2l6 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Meetings. Annually, 3d Wednesday in May; annual field meeting in June; special 

 meetings upon call of the Executive Committee. 



Membership. 26 societies (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $i), namely: Arlington 

 Historical Society, Bedford Historical Society, Billerica Historical Society, 

 Brookline Historical Society, Canton Historical Society, Concord Antiquarian 

 Society, Danvers Historical Society, Foxborough Historical Society, Haverhill 

 Historical Society, Historical Society of Watertown, Hyde Park Historical 

 Society, Ipswich Historical Society, Littleton Historical Society, Lexington His- 

 torical Society, Lynn Historical Society, Maiden Historical Society, Medford 

 Historical Society, Nantucket Historical Society, Peabody Historical Society, 

 Quincy Historical Society, Sharon Historical Society, Shepard Historical Society, 

 Somerville Historical Society, Swampscott Historical Society, Wakefield His- 

 torical Society, Worcester Society of Antiquity, (v. infra.) 



Publications. 



Publications. I-III. n. p., n. d. 8. 



A list of titles and the writers of papers read before certain of its mem- 

 bers during the years 1902-07 : in no. 3. 



Colonial Society of Massachusetts. 



Address. 28 State Street, Boston, Mass. Corresponding Secretary: 

 John Noble, Court House, Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass. 



History. Organized and incorporated in Dec. 1892, as the Massachu- 

 setts Society; change to present name effected Mar. 1893. 



Object. Collection and preservation of mementoes of our colonial ancestors; 

 propagation of knowledge of their lives and deeds by the publication of ancient 

 documents and records ; cultivation of an interest in the history of our country, 

 more especially of the colonies of Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay, and 

 encouragement of individual research. 



Meetings. 3d Wednesday of Dec., Jan., Feb., Mar. and Apr., at place appointed 

 by council. Annual meeting on Nov. 21. 



Membership. Limited to persons descended from a resident of the colonies of 

 Plymouth or Massachusetts Bay. 98 resident, limited to 100 (entrance fee, $10; 

 annual dues, $10; life composition, $100) ; 7 honorary (limited to 20) ; 26 cor- 

 responding. 



Publications. 



PUBLICATIONS . . . v. I, III, V-VIII. Boston, 1895-1906. 8. 



Contain Transactions 1892-1904. 

 v. 2 and 4 not published (1906). 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Massachusetts Historical Society. 



Address. 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Librarian: Samuel A. 

 Green. 



History. Organized Jan. 24, 1791 ; incorporated by act of the legisla- 

 ture, Feb. 19, 1794. Library of about 50,000 volumes and 110,000 

 pamphlets. Manuscript collection of over 1,200 volumes and 14,000 



