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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1888

Page

2

A Century Yesterday Commemorates Massachusetts Ratification

The New England Historic Genealogical Society marks the 100th anniversary of Massachusetts ratifying the Federal Constitution. Abner Goodell Jr. presents the commemorative address at No. 18 Somerset Street, Boston, recounting the constitutional shift and the colony’s pivotal role amid debates over slavery and national sovereignty.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Somerset Street Massachusetts Abner ©. Goodell, Jr William Endicott, Jr Thomas C. Amory Goodell Massachusetts Bay New England London Corporation Boston William Phips Charles New Plymouth Salem Thomas Gage Continental Congress Commonwealth Philadelphia North America Great Britain England Lords of Trade New York Canada France Eople Congress United States Europe Bowdoin Pelatiah Webster Colonies Webster Madison

Westward bound on grand Raymond Whitcomb party train

A large Raymond and Whitcomb party departs Fitchburg station at 4 PM aboard a special train to California via New Orleans. The seven sleeping cars two baggage cars and a dining car form the core. two additional sleepers and a dining car from New York join at Rotterdam Junction. Carroll Hutchins and Luther L. Holden command sections with Raymond and Whitcomb and Pullman staff. The group plans five days in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The New England contingent lists numerous names including Mrs. S. G. Badger Wellesley and Mr. Henry J. Beebe Jr. Springfield among many others.

Raymond & Whitcomb Fitchburg California New Orleans New York Rotterdam Junction Springfield George B. Billings Boston George A. Bingham Littleton N. H N. Y Francis Buttrick Waltham Edw. Carrington Providence Annie Coates Janes Coates Horace W. Crafts E. EK French EK. E. French Barre Annie Gahm Joseph Gahm Joseph Gahim Charlestown Lizzie M. Gilkey Susan B. Gilkey Portland M. F. Gould Gamaliel Hodges Salem J. 13. Holm William &. Holm J. D. Hosmer George S. Hunt George 8 Lexington Lyman Locke South Boston B&b. F. Lincoln Lyndon J. LT. Meader Jr. T. Meader James Means May £&. Neal Laconia J. H. Norcross H. R. Page Medford Paine Roxbury J. W. Parker Belfast J. M. Pendleton Westerly Hattie Pierpont John L. Pierpont Waterbury Clarence C. Poor Tenah Porter North Brookfield M. KE. Rice M. E. Rice Chelsea Samuel Root H. G. Russell G. A. Sammet Lewis C. Smith S. 2. Smith Isaac Stebbins A. Sulloway A. D. Torrey E. Vaughn Maiden Ida KE. Waite William H. Waite Prominence John M. Way Webber Holyoke Perring White Misa

The New Professor at Andover

The Andover Visitors confirmed Rev. W. H. Ryder of Ann Arbor Michigan as professor of New Testament Greek by unanimous vote. Ryder graduated at Oberlin and taught Greek there six years and earlier at Andover in 1869.

Andover W. H. Ryder Ann Arbor Mich Ryder Oberlin

Hasty Pudding Society Meeting and University Club Debt Update

The Hasty Pudding Society met in its club rooms last night and members from ’89 will soon be elected. Mr John Orne read a paper on Arab Art in Egypt at the scientific seminary. The first winter meeting of the H A A is set for March 10. The University Boat Club debt has been reduced by $1000 through subscriptions.

Robert Charles Winthrop Bowdoin Mr. Winthrop Webster Congress Philadelphia United States Washington Hamilton New York Nisaa Euryalus Franklin Pennsylvania Madison Virginia Roger Sherman Connecticut Rufus King Nathaniel Gorham Massachusetts Britain Shays Maine Old Bay Boston State Senate Samuel Adams House James Warren John Hancock Georgia Mt. Vernon State House State Street Whitmore Old State House Moore Seattle Street Scotch Presbyterians Iere Commonwealth Knox Vernon New Hampshire Maryland South Carolina Rhode Island Egping Egping Poneng Sion Senate Faneuil Hall Johnson Assembly Society of Friends Boston Common Deborah Moody Swampscott Roger Williams Providence Narragansett Bay Isaac Backus Middleboro Samuel Stillman First Baptist Church General Knox Benjamin Lincoln Cambridge Prescott Bunker Hill Richard Gridley Timothy Vickering Baron Steuben Pickering Cincinnatus Lke Luzerne John Adams London Thomas Cushing Hancock Northampton Joseph Hawley Cooper James Bowdoin Adama Cushing Hawley Otis Samue Rsc Victor Frankenstein St. Petersburg Constantinople Law of Nations Hasty Pudding Society John Orne Egypt University Boat Club

Hearing Deferred in Smyth Appeal Over Andover Seminary

A Supreme Court hearing on reducing the record in Professor Smyth’s appeal from the Andover Seminary board was postponed due to Professor Blanchard’s absence from Connecticut. The session is reset for Wednesday February 15 at 9 30.

Allen Supreme Court Smyth Board of Visitors Andover Seminary Blanchard Connecticut

Investment list of bonds and shares with trustee orders

A dated financial rundown lists numerous shares and bonds under trustee orders on February 8, 1888. Holdings include National Bank of the Commonwealth and Dedham National Bank in Dedham Massachusetts, Ware National, Vemigewasset National in Plymouth New Hampshire, and other securities such as Portland Portsmouth Railroad and Union Pacific bonds with varied maturities. Additional items include City of Augusta Maine, New England Mortgage, and Atlantic Nail Bank entries among the scattered portfolio.

National Bank of the Commonwealth de Dedham Natl. Bank Dedham Mass de Reece Button Hole Mach. Co de Vemigewasset Natl. Bank Plymouth N. H Ware Nati Ware Hamilton Woollen Co Old Colony Rd Portland Portsmouth RR. Co River Rd McKay Manuf Fire and Marine Ins. Co Boston & Maine Eng. Mort. Sec. Co City of Augusta M. L Union Pac Louis Evans St. Louis Georgetown Portsmouth Lowell Mfg National Bank of Republic National Tube Works Co Manchester — —S First Ward Nat’! Bank Amoskeag Mfg Lyman Mills Pacific Mills Aes Mfg Cocheco Mfg West End St. By. Co Burton Stock Car Co Boston Marine Insurance Co Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Boston & Lowell Naunikeag St. Ry. Co Roott Cotton Mills N. E. Mtg. Sec. Co Boylston Mutual Ins. Co Mercantile Fire and Marine Ins. Co Springfield W. L Pemigewasset Nail Bank Boston & Liverpool Refrigerator Co Chelsea Portland Water Co Ogsensians & Lake Champlain RR Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Worcester, Nashua & Rochester RR First Ward Nail Great Falls & Conway RR Fastern H. H Fire and Marine Ins

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