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June, at the society's house (the Deacon Brown house) on Lexington road; 

 annual meeting on Sept. 12. 140 active members (entrance fee, $2; annual 

 assessment, $2) ; 5 life ($100) ; 7 honorary. Limited to residents of the towns 

 of Concord, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln and Carlisle. Publ.: 11 pamphlets, 1901-02. 

 8. viz: [i.] Preliminaries of Concord fight. By G. Tolman. [2.] The Concord 

 minute men. By G. Tolman. [3.] Wright's tavern. By G. Tolman. [4.] 

 Concord and the telegraph. By A. Munroe. [5.] Story of an old house. By 

 J. S. Keyes. [6.] John Jack, the slave, and Daniel Bliss, the Tory. By G. 

 Tolman. [7.] The plantation at Musketequid. By A. E. Wood. [8.]. Events 

 of April nineteenth. By G. Tolman. [9.] How our great-grandfathers lived. 

 By A. E. Wood. [10.] Indian relics in Concord. By A. Tolman. [11.] "Graves 

 and worms and epitaphs." By G. Tolman. (i5c. each.) Celebration of the 

 269th birthday of Concord . . . Sept. 12, 1904. Report of the :8th anniversary 

 of the society. [Boston, 1904.] 8. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Springfield, Mass. Clerk: H. A. Booth. 

 Founded in 1876; inactive 1882-89. Quarterly meetings on the 1st Monday in 

 Jan., Apr., June and Oct. 45 annual members (entrance fee, $i ; dues, $i) ; 13 life 

 ($50). Publ.: PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-II, 1876/81-1882/1903. Spring- 

 field, Mass., 1881-1904. 8. Exchange. 



DANVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Danvers, Mass. Secretary: Andrew Nichols. 

 Founded in 1889; incorporated in 1892. Quarterly meetings, 3d Monday in 

 Sept., Dec., Mar. and June; monthly lectures during the winter season. About 

 150 active members (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $2) ; I life ($25) ; 14 honor- 

 ary. Publ: Old anti-slavery days. Proceedings of the commemorative meeting, 

 held . . . Apr. 26, 1893. Danvers, 1893. 8. 



DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Dedham, Mass. Librarian: J. H. Burdakin. Founded 

 Feb. i, 1859; incorporated Apr. 23, 1862. Monthly meetings, 1st Wednesday, 

 June to Aug. excepted, in the society's building. 133 members (annual dues, $2). 

 Publ: DEDHAM HISTORICAL REGISTER, v. I-XIV, 1890-1903. Dedham, Mass., 1890- 

 1903. 8. q. Price: $i per vol. Discontinued. For contents of the Register, 

 and special publications see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. Exchange. On sale 

 by the Librarian. 



DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY". Dorchester, Mass. Incorporated Apr. 6, 1891 ; 

 organized 1893. Monthly meetings (except July and Aug.), last Thursday, in the 

 society's house, "Old Blake House," Edward Everett Square, Dorchester. 50 

 active members (annual dues, $3) ; 3 honorary. Publ: The centennial anniver- 

 sary of the birth of Edward Everett, Apr. 11, 1894. Boston, 1895. 8. (2d ed., 

 1879.) History of the old Blake house, and a brief sketch of the society by 

 James H. Stark. 1907. 12. Paper on the old Dorchester burying ground . . . 

 by J. A. Fowle. 2d ed. Dorchester, Mass., 1907. 12. 



DOVER HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Dover, Mass. Organized in 

 !895- Quarterly meetings. Annual dues: men, soc. ; women, 25c. Publ.: Old 

 Home Day in the town of Dover, Aug. 19, 1903. Natick, Mass., 1903. 8. 



ESSEX INSTITUTE. See under Salem, Mass. 



FALMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Falmouth, Mass. Founded in 1900; incorporated 

 in 1904. President: H. H. Smythe. Quarterly meetings at the society's rooms 



Distinct from Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, founded Jan. 2T, 

 1843 and now inactive. Publ.: Collections ... no. 1-3. Boston, 1844-50. 3 v. 12 . 

 History of the town of Dorchester, Mass. Boston, 1859. 8. 



