History
In Boston the society worked from offices on Cornhill (ca.1840s-1850s); Chauncey Street (ca.1864); Winter Street (ca.1868-1869); and Somerset Street (ca.1870s-1890s). Annual meetings took place in various venues around town, including Park Street Church (1851). Officers included George C. Beckwith, William Jay, Howard Malcom, John Field, William C. Brown.
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