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In the matter of transportation, our part of the town was en- tirely dependent upon the old dobbins of the farm, when they could be spared. A trip to Boston was an event of the year ; most of the family shopping was done in Roxbury street, and I well remember driving in our old buggy with my mother to Bacon's store, which is still flourishing, I believe. The Brookline Branch railroad was built in 1848, which was opened with a grand celebration, and passengers were carried free for the day ; the regular fare was a ninepence (12 /2 cents). Previous to that time an omnibus came down from Brighton through Brookline village, I think twice a day. Brookline also had a line of stages from the village through Roxbury and Tremont street, which had recently been built; these stages made, perhaps, a half-dozen trips a day. I remember the names printed on the sides : " Grace Dar- ling" and " Lady of the Lake." Mr. Glazier was the proprietor of this line of stages; his daughter married our respected builder, William K. Melcher, and, I think, is still living. Various attempts were made to establish an omnibus line over Beacon street, but
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they each had an uncertain tenure of life, and were finally given up because they did not pay. When I see the thousands who go in and out of the city in the electrics, I often think of the old days, when eight or ten in the stage made a crowd.
The building of Beacon street gave quite an impetus to the growth of our section of the town. In 1854, the Harvard street schoolhouse was built in the triangle formed by Harvard, Beacon · and Pleasant streets. It stood on what used to be my father's land, and he had years before set out a number of trees, and it really was an ideal playground for the children. The widening of Beacon street took away this building, and what was left of the school lot, and the discontinued part of Pleasant street was added to my lot; so several of these old trees are now shading my house.
Another great addition to our neighborhood was the opening of the store on the corner of Beacon and Harvard streets in 1857; it was kept for years by William Coolidge, who was for a time one of the Assessors of the town. The old store, with its town pump in front, and its hay scales, was a familiar landmark, and was torn down only a few years ago to make room for S. S. Pierce's mam- moth building. The store was a great place to gather the neigh- bors, who were mostly farmers, on a rainy day or in winter time; and many a good story has been told around the old stove. Mr. Coolidge was a Democrat, and several of the near neighbors were of the same political belief; early in the Civil War, as many of you will remember, party feelings were strong and high, and these neighbors were called "Copperheads," and the store was dubbed "The Confederate Crossroads." I am glad to say, however, that as the War went on, there were no better citizens or more zealous patriots than these same Democrats.
By the census of 1840, there were 1265 inhabitants of Brookline; by that of 1900, there were about 20,000; the old farm, as a farm, has disappeared, as indeed has nearly every other farm in Brook- line; the old house is still standing, but I imagine it could scarcely be recognized by the old families who have lived in it.
In closing this rather rambling paper, I wish to give credit to Miss Woods' Sketches of Brookline, to Dr. Pierce's Address at the Dedication of the Old Town Hall, to the Muddy River and Brook- line Town Records, and especially to the exceedingly interesting papers in the custody of Mr. Edward Baker, who has generously given me of his time in the preparation of this paper.
CHARLES H. STEARNS.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
EDWARD W. BAKER, Treasurer, In account with BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Balance on hand February 1, 1902 :
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Permanent fund
$275 00
Current fund
74 20
Receipts to December 31, 1902 :
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$349 20
Permanent fund
$150 00
Current fund
291 00
441 00
Total balances and receipts
$790 20
EXPENDITURES.
February 1, 1902, to December 31, 1902 :--
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From Current Fund.
Printing Annual Report $92 50
Printing Notices, etc.
16 25
Half-tone Plates for illustrations
7 95
Rubber Stamp
40
Postage .
18 35
Typewriting
6 00
Total expenditures
$141 45
Balance January 1, 1903 :
Permanent fund . $425 00
Current fund
223 75
Total balances
$648 75
EDWARD W. BAKER, Treasurer.
I have audited the accounts of the Treasurer of the Brookline Historical Society and find the same correct. The receipted vouchers and bank books have been examined and the balance on hand December 31, 1902, was $648,75 as shown by the Treasurer's Report.
CHARLES H. STEARNS, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed to nominate officers of the Society for 1903 made the following report :-.
For Clerk and Treasurer, EDWARD W. BAKER.
For Trustees.
RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE,
MISS JULIA GODDARD,
MRS. J. C. KITTREDGE,
CHARLES H. STEARNS,
MRS. SUSAN V. GRIGGS, . -
CHARLES WHITE,
EDWARD W. BAKER. (Signed) ALBERT A. FOLSOM, W. TRACY EUSTIS, CHARLES F. READ.
The report was accepted and it was voted to proceed to ballot. The ballot was taken and the candidates nominated were unanimously elected.
Voted, That the Society print the President's annual ad- dress, Treasurer's report, by-laws, list of officers and mem- bers, and such papers as have been read before the Society as the Committee on Publications may select.
EDWARD W. BAKER, Clerk.
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No. 9016.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it Itnow That whereas RUFUS GEORGE FREDERICK CANDAGE, EDWARD WILD BAKER, JULIA GODDARD, JOHN EMORY HOAR, HARRIET ALMA CUMMINGS, CHARLES HENRY STEARNS, JAMES MACMASTER CODMAN, JR., CHARLES FRENCH READ, EDWIN BIRCHARD COX, WILLARD Y. GROSS, CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, TAPPAN EUSTIS FRANCIS, DESMOND FITZGERALD, D. S. SANFORD, and MARTHA A. KITTREDGE have associated themselves with the inten- tion of forming a corporation under the name of the
Brookline historical Society,
for the purpose of the study of the history of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, its societies, organizations, families, individuals, and events, the collection and preservation of its antiquities, the establish- ment and maintenance of an historical library, and the publication from time to time of such information relating to the same as shall be deemed expedient, and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the President, Treasurer, and Directors of said corporation, duly approved by the Commissioner of Corporations and recorded in this office ;
Now, therefore, E, William M. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that said RUFUS GEORGE FREDERICK CANDAGE, EDWARD WILD BAKER, JULIA GODDARD, JOHN EMORY HOAR, HARRIET ALMA CUMMINGS, CHARLES HENRY STEARNS, JAMES MACMASTER CODMAN, JR., CHARLES FRENCH READ, EDWIN BIRCHARD COX, WILLARD Y. GROSS, CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, TAPPAN EUSTIS FRANCIS, DESMOND FITZGERALD, D. S. SANFORD, and MARTHA A. KITTREDGE, their associates and successors, are legally organized and established as and are hereby made an existing corpora- tion under the name of the
Brookline historical Society,
with the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties, and restrictions, which by law appertain thereto.
EHitness my official signature hereunto sub- scribed, and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed, this twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.
WM. M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
1903.
Trustees.
RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE, President. MRS. J. C. KITTREDGE.
MISS JULIA GODDARD. CHARLES H. STEARNS, Vice-President.
MRS. SUSAN V. GRIGGS. 'CHARLES WHITE. EDWARD W. BAKER, Clerk and Treasurer.
Committee on Rooms.
MISS JULIA GODDARD. MRS. SUSAN VINING GRIGGS. DANIEL S. SANFORD. RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE, President. EDWARD W. BAKER, Clerk. ¿ ex-officio.
Committee on Papers.
MISS ELLEN CHASE.
CHARLES H. STEARNS. .
CHARLES WHITE.
Committee on Membership.
ALBERT A. FOLSOM. W. TRACY EUSTIS. WILLARD Y. GROSS.
Committee of Library.
CHARLES F. READ. W. TRACEY EUSTIS.
MISS H. ALMA CUMMINGS. ALBERT A. FOLSOM. TAPPAN EUSTIS FRANCIS.
Committee on Finance.
JAMES MACMASTER CODMAN, JR. CHARLES H. STEARNS. RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE, President, ex-officio.
Committee on Publications.
RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE.
CHARLES FRENCH READ.
EDWARD W. BAKER.
MEMBERS.
1903.
** Benefactors.
* Life Members.
· Adams, James Addison, Daniel Dulaney Arnold, Mrs. Tirzah S. Aspinwall, Thomas Atkinson, Edward Atkinson, Mrs. Mary Heath
90 Longwood avenue. 47 Garrison road.
81 Davis avenue. 14 Hawthorn road. Heath avenue.
Heath avenue.
Bailey, Arthur H.
Baker, Charles M.
Baker, Mrs. Edith C.
Baker, Edward Wild
29 Vernon street.
Baker, Mrs. Alice Souther
Baker, William L.
29 Vernon street. Webster street.
Bent, Samuel Arthur
219 Gardner road.
Blanchard, Benjamin S.
432 Washington street. .
Bowker, Edwin P.
Bowker, Watts Henry Burgett, Henry W.
20 Kent street.
20 Kent street.
20 Kent street.
411 Washington street.
411 Washington street. 27 Chestnut Hill avenue.
Chandler, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Mrs. Mary M. Channing, Walter Chase, Miss Ellen Chase, Heman Lincoln Chase, Walter G. Clapp, Miss Mary C. Codman, James Macmaster Codman, James Macmaster, Jr. Conant, Nathaniel Corey, Mrs. Sarah E. Cox, Edwin Birchard
*Cox, William Emerson Cummings, Miss Harriet Alma *Cummings, Prentiss
Davis, Miss Lucy S. Doliber, Thomas *Doliber, Mrs. Ada Ripley Dolliver, Mrs. Ella Augusta
Rawson road. 172 Aspinwall avenue. 40 St. Paul street. Newton street. Warren street. Warren street. 25 Gardner road. 888 Washington street. 125 Buckminster road. Heath street. Clark road. 187 Gardner road.
100 Tappan street. Goddard avenue. Goddard avenue. Humboldt avenue, Roxbury.
224 Aspinwall avenue. 224 Aspinwall avenue. 20 Park street.
*Candage, Rufus George Frederick
*Candage, Mrs. Ella Marie Candage, Robert Brooks
195 Davis avenue. III Ivy street.
III Ivy street.
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Drew, Charles Henry Driscoll, Michael Duncklee, Charles B.
Estabrook, Willard W. Esty, Clarence H. . *Eustis, Miss Elizabeth M.
*Eustis, Henry D. Eustis, Joseph Tracy
*Eustis, Miss Mary S. B. Eustis, William Tracy
Fabyan, George F. FitzGerald, Desmond
Fleming, John F.
Flint, Charles L. Folsom, Albert Alonzo Folsom, Mrs. Julia E. Francis, Carleton S. Francis, George H. Francis, Mrs. Elania Thayer Francis, Tappan Eustis
French, Alexis H. Furber, George P.
*Gay, Frederick Lewis Gibbs, Emery B. ** Goddard, Miss Julia Gooding, Mrs. Josiah Griggs, Mrs. Susan Vining Gross, Willard Young Gross, Mrs. Susan M. Guild, Mrs. Sarah E. M.
Hastings, Robert Worthington Hoar, David Blakely Hobbs, Franklin W. Hook, Miss Maria C. Hooper, Louisa M.
. Howe, Miss Harriet Augusta Howe, Miss Louise
*Jones, Jerome
Kenrick, Alfred Eugene Kent, John *Kimball, Miss Helen Frances Kingman, Abner A. *Kittredge, Mrs. Martha A.
24 Winthrop road. 9 Kent street. 20 Stedman street.
60 Longwood avenue. Addington road. 950 Beacon street. 950 Beacon street. 21 Center street. 950 Beacon street. 950 Beacon street.
Warren street. 408 Washington street. 295 Pond avenue. 40 Harris street.
23 Garrison road. 23 Garrison road. 26 Davis avenue. 295 Walnut street. 295 Walnut street. 35 Davis avenue. 35 Cypress street. 743 Washington street.
Holland road. 85 School street. Warren street. 207 Harvard street. 555 Washington street.
II Holden street. II Holden street. Elm place.
30 Kilsyth road. 100 High street. 36 Maple street. Newton street. 329 Tappan street. Linden street. Linden street.
IOI Summit avenue.
71 Gorham avenue. Norfolk road. 292 Kent street. 136 Park street. Gardner road.
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Lamb, Henry W. Lamb, Miss Augusta T. Le Moyne, Macpherson Lincoln, Albert L. Lincoln, William Henry Little, James Lowell Little, Mrs. James Lowell Lyon, William Henry
Mann, George Sumner Meader, Joseph T. *Merrill, Luther M. Mowry, Oscar B.
O'Brion, Thomas L. Otis, Herbert Foster
Pattee, Mrs. Eleanor T. Pearson, Charles Henry ** Perry, Arthur Perry, John F. Pierce, Dean Poor, Mrs. . Mary W. Poor, Miss Agnes Blake Preston, William Gibbons
Read, Charles French Rice, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Richardson, Edward B. Ritchie, Andrew Montgomery Rooney, James C.
Sanford, Daniel S. Saxe, John W. Schweinfurth, Julius A. Sears, William Barnas Seaver, William James Shaw, Edward Payson Spencer, Charles A. W. Stearns, Charles Henry Stearns, James Pierce Stearns, John Goddard Stearns, Mrs. Ellen Abbott Steese, Mrs. Edward Swan, Reuben S. Swan, Robert T. Swan, Mrs. Robert T. Sweetser, Frank E.
138 High street. 138 High street. 93 Pleasant street. 50 Edgehill road. Beech road. Goddard avenue.
Goddard avenue. 353 Walnut street.
1760 Beacon street. 22 Emerson street. 62 Green street. 136 St. Paul street.
5 Regent circle. 165 Fisher avenue.
21 Center street.
350 Tappan street. 112 Lancaster terrace.
25 John street. Fisher avenue. 389 Walnut street. 398 Walnut street. 1063 Beacon street.
14 Elm street. 2 Wellington terrace. 83 Francis street. 268 Walnut street. 50 Kent street.
48 Allerton street. 324 Tappan street. 10 Webster place. 91 Prospect street. 76 Longwood avenue. 30 Still street.
75 Prespect street. 265 Harvard st. 31 Pleasant street. 24 Pleasant street. 24 Pleasant street. 105 Gardner road. 91 Babcock street. 1015 Beacon street. 1015 Beacon street. Warren street.
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Thayer, Frank Bartlett
Waverly street.
Utley, Charles H.
23 Garrison road.
Ware, Henry
Warren, Edward R.
Watson, Miss Mary
84 High street. 76 Walnut place. Goddard avenue.
Watson, Mrs. Eliza Tilden Goddard Goddard avenue.
White, Charles
Warren street.
White, Mrs. Louie D.
Warren street.
White, Norman H.
60 Gardner road.
White, Mrs. Norman H.
60 Gardner road.
White, William Howard
164 Chestnut Hill avenue.
Whitney, Henry M.
519 Boylston street.
Willcutt, Levi Lincoln
9 Longwood avenue.
Williams, Charles A.
35 Walnut place.
Williams, Fred Homer
22 Coolidge street.
Williams, Moses
35 Walnut place.
Winsor, Alfred
204 Walnut street.
Winsor, Mrs. Alfred
204 Walnut street.
Woods, J. Henry
39 Salisbury road.
CORRESPONDING MEMBER.
Ricker, Mrs. Emeline Carr Dorchester.
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BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I.
NAME.
The name of this corporation shall be Brookline Historical Society.
ARTICLE II. OBJECTS.
The objects of this Society shall be the study of the history of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, its societies, organizations, families, individuals, events ; the collection and preservation of its antiquities, the establishment and maintenance of an historical library, and the publication from time to time of such information relating to the same as shall be deemed expedient.
ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP. .
Any person of moral character who shall be nominated and approved by the Board of Trustees may be elected to membership by ballot of two-thirds of the members present and voting thereon at any regular meeting of the Society. Each person so elected shall pay an admission fee of three dollars, and an annual assess- ment of two dollars; and any member who shall fail for two con- secutive years to pay the annual assessment shall cease to be a member of this Society ; provided, however, that any member who shall pay twenty-five dollars in any one year may thereby become a Life member ; and any member who shall pay fifty dollars in any one year may thereby become a Benefactor of the Society, and thereafter shall be free from all dues and assessments. The money received from Life members and Benefactors shall constitute a fund, of which not more than twenty per cent, together with the annual income therefrom, shall be spent in any one year.
The Society may elect Honorary and Corresponding members in the manner in which annual members are elected, but they shall have no voice in the management of the Society, and shall not be subject to fee or assessment.
ARTICLE IV. CERTIFICATES.
Certificates signed by the President and the Clerk may be issued to all persons who become Life members, and to Benefactors.
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ARTICLE V. OFFICERS.
The officers of this Society shall be seven Trustees, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary (who shall be Clerk of the Society and may also be elected to fill the office of Treasurer), and a Treasurer, who, together, shall constitute the Board of Trustees. The Trustees, Clerk, and Treasurer shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting in January, and shall hold office for one year, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. The President and Vice-President shall be chosen by the Board of Trustees from their number at their first meeting after their election, or at an adjournment thereof.
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS.
The annual meeting of this Society shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of January. Regular stated meetings shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of February, March, April, May, October, November, and December.
. Special meetings may be called by order of the Board of Trus- tees. The Clerk shall notify each member by a written or printed notice sent through the mail postpaid at least three days before the time of meeting, or by publishing such notice in one or more newspapers published in Brookline.
At all meetings of the Society ten (10) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be called by the Clerk at the request of the President, by giving each member personal or written notice, or by sending such notice by mail, post- paid, at least twenty-four hours before the time of such meeting ; but meetings where all the Trustees are present may be held with- out such notice. The President shall call meetings of the Board of Trustees at the request of any three members thereof. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum for the transac- tion of business.
ARTICLE VII. VACANCIES.
Vacancies in the offices of Trustees, Clerk, or Treasurer may be filled for the remainder of the term at any regular meeting of the Society by the vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting. In the absence of the Clerk at a meeting of the Society, a Clerk pro tempore shall be chosen.
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ARTICLE VIII. NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
At the monthly meeting in December, a Nominating Committee of three members shall be appointed by the presiding officer, who shall report at the annual meeting a list of candidates for the places to be filled.
ARTICLE IX. PRESIDING OFFICER.
The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall pre- side at all meetings of the Society. In the absence of those officers a President pro tempore shall be chosen.
ARTICLE X.
DUTIES OF THE CLERK.
The Clerk shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall notify members of all meetings of the Society, and shall keep an exact record of all the proceedings of the Society at its meetings.
He shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society and place on file all letters received.
He shall enter the names of members in order in books or cards kept for that purpose, and issue certificates to Life members and to Benefactors.
He shall have charge of such property in possession of the Society as may from time to time be delegated to him by the Board of Trustees.
. He shall acknowledge all loans or gifts made to the Society.
ARTICLE XI.
DUTIES OF THE TREASURER.
The Treasurer shall collect all moneys due the Society, and pay all bills against the Society when approved by the Board of Trustees. He shall keep a full account of receipts and expendi- tures in a book belonging to the Society, which shall always be open to the inspection of the Trustees; 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 bonds in such sum, with surety, as the Trustees may fix, for the faithful discharge of his duties.
ARTICLE XII.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF TRUSTEES.
The Board of Trustees shall superintend the prudential and executive business of the Society, authorize all expenditures of
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money, fix all salaries, provide a common seal, receive and ac: upon all resignations and forfeitures of membership, and see that the by-laws are duly complied with. The Board of Trustees shall have full powers to hire, lease, or arrange for a suitable home for the Society, and to make all necessary rules and regulations required in the premises.
They shall make a report of their doings at the annual meeting of the Society ..
They may from time to time appoint such sub-committees from their own number as they deem expedient.
In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk or Treasurer they shall have power to choose the same pro tempore till the next meeting of the Society.
ARTICLE XIII. STANDING COMMITTEES.
The President shall annually, in the month of January, appoint four standing committees, as follows :---
Committee on Rooms.
A committee of three members, to be styled the " Committee on Rooms," to which shall be added the President and Clerk of the Society ex-officio, who shall have charge of all arrangements of the rooms (except books, manuscripts, and other objects appro- priate to the library offered as gifts or loans), the hanging of pictures, and the general arrangements of the Society's collection in their department.
Committee on Papers.
A committee of three members, to be styled the " Committee on Papers," who shall have charge of the subjects of papers to be read, or other exercises of a profitable nature, at the monthly meetings of the Society.
Committee on Membership.
A committee of three or more members, to be styled the " Com- mittee on Membership," whose duty it shall be to give information in regard to the purposes of the Society, and increase its mem- bership.
Committee on Library.
A committee of three or more members, to be styled the " Com- mittee on Library," who shall have charge of the arrangements of the library, including acceptance and rejection of books, manu- scripts, and other objects tendered to the library, and the general arrangement of the Society's collections in that department.
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These four committees shall perform their duties as above set forth under the general direction and supervision of the Board of Trustees.
Vacancies that occur in any of these committees during their term of service shall be filled by the President.
ARTICLE XIV. FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The President shall annually, in the month of January, appoint two members, who, with the President, shall constitute the Com- mittee on 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.
ARTICLE XV. AMENDMENTS.
These by-laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present, notice of the subject- matter of the proposed alterations or amendments having been given at a previous meeting.
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I. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS . 5
II. BROOKLINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT . 18
III. REPORT OF CLERK AND TREASURER 43 ·
IV. REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE 45
. V. ADDITIONS TO LIBRARY 47
VI. CHARTER OF CORPORATION . · 49
VII. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1904 ·
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VIII. LIST OF MEMBERS · 53 IX. BY-LAWS
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BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING.
The third annual meeting of the Brookline His- torical Society was held in the G. A. R. Room, Town Hall, Brookline, Mass., on Wednesday, January 27, 1904, at 8 P. M., in accordance with a notice mailed to every member. President Rufus G. F. Candage was in the chair.
The records of the last monthly meetings were read by the clerk and approved.
The President then read his annual address.
PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Members of the Brookline Historical Society : -
Ladies and Gentlemen,- It is with pleasure that I meet and greet you on this third annual meeting of our Society and to thank one and all for the aid and support you have given in the year past to make the Society's success what it has been. I am pleased to report that the year past has been a prosperous one to the Society, and that our membership has slightly increased, it now being 152, a gain of six during the year. There have been added ten, one has died, and three have resigned. The death was that of William Emerson Cox, who became a life member soon after the incorporation of the Society. He was born in Boston in 1851, and came to Brook- line in 1891, where he continued to reside until his death in November 1893, aged 52 years.
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