Public Institutions. 



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of North and South streets, where the Isaac Little Hose Company 

 is now located. 



In 1859 a committee was appointed to confer with the Savings 

 Institution, in reference to the purchase of a lot and the erection 

 of a building for offices. 



The lot on Main Street where the building now stands was pur- 

 chased, and a contract made with Mr. David Leavitt, of .Hingham, 

 for the building, which was completed, accepted, and occupied 

 Sept. 4, 1860. 



The officers of the Company have been the following : — 



Presidents. 



. . . 1871 



1826 Jotham Lincoln . 

 1842 John Beal . . 

 1816 Solomon Lincoln 



1826 

 1871 



1826 

 1833 

 1840 

 1842 



1826 

 1826 

 1826 

 1826 

 1826 

 1826 

 1827 

 1827 

 1832 

 1832 

 1 832 

 1832 



1833 

 1833 

 1839 

 1839 

 1842 

 1842 

 1855 

 1856 



1842 

 1846 

 1864 



1864 Seth S. Hersey 

 1871 Amos Bates . 



David Harding . 

 Henry C. Harding 



David Whiton . 

 Jotham Lincoln 

 Francis G. Ford 

 Rufus Lane . 



Secretaries. 

 187411874 

 187411877 



Treasurers. 



1833 

 1840 

 1842 

 1860 



1860 

 1867 



1874 

 1874 



Directors. 



Elijah D. Wild . . 

 Thomas Loud . 

 Moses Spragne, Jr. 

 Benjamin Thomas . 

 Seth dishing 

 Edward Wilder . 

 Ezekiel Fearing 

 John Beal 

 Francis G. Ford 

 Anson Robbins, Scituate 

 David Oldham. Jr., Pembroke 

 Benjamin Kingman, North 

 Bridgewater .... 

 Solomon Lincoln . . 

 David Whiton .... 

 Jacob H. Loud, Plymouth 

 Seth S. Hersev . . . 

 Charles Gill .".... 



Rufus Lane 



John Leavitt 



William Foster .... 



1832 

 1S33 

 1832 

 1S33 

 1827 

 1S27 

 1839 

 1855 

 184"2 

 1867 

 1841 



1870 

 1864 



1843 

 1880 

 1871 

 1856 

 1860 

 1871 

 1S71 



1857 

 I860 

 1S63 

 1867 

 1870 

 1871 

 1871 

 1871 

 1871 

 1876 

 1876 

 1S76 

 1876 



1876 



1876 

 1877 

 1S84 

 1885 

 1891 



Calvin A. Lincoln 

 Henrv W. 



Gushing 



John Leavitt 

 David Harding . 

 Henry C. Harding 

 Sidney Sprague . 



1877 



1867 

 1S74 

 1S74 



1870 



Caleb Gill .... 

 Amos Bates ... 

 Atherton Tildeu . . 

 Crocker Wilder 

 Warren A. Hersey 

 Demerick Marble . . 

 Quincy Bicknell . . 

 Joshua Tower . 

 Rufus P Kingman, Brockton 

 Enos Loring .... 

 Alonzo Cushiug 

 Eliel Bates .... 

 Ebenezer T. Fogg, South 



Scituate 1885 



Geo. W. Merritt, Scituate 1877 

 Arthur Lincoln 

 Henry C. Harding . . 

 William Fearing, 2d . . 

 William C. Wilder . . . 1891 

 Edmund Hersey, 2d . . 



1S67 

 1876 



1880 



1876 

 1S84 



1S8; 



HINGHAM BANK. 



March 25, 1833, David Whiton, Leavitt Souther, Luther J. 

 Barnes, Nathaniel Whittemore, and Moses L. Humphrey, their 

 associates, successors, and assigns were created a corporation by 

 the name of " The President, Directors, and Company of the 

 Hingham Bank," to be established in Hingham, and to continue 

 until Oct. 1, 1851, with a capital of $100,000, divided into shares 

 of §100 each. 



The first meeting was held April 12, 1833, at the Old Colony 



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