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Worcester Society of Antiquity. 



Address. 39 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass. Librarian: Ellery B. 

 Crane. 



History Instituted Jan. 1875 ; reorganized under the laws of Massachu- 

 setts, Mar. 6, 1877; incorporated Mar. 22 following. Library (about 

 20,000 volumes and 35,000 pamphlets) and museum. 



Ref.: Proceedings, 1875-77, P- 9-i8. Historic homes and institutions . . . 

 of Worcester Co., Mass., with a history of the Worcester society of 

 antiquity. Ed. by E. B. Crane. New York, Chicago, 1907. 4. v. I, 

 p. xi-xvi. 



Object. To cultivate and encourage among its members a love and admiration for 

 antiquarian research and archaeological science, and to rescue historical matter 

 from oblivion ; to collect and preserve antique relics of every description. 



Meetings. Monthly, ist Tuesday, in the society's library building, at above address. 



Membership. 258 active (annual dues, $3) ; 15 life ($50) ; 12 honorary; 19 

 corresponding. 



Publications. 



COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-XV. Worcester, Mass., 1881-97. 8. 



v. 14 dated 1897; v. 15, 1895. 



Issued in parts numbered 1-51 in order of publication but not always con- 

 secutive in the volumes ; no. 2 is comprised in no. i and no. 4 in no. 3. 



Include the following sub-series and monographs, which have special title- 

 pages and separate paging: 



PROCEEDINGS . . . 1875/77-1896. Worcester, Mass., 1877-97. (no. i, 3, 5, 7, 

 13, 17, 19-24, 26-27, 31, 35, 39-41, 45-47: in v. i, 2, 5-7, 9, 13, 14.) For 

 continuation, v. infra Proceedings, v. 16-20. 



Worcester town records, 1722-1848, ed. by F. P. Rice. Worcester, Mass., 

 I879-95- 7 v. (no. 6, 8, 14-16, 28-30, 32-34, 36-38, 48-51 : in v. 2, 4, 8, 10, 

 u, 15.) The first 2 vols., 1722-53, numbered as bk. 1-2, have title Early 

 records of the town of Worcester; the last 4 vols., 1784-1848, pub. jointly 

 by the society and the city of Worcester. 



Inscriptions from the old burial grounds in Worcester, Mass., from 1727 to 

 1859: with biographical and historical notes. i878-[79]. (no. 4 in v. I.) 



Records of the proprietors of Worcester, Mass., ed. by F. P. Rice. pt. 

 I-IV. 1881. (no. 9-12 in v. 3.) 



Records of the Court of general sessions of the peace for the county of 

 Worcester, Mass., from 1731-1737. Ed. by F. P. Rice. 1882. (no. 18 in 

 v. 5.) 



The abolitionists vindicated in a review of Eli Thayer's paper on the New 

 England emigrant aid company, by O. Johnson. 1887. (no. 25 in v. 7.) 



Worcester births, marriages and deaths. Comp. by F. P. Rice. 1894. (no. 



42-44 in v. 12.) 

 Continued as : 



