Excerpt from The Annual Monitor for 1916, Vol. 104: Being an Obituary of Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, From October 1, 1914, to September 30, 1915 I have again to thank most heartily the many Friends who have SO willingly assisted in the compilation of the memoirs in the present volume, the Monthly Meeting Clerks and Register ing Officers, who so kindly furnish the informa tion for the Obituary, the Editor of The Friend for permission to use material which has appeared in that journal, the Preparative Meeting Clerks and other Friends' who give invaluable help in the distribution of the Copies in our various Meetings. 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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