0H» wu a Fellow ot the American 



. Academy of Arts and Sciences, for which 



Da,e ' he had been at various times treasurer and 

 memoer of the Council; member of the 

 Colonial Society of Massachusetts, on which 

 ha also had been treasurer, and a member 

 of the Council; American Antiquarian So- 

 ciety, American Historical Association, the 

 historical societies of Massachusetts, Maine, 

 Rhode Island and Wisconsin, the Essex In- 

 stitute. New (England Historlc-Genealogica) 

 Society, Cambridge Historical Society, of 

 which he had been treasurer; Unitarian 

 Historical Society, of which he had been 

 president; the Bunker Hill Monument As- 

 sociation, and had at one time been Its 

 vice president. Under municipal contract 

 Mr. Bdes had arranged and bound the 

 manuscript records and archives of 

 Charlestown from 1630 to 1847, which com- 

 prise more than orw hundred volumes. 



On matters of historical research Mr. 

 Edes had made many valuable contribu- 

 tions. He was the author of "Memorial 

 of Joslah Barker," published in 1871; "His- 

 tory of the Harvard Church In Charles- 

 town," Issued In 1S70; "Historical Sketch 

 of Charlcstown," which Is incorporated In 

 a "Memorial History of Boston"; "John 

 Davis of York and His Thanksgiving Proc- 

 lamation of 10S1"; "The Places of Worship 

 of the Sandemanlane in Boston," "Docu- 

 ments Concerning the Early History of 

 Tale University," "John Wlnthrop, the 

 First Recipient from Harvard College of 

 the Degree of Doctor of Laws," "Memoir 

 • of Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr.," and other 

 volumes. He was also the author of many 

 historical and general pamphlets, and was 

 the editor of "Wyman's Genealogies and 

 Estates of Charlestown," in two volumes, 

 and Volume II. of "Poote's Annals of 

 King's Chapel, Boston." He also had been 

 the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Quin- 

 quennial catalogue Bince 1016. Mr. Edes 

 wa» always Intensely interested In the 

 activities of the First Church and had 

 served on many of Its committees. 



Mr. Edes in December, 1S96, married 

 Once Williamson, daughter of William 

 Cross Williamson of Boston, and she is 

 bla only Immediate survivor. 



