History
The cornerstone was laid on July 14, 1856. The organization's first president was philanthropist Robert Bennet Forbes, a China-trader and writer. It operated as a retirement home for elderly seamen for many years, first in the Germantown section of Quincy, then in Duxbury before being discontinued in 1971, with the proceeds from the sale of the land going to fund the charitable foundation. In 1949 the National Sailors' Home in Duxbury, which existed from 1891-1958, merged with Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston.
The organization’s early records are now deposited with the Massachusetts Historical Society. They include organizational minutes, financial records, photographs, artwork, lists of residents, cemetery records, and assorted correspondence.
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