ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE New-England Historic Genealogical Society, APRIL 19, 1895, TO COMMEMORATE ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, A.M. = WITH ADDRESSES BY WILLIAM CLAFLIN, LL.D., THE PRESIDENT; GEORGE F. HOAR, LL.D., 1-24-36 юя eu 9-28-06 At the stated meeting of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, held on 6 December, 1893, on motion of Oliver Bliss Stebbins, Esq., it was Voted: That the Council of the Society be requested to consider the expediency of, and, if deemed desirable, to propose to the Society, some plan for the celebration of the Society's jubilee, or fiftieth anniversary, which occurs sometime in the ensuing year. The Council deemed it prudent to await the completion of the extension of the Society's building, 18 Somerset street, for which plans were already in preparation; but, that the proposition might not slumber, the Council, at its session on 2 April, 1894, on motion of John Ward Dean, A.M., Voted: That the Treasurer, David Greene Haskins, Jr., A.M., and the Secretary be a committee to consider the question of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society. At the session of the Council held on 31 December, 1894, this committee made a verbal report, when the Council added Messrs. Charles Carleton Coffin, A.M., and Capt. Albert Alonzo Folsom to the committee. At the session of the Council in February, 1895, this committee reported: That the Society celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation, 18 March, 1845, by an oration at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, on 19 April, 1895. That the Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin, A.M., be invited to deliver the oration. 151158 |