Minute book 1825-1843 (inclusive)
Published: 1825
Language: eng
Subjects: Charities; Clubs; Maternal and infant welfare; Poor; Sewing; Societies; Women; Societies and clubs; Social life and customs; Eastport Female Benevolent Society (Me.)
Description: Minute book includes minutes of their quarterly, special, and annual meetings, original and amended constitutions, membership lists, annual lists of officers, 1825-1834. Also printed pay slip, 1843. Minutes include specific details concerning the work of the society and a discussion of whether they should open a Charity Infant School in 1832.
Notes: Eastport Female Benevolent Society (Me.) Minute book. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

Founded in 1825, the Eastport Female Benevolent Society sought to aid the poor by providing "bundles" of clothing and blankets to the poor (usually women) of Eastport, Maine.

Unpublished finding aid.