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HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



volumes issued by the town: WATERTOWN RECORDS. Watertown, [etc.] 1894- 

 1906. 4 v. 8. On sale by Geo. E. Littlefield, 67 Cornhill, Boston, at $2.50 

 per vol. 



HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Hyde Park, Mass. Corresponding Secretary : 

 Gen. Henry B. Carrington, 19 Summer Street. Founded Mar. 15, 1887; incor- 

 porated Apr. 14, 1890. Annual meeting, ist Wednesday in Jan. ; regular meet- 

 ings, Apr. 22 and ist Wednesday of July and Oct. ; special meetings as ordered 

 by the curators; all meetings held in Weld Hall. 120 members (entrance 

 fee, $i for men, none for women; annual dues, $i). Publ.: HYDE PARK HIS- 

 TORICAL RECORD, v. I-V, 1891/92-1905. Hyde Park, Mass., 1892- [1905].. 8. q., 

 Apr. iSgi-Jan. 1893; yearly, 1903-05; v. 3 complete in i no. Price: 5oc. a vol., 

 except v. I, $1.50. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary. 



IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Ipswich, Mass. President : T. Frank Waters. 

 Organized Apr. 14, 1890; incorporated Oct. 26, 1898. Collections in the Whipple 

 house (i7th century), purchased by the society in 1898. Annual meeting, ist 

 Monday in Dec. ; other meetings at irregular intervals. 239 active members 

 (annual dues, $2) ; i life ($50) ; 39 honorary. Publ.: PUBLICATIONS . . . I-XIV. 

 Salem, Mass, [etc.] 1894-1905. 8. (no. 7, 4; 2d ed., 1900.) Price: 250. 

 each, except no. 2 (ioc.), no. 7 ($2.50) and no. 5, o. p. Ipswich in the Massa- 

 chusetts Bay Colony, with 7 appendices, by T. F. Waters. Ipswich, Mass., 

 1905. 8. Exchange. On sale by the President. 



LAWRENCE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. Lawrence, Mass. 

 Organized Apr. 20, 1886; incorporated Mar. 8, 1895. Monthly meetings, Oct. to 

 May, 2d Monday. 50 active members (annual dues, $i). No publications. 



LEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Lexington, Mass. Organized Mar. 16, 1886; 

 incorporated July 28 of the same year. Regular meetings, 2d Tuesday of Oct., 

 Dec., Feb., Mar. ; annual meeting, 2d Tuesday of Apr. About 150 active mem- 

 bers (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i) ; 4 honorary. Publ.: PROCEEDINGS , . . 

 and papers relating to the history of the town. v. I-III. Lexington, Mass., 

 1890-1905. 8. Price: $1.25 a vol. (v. i, o. p.} Lexington epitaphs. A copy 

 of epitaphs in the old burying-grounds of Lexington, Mass., by F. H. Brown. 

 [Lexington] 1905. 8. Occasional addresses, a handbook of points of interest 

 in Lexington (1891), and a guide book to the Hancock-Clark house (1903)- 

 No exchange. On sale by the society. 



LITTLETON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Houghton Memorial Building, Littleton, Mass. 

 Secretary: Miss S. F. White. Founded June 11, 1894; incorporated in Oct. 

 1896. Annual meeting on Nov. 2; other meetings, Feb. 22, June 17, and ist 

 Monday in Sept. 14 members (annual dues, $i). Publ: Proceedings . . . nos. 1-2, 

 1894/95, 1906. Littleton, Mass., 1896-1906. 8. Price: $i per vol. On sale 

 by the President or Secretary of the society. 



LOWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Lowell, Mass. Corresponding Secretary: Alfred P. 

 Sawyer, 45 Merrimack Street. Organized Dec. 21, 1868, as the Old Residents' 

 Historical Association of Lowell; incorporated May 21, 1902, under present 

 name. (Rcf.: Contributions, v. 5, p. 337-365; v. 6, p. 446-470.) Meetings on 

 2d Wednesday of Feb., May, Oct. and Dec. in the rooms of the society in 

 Memorial Hall, Lowell. 137 resident members (entrance fee, $2; annual 

 dues, $2; life composition, $50); 4 corresponding. Publ.: CONTRIBUTIONS of 

 the Old residents' historical association, Lowell, Mass. v. I- VI. Lowell, Mass., 

 1879-1904. 8. (v. I, pt. i pub. Jan. 1874 contains proceedings from 1869.) 



