Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
Vermont's Famous Thousand
Their Work in World Recorded by Dorn1an B. E.
Kent in Proceedings of Historical
Society, Just Issued

Tho 1oB-ls14 proceedings Of the Vermont
Historical society has Just been Issued
from the press and copies this week are
being sent to members OF the society and
to libraries throughout the country.
The editing and supervision Of the work
WAS solely In the hands Of Dorman b. r.
Kent. the librarian. The book contains so
pages, Is by far tho largest book ever
gotten out by the society and opens with
the constitution Of the society and n lisf
Of its officers and members. The principal
officers are; President. the Hon. william
w. Stickney; vice-prcsidents. the Hon.
Joseph A. DeBoer and the Hon. Theodore
n. Vail: recording secretary. tho Hon.
Fred A. Rowland: treasurer, the Hon
Henry f. Field; corresponding secreta-
ries. Dorman 3. E. Kent and walter Fl.
Crockett: librarian. Dorman B. r. Kent
The total present membership as shown
by the book Is 43l and includes many or
the foremost men in this country The
membership has increased by 166 men In
the past four years through the efforts
largely Of Mr.. Kent the librarian.
Thirty pages Of the book are devoted to
an account Of the regular and special
meetings of tho society held In 1913 ana
1914 together with the librarians ana
treasurer's reports for those years
Next follows long and mastery mr.
ticle by the Hon. Frank c. Partridge on
Redneld Proctor. This was an address de-
livercd before the society and the Senate
and House on January 10. 1916. and deals
Win inc lie OF Mr.. froc'or III a"
structive and delightful manner. No man
Knew Redheld froctor petter .."h III
partridge ana MS oeuneat'oI' OF ',e c"'.
acter OF this great leader OF men is .a'o
luiiy done on every page All eAoen.''
photograph or Mr. Froctor accountants"
the work ana MS speech pelore 'ne Som
ate OF the united STATES on Marc" !'' io'".
Is reprinted III "hoie' inns Spec'h
on aiiairs IN Cuos' ana ue''ereu o. N"'
outbreak OF the spanish Air~r'cai "a,'
| lis erect IN tine swapping OF Hia''ers ie'"
ihs UP 10 that conIiHt was 'rei'ie,'uouo
An interesting aIuc'e oi so,i'e ~ pueo,
comes next on JUST |reeN III ri's.''
an address by the HON. henry w. rhi VI
| bunaIo' N. T., oeilVered Ut for' Cassiil
on september T. SI4'
| sixteen pages of mo uook are 'aneA
up oy an account OF the unVelIins Oh 'ne
thoiet ereced by the STATE OF vermont III
the vermont state IaIn'ol 10 the Hle"ioi!
OF DaHlei +. thompson OH 'an"hry ~
Isio waiter H. Croche.t anof.sS vi
thompson dehVered AT that ufie is pup
hsheu IN totai and iuli page photograph
OF the taoiet itseII IS reproouceu'
The tablet was cast by the Paul f.
Caoaret company OF New York city. one
OF the largest firms Of bronze founders in
the world. Few people hereabouts realize
the f1neness Of this tablet,
The Cabaret company has cast thou
sands of tablets in tho past quarter CEN
fury and from among them all this one
was picked by the company as an ideal
to reproduce on a small folder enclosed
in their letters. 5000 Of them having
been printed.
The book closes with an article cover
ing IA pages called zone Thousand Men"
and written by Dor1nan b. f. Kent, the
librarian.
Twelve pages are devoted to an intro
duction, eight pages to statistical tables
and the balance Of the book to a list. al
phabetically arranged by towns. Of birth
Of 1000 men born In Vermont whose names
stand high in their chosen communities
in this country. together with few word.
descriptive of the mans work in each IN
stance.
To accumulate the facts Mr.. Kent con-
suited page by page. Appleton's Encyclo-
pedia Of American Biography, Nelson's
Encyclopedia. the Encyclopedia Amer.
cana. the 1906 and 1913 editions OF who's
Who In America, the 1909 edition OF Who's
Who In New England. Gilman's Bibliog
raphy OF Vermont and some half dozer
books dealing largely with prominent Yer
monters.
In addition to the above there were
read some IS Vermont town histories. the
file OF the Vermonter. Hemenway's Gazet
teer. Child's Gazetteer and numerous 9th
err publications The 100 men first begar
to see the light OF day In 176s and one
birth in 1879 completes the list.
Some idea OF what the book contain!
may be gathered from the following takei
from the introduction:
vermont has then produced % chic
justices for 16 States and Territories, MIN
for herself two for Illinois and one eac:
. for North Dakota, Washington Michigan
New Hampshire. Iowa. Minnesota, Ala
bama, Indiana, the District of Columbia
Wisconsin. Nebraska Nevada. Massachu
; sets and California.
Not counting the above she has fur
nished 80 sociate Justices Of the gu
preme court for II States and Territories
"a for herself, four for New York, thre
each for New Hampshire and Massachu
sets, two each for California. the Dis
trtct Of Columbia and Ohio. and ono eacl
for Idaho. New Mexico. Dakota, Illinois