DECEASE or CHEEVER NEWHALL. 119 



tical farmers in Norfolk County ; and one of the founders, and, for 

 a long course of 3'ears, a Vice President, of the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society. He was President of the Massachusetts Agricultural Club 

 from its formation to his decease, and was a member of the United 

 States Agricultural Society. As a merchant, he was distinguished 

 for uprightness and integrity, and was always faithful in every 

 sphere of dut3^ 



Vice President Breck said that in 1839, when a boy, he became 

 acquainted with Mr. Newhall. The}'^ met in the office of the " New 

 England Farmer," to which paper Mr. Newhall was a frequent con- 

 tributor. He thought that Mr. Newhall had done as much as any 

 one in New England for the promotion of agriculture. He was 

 highly esteemed as a man, and as a merchant was upright in all 

 his acts. 



Aaron Davis Capen said that Mr. Newhall had resided in Dor- 

 chester for at least fifty 3'ears, and that he had known him all that 

 time. He knew him well, and knew well of him. Those emploj^ed 

 by him i)or ' testimony to his worth. Mr. Capen had rarely heard 

 a man so highly spoken of by those who worked for him. They 

 never received a harsh word or unkind treatment from him. 



The resolutions were unanimously passed, and the meeting was 

 then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 6, 1878. 



A dul}" notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 

 o'clock. Vice President C. H. B. Breck in the chair. 



The only business was the announcement of the reception by tbe 

 Secretary, of letters from Mrs. Willard C. Flagg, and Mrs. Cheever 

 Newhall, acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions passed by 

 the Society in memory of Mr. Flagg and Mr. Newhall. 



Adjourned to Saturday, August 3. 



