Excerpt from Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1869-1870 This volume contains a selection from the proceedings of the} massachusetts historical society, beginning With the Annual Meeting in April, 1869, and ending with the stated monthly meeting in December, 1870. The engraved portraits of the Hon. Levi lincoln, LL.D., the Rev. Alvan lamson, D.D., and the Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham, D.D., were furnished by their respective families, at the request of the Committee and-that of isaac P. Davis, Esq., by our associate Mr. George T. Davis. They were engraved from photo graphs by the artists Whose names they bear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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