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Mr. Faxon’s death in 1898, except during the summer vacations, Dr. 
Kennedy and the writer spent every Tuesday evening at the house on 
Lamartine Street in Jamaica Plain where Edwin lived with his brother 
Charles. These frequent meetings, jestingly referred to by us as 
The Faxon Club, were at first entirely botanical in character but later 
were quite as often devoted to books and it was here that the great 
erudition of Edwin Faxon and the Doctor became known to me. 
Unlike many collectors these two book lovers read their books and 
knew them from end to end. It was a revelation to me to be initiated 
into the mysteries of judging the points of books in which these two 
bibliophiles were so deeply versed. 
Another notable feature of the Kennedy library was the large num- 
ber of volumes of classical literature. Dr. Kennedy read Latin 
easily and also Greek. A copy of the Greek Testament was his 
constant companion. There were numerous volumes of travel and 
exploration, some well selected volumes of poetry, of which Dr. 
Kennedy was very fond, an unusually good collection of Harvardiana 
and works relating to the history of New England, a fine set of 
works of reference, notable among which were ornithological books 
and full sets of the works of the standard authors. Another special 
department consisted of books relating to the Swedenborgian religion 
to which sect the Doctor belonged. 
Dr. Kennedy was a member of the Union Club, the St. Botolph 
Club and the Art Club, the Harvard Clubs of Boston and New York, 
the New England Botanical Club, the Vermont Botanical Club and 
the Sullivant Moss Society of New York, the Boston Society of Nat- 
ural History, the Bostonian Society, the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science, the American Geographical Society of 
New York, and at the time of his death he was a Trustee of the Massa- 
chusetts Medical Benevolent Society, à highly prized honor which 
came to him entirely unsought and a striking testimonial to his worth 
and character. 
Of these many associations the dearest and most highly valued was 
his membership in the New England Botanical Club, of which he was a 
charter member and to whose welfare and extension he devoted 
unstinted time and money. The many activities of the Club owe 
much to his generous and unfailing support which lasted until his 
death. For many years he was a regular attendant at its meetings, 
until a slight deafness and trouble with his eyesight, from which at 
