The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-22


ritations, and prodHce fhe complexion" Kath-
lsen HAllowaE. Trained Nurse. Camden. N.J'
gifts of special value and interest. and
the lessons to be drawn from them
Mention of the recent publication of
the account of the part taken by the
American Antiquarian Society in the
return of the Bradford manuscript was
followed by an extract from the jour
nal of Christopher c. Baldwin, libra
rian of the society, dated April 16, 1885,
in which he records his effort to dis
cover it among the Thomas Prince pa
pers. OF the bearer of this precious
gift from England to America, the IL
brarian said: 1.-THE death of our late
honored associate, Thomas F. Bayard
ambassador to the Court of St
James, will remind those who were
able to be present at the banquet Civ
en- by this society in his honor, of his
expressive earnestness and his tremu-
ious voice as he remarked. The in
eidents l have mentioned We're pleas
ant incidents in the duties which &C.
cupied my time while in England. OF
what / did there, and of what 1 tried
to do, | shall not speak. The record is
made up and shall stand upon it, y
In closing Mr.. Barton said: While it
is our constant mission to furnish
facts it is also an occasional duty to
expose even unintentional fraud. A
case of the latter class has recently
been undertaken and is now reported
at some length at the request and
charge of an associate. 1t relates to
an effort to market as an original a fac
smile of our founders original Of
the Massachusetts Spy of May 3, 1775,
on which he had written in ink: This
is the first Thing ever printed in Wor-
cester Isaiah Thomas" But few COPIES
OF the large edition of the fac-simile is
sued a century later have been pre-
served, though the moral remains that
such reproductions should be required
70 be so marked. am reminded Of a
like experience of our associate. BEN
Jamin f. Stevens of London. who said
TO me at the International library con-
terence last year: II recall an incjd-
emit connected with my last visit to An
tlauarlan hall. Mr.. Haven graciously
introduced me as buyer Of early Am
erlcan 1mprints to a reverend gentle
man VINO sometimes sold such rarities
He at once drew from his capacious
pocket one of that class of literature
and placing his hand affectionateIy un-
ON the title page said, This is one of a
very few unique copiesl'
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The records and reports were then ac-
ceptsd by the society. and President
Salisbury announced the annual cleo
ton of officers. The members prepared
ballots separately for the president
and when they had been counted by
the teliers, it was found that Mr.. Sails
bury had received all the votes cast
about 80 in number He expressed his
appreciation of the honor done him in
a few well-chosen words, and declared
his intention of serving the society to
the best of his ability.
The remainder of the officers We're
left in the hands of a committee for
nomination. The committee reported
in a short time the names of the Off
GERS as they stood in the list of last
year, with the exception of the substi-
tuition of the name of James Phinney
paxter of Portland. Me, for that of
Franklin Bowditch Dexter of New Ha-
ven, CT, in the list of the council. Mr..
Dexter is made secretary for foreign
correspondence in place of James Ham
mond Trumbull, deceased. The Off
GERS of the society as they stand now
are given below:
resident-Stephen Salisbury, A. M,
of Worcester.
Vice presidents-Georgs Frisbie Hoar,
LII. D.. of Worcester; Edward Everett
Hale, D. D., Of Roxbury
Council-Samuel Abbott Green, Ii.
D., of Boston; 1gbert Coffin Smyth, d.
b., of Andover; Samuel SWEET Green,
A. NJ, of Worcester; Edward Livings-
ton Davis, A. NJ, of Worcester; Jere
miah Evarts Greene, b. A., of Worces-
ter: Granville Stanley Hall, LII. D., of
Worcester; William Babcock Weeden,
A. M, of Providence, r. l.; John Davis
Wash burn, A. b., of Worcester; Thos.
Cerwin Mendenhall, LII. D., of Wor-
cester; James P. Baxter, A M. of
Portland, Me.
Secretary for foreign correspondence
Franklin Bowditch Dexter, M. A., of
New Haven, CT.
Secretary for domestic correspond
ence-Charies Francis Adams, LII. D.,
of Lincoln.
Recording secretary--Charles Angus
tus Chase, A. M, of Worcester.
Treasurer Nathaniel Paine, A. M,
of Worcester.
Committee of publication-Edw
Everett Hale, d. D., of Roxbury; Ma
thaniel Paine A. NJ, of Worcester;
Charles Augustus Chase, A. M, of
Worcester; Charles Card Smith, A. M,
of Boston.
Auditors William Addison Smith,
A. b., of Worcester; Augustus George
Bullock. A. NJ, Of Worcester.
Finance committee-Stephen Sails
bury, A. NJ, of Worcester; Edward
Livingston Davis, A. NJ, of Worcester;
Charles Augustus Chase, A. NJ, of
Worcester
Library ommittee-Stephen Sails
bury, A M, of Worcester; Nathaniel
Paine, A. NJ, of Worcester.
Observation-Disclosures Mills Barton of
Assistants-Miss Mary Robinson and
Miss Mary G. Whitcomb.
NUMEROUS GIFTS.
Senator Hoar then presented several
articles. He made present to the So
ciety of the visiting lists of his ances-
tor, Roger Sherman, who was one of
the signers of the Declaration of indie