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Adams, from 1858 to 1860, two years ; Allen W. Dodge, three 

 years, from 1860 to 1863; Joseph EIow, two years, from 1863 

 to 1865 ; William Sutton, nine years, from 1865 to 1874 ; and 

 Benjamin P. Ware, ten years, from 1874 to 1884. 



The Secretaries and Treasurers of the society, have been as- 

 follows : — 



secretaries. 



David Cummings, 1818—1819. 



Frederick Howes, 1819—1820. 



John W. Proctor, 1820—1842. 



Daniel P. King, 1842—1844. 



Allen W. Dodge, 1844—1860. 



Charles P. Preston, 1860. 



treasurers. 



Ichabod Tucker, 1818. 



Daniel A. White, 1819—1823. 



Benj. R. Nichols, ] 823— 1825. 



Benj. Merrill, 1825—1828. 



Andrew Nichols, 1828 — 1841. 



William Sutton, 1841 — 1866. 



Edward H. Payson, 1856—1881. 



Gilbert L, Streeter, 1881. 



There has been a carefully prepared address delivered 

 before the Society, at its annual meeting, every year since its 

 organization, except the five years between 1823 and 1829. 

 These addresses have been delivered in every instance, by a 

 citizen of the county, invited by a vote of the Trustees, and 

 have been published in the transactions of the Society, and 

 form a valuable part of the agricultural literature of the So- 

 ciety. Col. Timothy Pickering, delivered the first address in 

 1818, and again in February, 1820. The others were as 

 follows: — 



