Author: American Antiquarian Society

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781331915522

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: In Boston, April 30, 1856; And Worcester, Oct; 21, 1856 On motion of Hon. Emory Washburn, the following resolution was adopted: - Resolved, That this Society retains a grateful recollection of the interest uniformly manifested by their late associate, the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, in its prosperity; and would hereby record their high appreciation of the eminent fidelity and success with which he filled the places of public trust with which he was honored, and of his distinguished worth and admirable qualities as a man. Hon. George Tyler Bigelow, Hon. Ebenezer Torrey, Hon. John Gorham Palfrey, John C. Warren, M.D., all of Massachusetts, and M.de Noailes, of France, having been nominated by the Council for election to membership, were unanimously chosen. Rev. Edward E. Hale, Hon. Isaac Davis, and George Livermore, Esq., were appointed a Committee to consider what means may be adopted for the establishment of a Publication Fund, in accordance with the suggestions of the Council. Voted to dissolve the meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.