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the balance from the Lucas lot. Regular meetings are held twice 

 monthly. At present it has no displayed collections and no quarters 

 of its own. Surely it should move toward securing these in the 

 near future, as also toward making itself more directly and strongly 

 felt in the life of the city at large.* 



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* List of presidents and secretaries. / \> C 



1856. George Engelmann B. F. Shumard. 



1 857. B. F. Shumard Nathaniel Holmes. 



1858. F. A. Wislizenus " " \ / -^ Z 



1859. " " " " \V 



1860. Hiram A. Pfout " " \*J 



1861. George Engelmann " " "***- 



1862. " " " " 



1863. " " " " 



1864. " " M " 



1865. " " 



1866. " " B. F. Shumard. 



1867. " u rt " 



1868. B. F. Shumard Nathaniel Holmes ; Charles E. Briggs*. 



1869. u " Charles E. Briggs. 



1870. George Engelmann " " 



1871. John B. Johnson Samuel Reber. 



1872. James B. Eads William T. Harris. 



1873. " " Nathaniel Holmes. 



1874. William T. Harris 



1875. " u 



1876. Charles V. Riley 



1877. " M 



1878. George Engelmann " " 



1879. " M " " 



1880. " " " " 



1881. " " " " 



1882. " u " " 



1883. " M Henry S. Pritchett. 



1884. " u " M 



1885. Francis E. Nipher E. Evers. 



1886. " " " " 



1887. M " " " 



1888. M M " " 



1889. " u u " 



1890. " " " " 



1891. " " E. A. Engler. 



1892. Henry S. Pritchett Arthur Thatcher. 



1893. " " " " 



1894. " M A. W. Douglass. 



1895. John Green W. Trelease. 



1896. M. L. Gray " " 



1897. " " " " 



