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burial ground of the Kings Chapel in Tremont St. Upright 
cases stood against the walls and a double row of table cases 
occupied the floor. At the farther part of the room from the 
door of entrance was a long table, behind which were the chairs 
of the presiding officer and the Secretary. Front of the table 
and at each side were settees for the members. 
Those I can recall as generally or often present in the early 
years of my membership were our estimable and much-beloved 
President, Dr. Benj. D. Greene, Dr. D. Humphreys Storer, the 
Secretary, Dr. Amos Binney, Jr., Dr. Martin Gay, Dr. J. B. S. 
Jackson, Rev. F. W. P. Greenwood, Mr. C. C. Emerson, Mr. Geo. 
B. Emerson, Dr. Augustus A. Gould, Dr. C. T. Jackson, Josejih 
Hale Abbot, Dr. Thomas M. Brewer, Dr. Walter Channing, Dr. 
Samuel Cabot, Jr., Mr. Epes S. Dixwell, Mr. C. K. Dillaway, Dr. 
Augustus A. Hayes, Dr. J. Y. C. Smith, Dr. N. B. Shurtleff, and 
Mr. J. E. Teschemacher. 
Of these, many of whom, as you know, afterwards achieved for 
themselves and the Society enduring fame, none was more promi- 
nent than Mr. Emerson. He indeed was not long after elected to 
the Presidency of the Society. The meetings were held in the 
afternoon, and the persons mentioned, or most of them, generally 
attended. 
Now you will hardly be surprised that I have some feeling to 
express at the departure of our lamented member, when I remind 
you that nearly all of my associates of that day are dead, and 
that among them too were some of the dearest and most intimate 
friends I ever had. Thank God, there yet remain a few of whom 
I may here recall three, our dear friends, C. K. Dillaway, Dr. D. 
Humphreys Storer, and Dr. Samuel Cabot. 
Amain referring; to the fact of a full notice of Mr. Emerson 
having been given in the Anniversary Memoirs, I beg to offer the 
following resolution : 
Resolved, That the Boston Society of Natural History gratefully remem- 
bers at this time, not only that Mr. George B. Emerson was one of its 
founders, but that through the whole period of its existence he always 
manifested much interest in its welfare, and has often been of great service 
t t by his wise counsel and valuable assistance. 
