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Aaron H. Bean, Esq., President of the Hamilton Bank, 

 was called upon, and spoke as follows : — 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen, — It is with great 

 pleasure that I respond to your call. You have re- 

 ferred to the Hamilton Bank as one of the institu- 

 tions with which our honored guest has been long 

 connected. The Bank was organized on the 13th 

 day of February, 1832, and upon the first list of 

 Directors appears the name of Marshall P. Wilder; 

 and in that capacity he has served under its State 

 and National organizations uninterruptedly for a 

 period of nearly fifty-two years, and is the sole 

 survivor of that distinguished Board of Boston 

 merchants. 



The Directors of the Hamilton National Bank, 

 upon hearing that it was proposed by numerous 

 friends to celebrate the eighty-fifth anniversary of 

 the birthday of their senior associate, took early offi- 

 cial action, and by a unanimous vote of the Board 

 appointed the President and Messrs. S. S. Blanchard 

 and Henry G. Denny a Committee to attend the 

 festivities and join in the congratulations of the 

 occasion. 



With this official authority I stand here with my 

 associates in the presence of this large company, to 



