday in May.
TRUSTEES OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CON- GREGATIONAL CHURCHES.
Chartered April, 1885. Capital $80,000. Corporators-W. H. Moore, S. B. Forbes and others. Annual meeting in September.
TRUSTEES OF THE FUND FOR MINISTERS. Incorporated 1868. Same officers as " Directors of the Missionary Society of Connecticut."
TRUSTEES OF THE WIDOWS HOME. Incorporated, 1860. Andhorized Capital $25,000. Homes at 138 Market and 18 So. Hudson sts. Rev. J. W. BRADIN, Pres't. | ED. P. TAYLOR, Aud'r. R. A. WADSWORTH, 8. 4 Agt | SECURITY Co., Treas. This corporation consists of the Rectors and Wardens of Christ, St. John and Trinity Churches in Hartford. Annual meeting, Easter Tuesday.
UNION FOR HOME WORK. Chartered July, 1872. 289 Market s. Mrs. SAMUEL COLT, Pres't. | Mrs. M. G. BULKELEY, Tr. Mrs. N. SHIPMAN, V. P. Mrs. J. R. BUCK, Sec.
Mrs. G. W. RUSSELL, Mrs. LOUIS R. CHENEY, C.S. Executive Committee .- Mrs. Samuel Colt, Mrs. Na- thaniel Shipman, Mrs. John R. Buck, Mrs. G. W. Rus- sell, Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mrs. J. B. Bance, Mrs. M. G. Bulkeley, Mrs. J. S. Jarvis, Mrs. O. H. Whitmore, Mrs. H. C. Robinson, Mrs. G. C. Perkins, Mrs. F. W. Russell, Mrs. L. R. Cheney, Miss Margaret Blythe. Finance Committee .- Mrs. Frank L. Howard, Mrs. Chas. E. Gross, Mrs. Wm. H. Bulkeley, Mrs. John Hall, Miss Lydia Brooks, Mrs. James McManus, Miss C. A. Jillson, Mrs. Geo. H. Day, Mrs. J. S. Camp, Mrs. P. H. Ingalls, Mrs. E. L. Sluyter. Superintendent, office hours 8 A. M. to 12 M .; Mrs. N. Shipman, Miss Margaret Blythe, Day Nursery. Annual meeting, first Tuesday in January.
UNITED WORKERS CLUB, 336 Main street. Organised March 18, 1888. Incorporated April, 1888, as United Workers and Woman's Exchange. In- corporated under present name, April, 1893. MISS HATTIR G. PRATT, President. ALFREDA DICKINSON, V.P. | GRACE TURNBULL, Treas. HELEN HYLAND, " M. SULLIVAN, Ass't "
NELLLE J. GRANT, " LILLIE O. MULLANE, Lib. MABEL C. WASHBURN, Sec. | HERBERT H. WHITE, And. Caroline Hansell, Chairman Educational Commit- see : F. A. McCook, Chairman Membership Committee ; Agnes Riley, Chairman Social Committee ; Emily M. Morgan, Chairman Vacation Committee; Professor J. J. McCook. Lucius F. Robinson, M. M. Johnson, Mrs. Appleton R. Hillver, Miss C. M. Hewins, Board of Council
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, 206 Main st, Is a granite building of 100 ft. in length on Main st. and 80 ft. in depth in center wings, and 70 ft. in depth in outside wings. It is of the castelated structure, with central towers 70 feet in height and corner buttresses 86 ft. in height, with an extensive brick addition on the east of Tudor architecture, which is used, on the first floor, for the Library of the HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION; and, on the second floor, for the WAT-
KINSON LIBRARY with the library of the HISTORICAL SOCIETY adjoining. The first floor of the main build- ing on the North is used for the PUBLIC READING room and TRUSTEES room. The whole South division of the main building is occupied by the CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Central and Northern por- tions of the main building on the 2d floor are occupied as a PUBLIC ART GALLERY and for the ART SCHOOL The building was erected by voluntary contributions of citizens, with the land and fence, cost over $300.000. Commenced April, 1842, and completed in July, 1844, and the additions in January, 1898.
FRANCIS GOODWIN, President.
NATH'L SHIPMAN, V.Pres. | JAMES B. CONE, Sec's. JAMES G. BATTERSON, " | J. F. MORRIS, Treasurer. JOHN C. PARSONS, CHAS. E. GROSS, Auditors. Trustees-Chas. J. Hoadly, Jonathan F. Morris, Henry C. Robinson, John C. Day, J. Hammond Trumbull, Jas. B. Cone, Charles Hopkins Clark, Chas. E. Gross, Theodore Lyman, John C. Parsons, Jacob L. Greene, and ex officio, the Mayor of the City of Hartford; Sup't of Building, Frank B. Gay. An'l meeting, Jeme. House Committee .- Francis Goodwin, Charles E. Gross, Theodore Lyman, James B. Cone.
Finance Committee .- Francis Goodwin, J. F. Morris, John C. Parsons, Jacob L. Greene.
WALNUT LODGE HOSPITAL COMPANY. Chartered April 21, 1886. Fairfield aveme.
T. D. CROTHERS, Pres't
B. B. ALLING, Treas | S. B. CROTHERS, Sec's. A private asylum for the special medical care and treatment of INEBRIATES and OPIUM CASES Special facilities provided for each one. Address, T. D. CROTHERS, M. D., Superintendent, Hartford, Coun. See page 688.
WATKINSON JUVENILE ASYLUM AND FARM SCHOOL .- Albany and Bloomfield Ares FRANCIS GOODWIN, Pres't. | Chartered May, 1862 D. H. WELLS, Sec'y. DANIEL R. HOWE, Trea.
Trustees .- Henry Barnard, Roland Mather, J. C. Par- sons, F. W. Cheney, N. Shipman, G. Pierepont Davis, A. C. Dunham, Francis Goodwin, D. R. Howe, Jacob L. Greene, Chas. M. Beach, Philander C. Royce, Charles Hopkins Clark, Daniel H. Wells, Geo. E. Taintor, La- cius F. Robinson.
Edwin B. Smead, Principal; Selden W. Hayes, Assistant : Honora C. Whiting, School Teacher ; Miss Florence Goodard, Matron; Francis G. Stockbridge, Farm Supt. School opened June 1, 1881. Annual meet- ing 2d Tuesday in February. Lands and Funds, about $245,000. New buildings on "Handicroft Farm," Albany and Bloomfield aves. See index to contents.
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC'N OF HARTFORD. Org. June 6, 1867. Incor. 1869. 58 Church a. Mrs. GEO. KELLOGG, Pres. | Mrs. G. M. STONE, C. Sec. Mrs. F. B. COOLEY, V. Pr. |Mrs. ROBT. E. DAY, R. & Mrs. THOS. SIESON, Miss C. A. JEWELL, Tr.
Mrs. P. JEWELL, JOHN ALLEN, Auditor.
Directresses .- Mrs. George Kellogg, Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Mrs. Thomas Sisson, Mrs. B. E. Hooker, Mrs. John Allen, Mrs. Pliny Jewell, Mrs. Stephen Terry, Mrs. Chas. H. Boardman, Mrs. Seth Talcott, Mrs. S. C. Preston, Mrs. L. A. Barbour, Mrs. G. M. Stone, Mrs. W. N. Pelton, Mrs. P. C. Royce, Mrs. M. M. Johnson, Mrs. John H. White, Mrs. D. H. Wells, Mrs. George A. Fairfield, Mrs. G. L. Chase, Mrs. William J. Tuller, Mrs. R. F. Day, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Mrs. John S. Camp, Miss Charlotte A. Jewell, Mrs. E. W. Hooker, Mrs. Arthur L. Gillett, Mrs. Henry E. Hastings, Mrs. Everett P. Curtis, Mrs. Williston Walker, Miss Eliza- beth C. Blythe, Mrs. M. W. Jacobus, Miss Charlotte Huntington, Mrs. J. J. Nairn. Annual meeting in Oct Young Women's Boarding Home, 58 Church street- Mrs. Harriet A. Platt, Matron.
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, 54 Church st., Miss E C. Maxwell, Superintendent.
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WIDOWS' SOCIETY.
Organized, 1825. Incorporated, 1847. Mrs. ROBERT E. DAY, President. Mrs. CHAS. R. BURT, Treas. | Mrs. C. A. JEWELL, Sec'y. Almoners .- Miss Mary Bigelow, Mrs. Robert E. Day, Mrs. H. G. Howe, Mrs. A. L. Hunt. Annual meeting in September.
Niles Fund Almoners .- Miss Sarah Davis, Mrs. Ar- thur F. Eggleston, Mrs. C. A. Jewell, Mrs. T. Sisson.
WOMAN'S AID SOCIETY.
Org. Feb. 1878. Chart. 1881. Home 1 Pavilion st. Mrs. E. B. TURNER, Pres. | Mrs. T. W. RUSSELL, Treas. Mrs. F. GOODWIN, V. P. | Mrs. J. R. BUCK, Aus't Tr. Mrs. A. R. HILLYER, " Mrs. STEPHEN TERRY, R.S. Mrs. E. A. SMITH, Mrs. H. E. TAINTOR, C. S.
Annual meeting in January.
WOMANS CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSION- ARY UNION OF CONNECTICUT.
Organised Jan. 14, 1885. Incorporated 1886.
MISS E. R. CAMP, New Britain, Pres't. Mrs. F. B. COOLEY, V. P. | Mrs. S. M. HOTCHKISS, V.P. Mrs. GRO.L. WALKER, " Mrs. E. HUBBARD,
Mrs. HENRY GAY, Mrs. WARD W. JACOBS, Tr. Mrs. C. T. MILLARD, Hartford, Cor. Sec'y. Mrs. GEORGE FOLLETT, Cor. Sec'y.
Mrs. A. H. PITKIN, Hartford, Rec. Sec'y.
Executive Committee .- Mrs. O. Vincent Coffin, Mrs. Francis Williams, Mrs. E. Ackley. Mrs. Luman Cowles, Miss Alice H. Goodwin, Mrs. Nathan Merwin, Mrs. J. A. Kippen, Miss Mathewson, Mrs. D. F. Gulliver, Mrs. John Hopson, Mrs. E. E. Hubbell, Mrs. H. P. Hitch- cock, Mrs. C. W. Sheldon, Mrs. Washington Choate, Miss E. Danielson, Mrs. E. P. Parker, Mrs. Philo Bevin, Mrs. W. R. Carr, Mrs. C. C. Smith. Finance Committee .- Mrs. George W. Moore, Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Mrs. Henry Gay. Auditor .- Cornwall T. Mil- iard. Meets 2d Monday of each month at Memorial Hall. Annual election in May.
WOMAN'S EXCHANGE.
Organised April, 1898. 78 Pearl street. Mrs. LEVERETT BRAINARD, President.
Mrs. T. B. BEACH, V. Pr. | Mrs. M. B. SCOTT, R. Sec. Mrs. F. H. ADRIENCE, " Mrs F. A. HART, C. Sec.
Mrs. M. G. BOLKELEY, " Miss P. H. INGALLS, Tr. Board of Managers .- Mrs. Edwin E. Johnson, Mrs. Leverett Brainard, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mrs. Edwin Strong, Mrs. M. Bradford Scott, Mrs. A. R. Hillyer, Mrs. A. G. Loomis, Mrs. F. A. Hart, Miss Hat- tie G. Pratt, Mrs. P. H. Ingalls, Mrs. Louis R. Cheney, Mrs. John J. Narin, Miss Helen Whiting, Mrs. F. A. Adriance, Mrs. H. S. Redfield, Mrs. R. N. Seyms, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Miss Josephine E. Barnard, Mrs. J. H. Greene, Miss Mary S. Robinson, Miss Laura W. Taft, Mrs. T. B. Chapman, Mrs. F. C. Billings, Mrs. G. C. F. Williams, Miss Sarabelle Goodwin, Miss Mary John- son, Miss Emma Foster.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Org. Feb. 7, 1878. Chartered April, 1884. 815 Pearl CHARLES A. JEWELL, President.
RODNEY DENNIS, V.Pres. CHARLES T. WELLES, Tr. H. H. GOODWIN, = G. M. HERSKY, Gen. Sec'y. CHAS. E. THOMPSON," CHAS. A. PEASE, Rec. Sec. L. F. ROBINSON, A. L. HUNT, Auditor.
Directora .- T. Allen Wiley, C. D. Alton, John Gem- mill, Gail B. Munsill, Atwood Collins, John S. Camp, S. P. Davis, J. H. Jarman, Wm. H. Talcott, Wilbur M. Stone, L. Walter Clarke, Herbert Knox Smith. An- nual meeting in May. Rooms open week days from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M .; on Sundays from 1 till 6 P. M. Song service for men, on Sundays, 8.80 P. M. The aver- age age of members is 221 years. Total membership March 1, 1897, 1,879. There are 112 different occupa- tions represented in the enrollment. Young men of all creeds, and no creeds may join. The control of property interests and the voting privilege are
limited to the members of Protestant Evangelical Churches. Educational classes are maintained even- ings during the fall and winter months. There was an enrollment of over 411 students season 1896-7. The Educational Department known as the Hillyer In- stitute has an endowment of $50,000. A Working- man's Exchange is maintained as one of the many departments of the Association. Recreation rooms furnished with pool tables, and other games are pro- vided. The workingmen of the city assemble in large numbers at these rooms where social privileges are en- joyed free from the demoralizing influences of the sa- loon. All workingmen 18 years or over may join this department as well as that of the main association. The new building, cor. Jewell, Ford and Pearl streets, was opened November 8, 1898. It is a superior build- ing in all respects. See pages 680, 681.
Chartered Clubs.
BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. Organized, July, 1888.
J. M. ALLEN, President. C. C. KIMBALL, V. Pres't. P. H. WOODWARD, T. g S. | PLINY JEWELL, 4 J. M. Allen, C. C. Kimball, Geo. A. Fairfield, Jud- son H. Root, John F. Morris, Charles E. Billings, M. H. Whaples, John G. Root, Charles B. Whiting, Clar- ence B. Ingraham, Ernest Cady, H. C. Dwight, Morgan G. Bulkeley, F. A. Pratt, Charles M. Beach, A. E. Burr, George H. Day, Charles E. Gross, Asa S. Cook, A. B. Gillett, O. H. Blanchard, S. M. Bronson, Lev- erett Brainard, Charles H. Clark, Albert A. Pope, Directors. Arthur L. Shipman, Chairman Membership Committee ; Geo. L. Chase, Chairman Reception Commit- tee; Chas. B. Whiting, Chairman Finance Committee ; Geo. H. Day, Chairman House Committee; J. F. Swords, Chairman Transportation Committee; James Nich- ols, Chairman Railway Proxies; Francis Goodwin, Chair- man Public Affairs Committee. Rooms 89 Pearl st. Annual meeting 2d Tuesday in January.
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