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spirited citizens. In our hundred years of history, our Society has 



not made a public appeal for funds. 



Among the well-known men who have belonged to our Society, 

 in addition to those mentioned elsewhere, the following names 



occur : 



Spencer F. Bairil 



Alexander Graham Bell 



Charles W. Eliot 



Ralph Waldo Emerson 



Edward Everett, Governor of Massachusetts 



Edward Everett Hale 



Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 



Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard 1829-45 



Professor William B. Rogers, Founder and 

 First President of M. I. T. 



John Sargent 



Henry D. Thoreau 



Edward Tuckerman, famous botanist for 

 whom Tuckerman Ravine, Mt. Washing- 

 ton, was named 

 The following members have belonged to our Society for over 

 fifty years. The date of joining is given after each name: 

 Dr. William L. Richardson 1864 



Mr. Augustus Hemenway 18(59 



Mr. J. Henry Blake 1870 



Dr. William N. Billiard 1870 



Mr. James H. Emerton 1870 



Mr. Samuel Henshaw 1871 



Dr. George Dimmock 1874 



Miss Jennie M. Arms 



(now Sheldon) 1876 



Miss Harriet E. Freeman 1877 



Miss Susan Minns 1877 



Miss Eliza D. Boardman 1879 



Prof. Mary A. Willcox 1879 



