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in the Memorial Library. 35 members. Publ.: Old burying ground [records]. 

 From the Falmouth enterprise, Oct. 17, iQ03-Feb. 20, 1904. 19 1. 4. Other 

 publications in the local newspaper. 



FITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Fitchburg, Mass. Secretary: Ebenezer Bailey. 

 Organized Feb. 3, 1892 ; incorporated Feb. 3, 1896. Monthly meetings, 3d Mon- 

 day, Oct. to May, inclusive, in the City Hall building. 89 active members 

 (entrance fee, $2; assessments according to the needs of the society); 4 life 

 ($25) ; 23 corresponding; i honorary. Publ.: PROCEEDINGS . . . and papers 

 relating to the history of the town. v. I-III. Fitchburg, Mass., 1895-1902. 8. 

 Price: $2 a volume; $5 for the set. The following have been published by 

 authority of the city council, with the cooperation of the society : The early 

 records of the town of Lunenburg, Mass., including that part which is now 

 Fitchburg, 1719-1764. Fitchburg, 1896. 8. The proprietors records of the 

 town of Lunenburg, Mass., including Fitchburg and a portion of Ashby, 1729- 

 1833. Fitchburg, 1896. 8. The old records of the town of Fitchburg, Massa- 

 chusetts, v. I-VI. Fitchburg, 1898-1903. 8. Price: $2 a vol. Exchange 

 limited. On sale by the Secretary. 



FOXBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Foxborough, Mass. Secretary: Mrs. W. E. 

 Horton. Incorporated Mar. 31, 1898. 



FRAMINGHAM HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. South Framingham, 

 Mass. Founded in 1888; incorporated July 13, 1892. Annual meeting 2d Tues- 

 day of June; special meetings as called. 63 active members (annual dues, $i 

 for men, soc. for women). No publications. 



GROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Groton, Mass. Clerk : Thomas L. Motley. Organ- 

 ized and incorporated in 1894. Meetings in Town Hall, ist Tuesday in Jan., 

 Feb , Apr. and Oct. 125 members (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i). No 

 publications. 



HAVERHILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Haverhill, Mass. Secretary: Arthur T. Chase. 

 Organized Nov. 13, 1897; incorporated Jan. 14, 1898. Acquired permanent head- 

 quarters in Apr. 1903. No publications as yet. 



HISTORICAL, NATURAL HISTORY AND LIBRARY SOCIETY OF SOUTH NATICK. South 

 Natick, Mass. Incorporated Apr. 26, 1873 as successor to the Historical and 

 Natural History Society of South Natick (later Eliot) and vicinity, founded in 

 1870. Library and collections. Quarterly meetings; about 12 members (annual 

 dues, $i). Publ.: A review of the first fourteen years of the ... society, with 

 the field-day proceedings of 1881-1882-1883. South Natick, Mass., 1884. 8. 

 Proceedings at the reunion of the descendants of John Eliot ... at Guilford, 

 Conn., Sept. 15, 1875. Second meeting at South Natick, Mass., July 3, 1901 ; 

 and the 250th anniversary of the founding of South Natick by John Eliot and 

 his praying Indians, July 4, 1901. [South Natick, 1901.] 8. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD NEWBURY. Newburyport, Mass. Founded Sept. 5, 

 1877 as Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury; present name since 

 1882; incorporated in June, 1896. Monthly meetings, Oct. to Apr., 4th Thursday. 

 140 members (annual dues, 5oc.). Publ: Celebration of the 25oth anniversary 

 of the settlement of Newbury, June 10, 1885. Newburyport, 1885. 16. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN. Watertown, Mass. Secretary: Walter C. 

 Stone. Organized Nov. 20, 1888; incorporated June 25, 1891. Stated meetings 

 on 2d Tuesday of May, Sept., Nov., Jan. and Mar. 80 members (entrance fee, $2; 

 annual dues, $i). The society has prepared for publication the following 



