302 APPENDIX. 



On motion of Mr. Giles, of Providence, Messrs. S. W. 

 Cole, P. Lothrop, James Pedder, William Stickney, Samuel 

 Carpenter, Edward Carnes, and W. J. Buckminster, were 

 appointed by the President a committee to nominate officers to 

 fill the various offices prescribed by the Constitution. 



The Nominating Committee reported the following list of 

 officers, which was accepted by the meeting : 



PRESIDENT. Samuel Jaques, Ten Hills Farm. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. Massachusetts Paoli Lothrop, South 

 Hadley; J. C. Bennett, Plymouth. Rhode Island John 

 Giles, Providence ; W. S. King, Woodland Farm. Maine 

 Russell Eaton, Augusta; Rufus Mclntire, Parsonsfield. New 

 Hampshire Josiah Stephens, Concord; H. C. Parker, Man- 

 chester. Vermont Frederick Holbrook, Brattleboro' ; N. 

 T. Sheaf, Westminster. Connecticut C. H. Pendleton, 

 Pendleton Hill ; Ethan Allen, Pomfret. 



TREASURER. Josiah Stickney,* Boston. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. John C. Moore, Boston. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Henry L. Devereux, Boston. 



TRUSTEES. Timothy House, W. J. Buckminster, Eben 

 Wight, Boston ; E. S. Kelley, Newburyport; B. W. Balch, 

 Dedham ; Alfred A. Andrews, Roxbury ; John Brooks, 

 Princeton ; John Merrill, William Stickney, Cambridge. 



A large number of gentlemen then came forward and united 

 with the society, by the payment of the initiation fee of two 

 dollars, His Excellency, George N. Briggs, Governor of Mas- 

 sachusetts, heading the list. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



* In place of George E. White, resigned. 



