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Rhodes Lockwood of Boston, a member of the Society since 

 1883, died August 3, 1905, at the age of sixty-five. 



Mr. Lockwood was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 

 1839. He was connected with the Davidson Rubber Company 

 for many years. He had a fine estate in East Lexington where 

 he made his summer home. 



Frederick C. Moseley of Dorchester, Massachusetts, died 

 August 9, 1905. He became a member of the Society in 1900. 



Hon. Timothy Thompson Sawyer, a member of the Society 

 since 1854, died at his summer home in MagnoUa, Massachusetts, 

 September 4, 1905, at the age of eighty-eight years. 



Mr. Sawyer was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 

 7, 1817, and was for many years engaged in business in Boston. 

 He was Mayor of Charlestown in 1855, 1856, and 1857, State 

 Representative in 1857, and Senator in 1858. He filled also many 

 other offices of trust of a public and private nature. He was much 

 interested in the antiquities of his native city and was a recognized 

 authority in matters concerning its history. 



Francis Howard Peabody of Boston died at his summer home 

 in Beverly, Massachusetts, September 22, 1905, at the age of 

 seventy-four. He was elected a member of the Society in 1893. 



Mr. Peabody was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, October 

 9, 1831. He came to Boston at the age of sixteen and entered 

 the banking office of John E. Thayer & Brother, to which firm 

 he and his partners succeeded in 1865, under the name of Kidder, 

 Peabody & Co., establishing a business of world-wide reputation. 



He was a patron of the fine arts and the natural sciences, and 

 his helpful interest was often manifested in a practical and sub- 

 stantial manner. 



Edwin F. Locke died in Amherst, New Hampshire, October 3, 

 1905. He joined the Society in 1901. 



Mr. Locke was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 

 9, 1847. Early in life he went to work for his father in Faneuil 

 Hall Market, Boston, and for forty years, up to the time of his 



