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The  Influence  and  History 


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FROM  1807   TO   igo-j 


WITH    A   RECORD    OF   ITS    OFFICERS   AND   BENEFACTORS 
AND    A    COMPLETE   LIST    OF    PROPRIETORS 


Printed  from  the  Income  or  the 
Robert   Charles    Billings    Fund 


THE   BOSTON   ATHEN^UM 

1907 


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ROBERT  CHARLES  BILLINGS  FUND 
PUBLICATIONS,    NUMBER    THREE 


TRUSTEES    1807 


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President 

THEOPHILUS    PARSONS 

Vice-President 

JOHN    DAVIS 

Treasurer 

JOHN   LOWELL 

Secretary 

WILLIAM    SMITH    SHAW 

William  Emerson  Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster 

John  Thornton  Kirkland  Harrison  Gray  Otis 

Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher  James  Perkins 

Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner  Samuel  Eliot 


TRUSTEES    1907 

President 

ARTHUR    THEODORE   LYMAN 

Vice-President 

HOWARD    STOCKTON 

Treasurer 
ALFRED    BOWDITCH 

Secretary 
ALBERT   THORNDIKE 
Russell  Gray  James  Ford  Rhodes 

George  Brune  Shattuck  Alexander  Wadsworth  Longfellow 

Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop  John  Templeman  Coolidge,  Jr. 

Barrett  Wendell  William  Lowell  Putnam 

Frederic  Jesup  Stimson  Solomon  Lincoln 

Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d  Charles  Pelham  Greenough 

Joseph  Randolph  Coolidge,  Jr.       Albert  Matthews 
George  Edward  Cabot 


PREFACE 

FIFTY  years  ago  Josiah  Quincy  published  an  ex- 
haustive history  of  The  Boston  Athenaeum.  Since 
that  time  no  volume  has  appeared  to  chronicle  later 
events.  Frequent  calls  for  information  in  regard  to 
history  and  tradition,  funds,  gifts,  and  other  pertinent 
facts,  together  with  the  need  of  a  new  list  of  Proprietors, 
Jed  the  Trustees  in  1906  to  authorize  the  Librarian  to 
prepare  a  Centenary  Volume  which  should  satisfy  this 
need,  and  at  the  same  time  serve  to  commemorate  the 
completion  of  one  hundred  years. 

Those  who  are  familiar  with  Athenaeum  history  and 
affairs  will  miss  many  portraits  which  they  would  have 
liked  to  see  in  this  volume :  the  faces  of  Joseph  S. 
Buckminster,  Nathaniel  Bowditch,  Thomas  Wren  Ward, 
Edward  Wigglesworth,  William  H.  Prescott,  Henry  B. 
Rogers,  George  Livermore,  Edward  N.  Perkins,  Charles 
Eliot  Norton,  Charles  E.  Ware,  Robert  W.  Hooper, 
Francis  E.  Parker,  J.  Elliot  Cabot,  Francis  Parkman, 
Francis  B.  Crowninshield,  George  W.  Wales,  Charles 
R.  Lowell,  Lemuel  Shaw,  Charles  Deane,  Edward  J. 
Lowell,  Charles  A.  Cummings,  and  others.  But  when 
the  final  selection  was  made  it  seemed  difficult  to  go 
beyond   Presidents  of  the  Trustees,  Librarians,  and 


viii  PREFACE 

the  chief  Benefactors  of  the  institution,  except  by  admit- 
ting more  portraits  than  would  be  possible  without  far 
exceeding  the  sum  set  aside  for  the  publication  of  the 
volume. 

No  portrait  of  John  Bromfield  has  been  discovered, 
and  this  must  be  a  lasting  cause  for  regret  to  every  reader 
who  has  seen  Mr.  Bromfield's  name  within  the  covers 
of  Athenaeum  books.  The  portrait  of  Miss  Hannah 
Adams,  from  the  original  in  the  Trustees'  Room,  is,  as 
Emerson  might  have  said, 

"Its  own  excuse  for  being." 

In  many  cases  statements  here  will  be  found  to  differ 
from  those  in  other  books.  It  would  be  too  much  to 
say  that  these  are  never  errors ;  but  by  a  careful  study 
of  manuscript  sources  many  corrections  have  been  made. 
To  illustrate :  Daniel  Webster  subscribed  to  the  fund  to 
purchase  Washington's  library,  and  his  name  has  always 
appeared  in  the  list  of  contributors,  although  he  never 
made  payment.  Joseph  Coolidge,  who  subscribed  and 
did  pay,  has  never  before  received  recognition  in  the 
list. 

The  view  of  Scollay's  Buildings  is  reproduced  by 
permission  of  F.  E.  Belcher,  Esq.,  and  that  of  the  Amory 
house  by  permission  of  Edward  W.  McGlenen,  Esq. 
To  several  others  acknowledgments  are  due  for  aid  or 
for  helpful  suggestions,  and  especially  to  Mr.  Charles 
N.  Baxter,  who  has  contributed  much  to  the  accuracy 
of  the  volume. 


Contents 

Page 
I.   The  Influence  of  the  Athen^um  on  Liter- 
ature IN  America i 

By  Barrett  Wendell 
II.    The  First  One   Hundred  Years   of   Athe- 

N^UM  History.    A  Chronological  Sketch  13 
By  THE  Librarian 

III.  Special  Collections  in  the  Athen^sum  .     .  57 

IV.  Permanent  Funds  of  the  Athen^um      .     .  67 
V.    Chief  Gifts   and    Bequests   to   the    Athe- 

n^um 73 

VI.    Publications  issued  by  the  Athen^um   .     .  89 

VII.    Founders  of  the  Athen^um 107 

VIII.    Officers 113 

IX.    Proprietors 123 

X.    Members  of  the  Staff 215 

Index 225 


Illustrations 


William    Smith    Shaw,    Chief  Founder,    known    as    Athenaeum 

Shaw Frontispiece 

From  the  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 

Facing  Page 

Rev.  William  Emerson,  Editor  of  the  Monthly  Anthology     .     .  8 

From  an  engraving  in  The  Polyanthos  for  May,  i8iz. 

Theophilus  Parsons,  first  President,  1807-18 13 18 

From  a  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  Mrs.  J.  Lewis  Stackpole. 

Scollay's  Buildings  in  Tremont  Street,  1807,  first  home  of  the 

Athenaeum 24 

From  a  sketch  by  Edmund  H.  Garrett. 

The  Amory  House  in  Tremont  Street,  1809,  second  home  of 

the  Athenaeum 26 

From  a  pencil  sketch  in  the  City  Registrar's  Office,  "  drawn  from  the 
recollection  of  Solomon  D.  Townsend,  M.D." 

John  Davis,  second  President,  1 814— 1815 32 

From  a  painting  by  Joseph  G.  Cole  owned  by  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society. 

John  Lowell,  third  President,  1816-1819 38 

From  a  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  John  Lowell,  Esq. 

Josiah  Quincy,  Historian  of  the  Athenaeimi  and  fourth  President, 

I  820-1 829 46 

From  the  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston. 

The  Perkins   House  in    Pearl  Street,  1822,  third  home  of  the 

Athenaeum 54 

From  an  unpublished  wash  drawing  owned  by  the  Athenxum. 

James  Perkins,  the  elder,  a  Benefactor Jo 

From  the  painting  by  Stuart  owned  by  the  Athenaeum. 


xii  ILLUSTRATIONS 

Facing  Pack 
Thomas    Handasyd   Perkins,  a  Benefactor  and  fifth   President, 

1830-1832 78 

From  the  portrait  by  Gambardella,  engraved  by  H.  W.  Smith. 

Hannah  Adams 82 

From  the  painting  by  Chester  Harding  owned  by  the  Athenaeum. 

Francis  Calley  Gray,  sixth  President,  1 833-1 836 94 

From  an  engraving  owned  by  Morri*  Gray,  Esq. 

George  Hayward,  seventh  President,  1837-1845 100 

From  the  painting  in  1859  by  Fagnani  owned  by  George  G.  Hayward, 
M.D. 

Seth  Bass,  second  Librarian,  1825-1846 104 

From  a  painting  owned  by  Samuel  H.  Bass,  Esq.,  of  Palatlca,  Florida. 

Charles  Folsom,  third  Librarian,  1 847-1 856 104 

From  a  photograph  by  George  K.  Warren,  Cambridgeport. 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary,  eighth  President,  1846— 1859  .     •     •     •     ^'^ 

From  a  crayon  by  W.  H.  Furness,  Jr.,  owned  by  Miss  Emma  F.  Gary 
of  Cambridge. 

The  Athenaeum  in  Beacon  Street,  1855 

Engravings  by  Henry  Bricher  from  drawings  by  Warren.     From  Ballou's 
Pictorial,  March  31,  1855. 

Exterior  View 128 

Gallery  of  Paintings 130 

Library 132 


Samuel  Appleton,  a  Benefactor 136 

From  the  painting  by  Healy  owned  by  the  Athenaeum. 

William  Frederick  Poole,  fourth  Librarian,  1856-1868     .     .     .     142 

From  a  photograph  by  Alexander  Hesler,  Chicago. 

John  Amory  Lowell,  ninth  President,  1860-1876       ....     150 

From  a  photograph  by  Warren,  Boston. 

Charles  Ammi  Cutter,  fifth  Librarian,  1 869-1 892 158 

From  a  photograph  by  Emily  Stokes,  Boston. 

William  Coolidge  Lane,  sixth  Librarian,  1893-1897  ....     158 

From  a  photograph  by  Pach  Brothers,  Cambridge. 

Charles  Francis  Adams,  tenth  President,  1877-1879  .     .     .     .     164 
From  a  photograph  by  Wallace  Black,  Boston. 


ILLUSTRATIONS  xiii 

Facing  Page 
George  Bemis,  a  Benefactor,  1879 172 

From  a  pastel  owned  by  Harvard  University. 

William  Burley  Howes,  Chief  Benefactor  during  the  first  one 

hundred  years 180 

From  a  photograph  by  G.  H.  Loomis,  Boston. 

**  Sumner  Staircase,"  1849-1889 186 

From  a  photograph  by  Baldwin  Coolidge. 

Samuel  Eliot,  eleventh  President,  1880— 1898 194 

From  a  photograph  by  Horatio  G,  Smith,  Boston. 

The  Art  Room,  1905 202 

From  a  photograph  by  Thomas  £.  Marr,  Boston. 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman,  twelfth  President,  1899-    .     .     .     .     210 

From  a  photograph  by  Horatio  G.  Smith. 

The  Hall,  1907 220 

From  a  photograph  by  Thomas  £.  Marr. 


I 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHEN^UM 
ON   LITERATURE  IN  AMERICA 

By   BARRETT  WENDELL 
A   TRUSTEE 


I 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHENiEUM 
ON  LITERATURE  IN  AMERICA 

By  BARRETT  WENDELL 

The  influence  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  is  a  fact  not  so 
much  in  history  as  in  the  memories,  and  in  the  lives 
of  those  who  have  had  the  happy  fortune  to  know  and 
to  feel  it.  At  least  hereabouts  —  and  they  still  pleas- 
antly pretend  that  true  Bostonians  regard  the  universe 
as  radiating  from  the  newly  gilded  dome  of  the  State 
House  —  there  has  never  been  anything  else  quite 
like  this  truly  social  library,  now  grown  to  its  hun- 
dredth year.  It  is  in  no  sense  a  private  place,  yet  it  has 
qualities  of  privacy  as  fine  as  those  of  houses  where  the 
very  fact  of  your  reception  is  in  itself  a  subtle  pleasure. 
It  is  not  a  public  place,  where  the  whole  world  may 
jostle  you  until  you  wonder  whether  in  some  better 
world  than  this  you  may  find  yourself,  if  you  are  good 
here,  among  angels  without  elbows ;  yet  it  has  the 
impersonal  generosity  of  such  publicity  as  makes  your 
presence  in  its  halls  and  alcoves  a  cordial  matter  of 
course.  It  is  not  a  haunt  of  solemn  scholarship,  dedi- 
cated to  the  almost  religious  pursuit  of  learning,  as  if 


4  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

in  erudition  lay  salvation ;  yet  it  is  no  mere  play-room, 
where  you  go  to  free  yourself  from  the  benumbing 
habit  of  responsible  duties.  If  one  may  phrase  its 
whole  quality  at  all,  it  is  the  one  place  in  our  old  capital 
city  of  New  England  where  those  who  seek  what  they 
may  find  in  the  humanity  of  books  have  most  surely 
found  the  same  throughout  years  which  have  lengthened 
into  a  full  century. 

Memory,  after  all,  is  the  true  custodian  of  such  a  fact 
as  this.  There  must  be  many  of  us  now  who  knew 
these  pleasant,  cool  rooms  when  we  were  children. 
There  must  be  many  who  remember  how  we  used  to 
climb  the  vanished  Sumner  staircase,  and  look  into  the 
big  reading-room,  where  silent  figures  were  seated  at 
tables,  with  mysterious  alcoves  about  them,  containing 
tiers  of  books  which  made  the  books  at  home  —  however 
numerous  in  themselves  —  seem  like  a  mere  handful. 
There  must  be  not  a  few  who  can  recall  the  higher 
ascent  still  which  brought  us  to  the  first  picture-gallery 
in  all  our  experience  —  a  vague,  splendid  expanse  of 
color  and  imagination.  Its  grandest  images,  to  be  sure, 
were  no  more  masterly  than  that  colossally  unsteady  King 
Lear,  more  melodramatic  with  his  upturned  gaze  than 
he  ever  ranted  on  any  stage;  or  than  the  distorted 
harmonies  of  Allston's  "  Belshazzar's  Feast "  ;  or  than 
what  Dean  Briggs  once  playfully  called  the  austerely 
sheepish  face  of  Stuart's  "Washington."  Yet  the  Louvre 
itself,  or  the  Uffizi,  or  the  Prado  never  revealed  to  us 
again  quite  so  vast  a  sense  of  how  fine  art  can  open  our 


INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHENiEUM        5 

way  to  unconditioned  aspirations  of  the  spirit.  The 
Athenaeum  has  never  taught  us  to  be  critical ;  yet  it 
has  never  suffered  us  to  be  smugly  content.  There  is 
ineffable  charm  in  the  outlook  from  its  quiet  windows, 
on  the  old  burying-ground  where  the  Boston  generation 
which  Copley  painted  lies  secure.  Their  gray  stones  — 
particularly  in  the  warmth  of  summer  when  the  grass 
springs  about  them  and  the  trees  grow  rich  with  shade  — 
bring  us  fantastic  intimations  that  this  world  of  ours 
springs  from  a  root  deep  in  ancestral  New  England  soil. 
And  we  turn  from  this  assurance  of  our  fellowship 
with  our  fathers  to  the  persistent  voices  of  elder  ages  and 
of  younger,  whispering  from  the  friendly  array  of  books 
here  within  our  very  reach. 

That  instant  intimacy  with  literature  is  what  the 
Athenaeum  has  come  to  mean  to  us  above  all  things 
else.  In  other  libraries  you  may  find  greater  wealth  of 
learning,  and  far  more  completeness  of  special  authority ; 
but  this  is  the  only  one  hereabouts  where  you  may 
stray  at  will,  and  lay  your  hand  on  any  volume,  on 
any  shelf,  just  as  you  may  in  your  own  house  or  in 
the  house  of  a  trusty  friend.  In  every  other  such 
treasury  of  letters  you  find  inevitably  that  you  are  not 
free  to  roam,  but  must  avail  yourself  of  the  service  of 
some  licensed  guide.  Here,  for  once,  the  whole  para- 
phernalia of  catalogues  and  of  skilled  and  kind  attend- 
ants —  who  grow  to  be  your  friends  —  are  not  obstacles 
in  your  way,  but  only  helps,  to  whom  you  may  turn  if 
you  find  yourself  at  fault.     Unless  you  seek  them,  you 


6  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

need  never  be  reminded  that  they  are  here.  If  you  seek, 
you  shall  find  with  a  certainty  beyond  the  general  hope 
of  this  perplexing  earth. 

So,  yielding  to  the  reverie  which  carries  you  so 
swiftly  from  childhood  to  the  verge  of  age,  you  can 
hardly  fail  to  realize  that  these  hospitable  rooms,  them- 
selves rich  now  with  the  associations  of  more  than  fifty 
years,  are  the  sanctuary,  beyond  all  others,  where  the 
lovers  of  books  in  our  New  England  have  found  their 
happiness  with  the  most  unerring  certainty.  Quite  to 
understand  what  this  environment  means,  one  must  have 
known  its  gentle  charm  for  oneself  But  each  of  us,  like 
the  elder  folk  who  knew  all  this  in  days  now  fading  into 
shadow,  can  hardly  feel  sure  that  such  sentiments  are 
more  than  chance  associations,  making  precious  to  our- 
selves relics  in  which  others  can  discern  only  vacuity. 
To  reach  assurance  we  must  go  beyond  our  own 
dreams  and  fancies,  searching  and  exploring  record  of 
what  these  regions  truly  were  in  old  times. 

By  a  happy  chance,  such  a  record  exists  in  the 
archives  of  the  Athenaeum.  For  a  great  many  years 
the  simple  custom  of  the  library  was  to  write  down  in 
a  book  just  who  took  volumes  away  to  read,  and 
how  long  he  kept  them.  No  trace  remains  of  what 
pages  these  men  and  women  turned  in  the  pleasant 
seclusion  of  the  library ;  but  by  inspecting  these 
brief  records  of  what  they  carried  home,  we  can  form 
some  notion  of  what  they  sought  and  found  in  the 
cordial     surroundings   where    the    friendly   inspiration 


INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHENAEUM        7 

of  letters  so  surely  lingers.  It  is  a  still  more  happy- 
chance  that  when  the  records  were  most  fully  kept 
Boston  was  at  what  now  seems  to  have  been  its  best, 
awakened  from  the  wholesome  provincialism  of  its 
stout  origin,  and  not  yet  thrust  into  the  renewed  pro- 
vincialism of  its  comparative  isolation.  In  these  old 
pages  you  will  find  names  remembered  still,  not  only 
hereabouts,  but  across  the  continent,  too,  and  across 
the  seas.  Not  one  of  them,  either,  but  is  of  ancestral 
New  England  race ;  and  when  these  men  and  women 
flourished,  New  England  was  most  nearly  great. 

They  naturally  fall  into  two  groups.  One  consists  of 
those  who  came  to  the  Athenseum  just  as  most  of  us 
come  to-day  —  not  as  to  a  laboratory  or  a  workshop,  but 
as  to  a  refuge  where  one  may  confidently  consort  for  a 
little  while  with  the  full  humanity  of  the  present  and  the 
past.  The  other  consists  of  those  whose  labors,  chiefly 
of  a  literary  kind,  were  helped  to  fruition  by  such  gen- 
erous access  to  learning  as  the  Athenaeum  has  always 
aflforded.  To  feel  with  certainty  what  the  influence  of 
the  Athenaeum  has  been,  we  cannot  do  better  than  glance 
at  these  groups  in  turn,  noting  some  of  the  more  familiar 
names  in  each. 

The  record  of  Hawthorne's  occasional  visits  to  the 
reading-room  is  familiar  to  those  who  care  for  his  work 
enough  to  delight  in  that  most  individual  phase  of  it,  his 
"Note-Books."  For  nearly  thirty  years,  Rufus  Choate 
found  here  plenteous  food  for  that  voracious  reading  by 
means  of  which  he  kept  his  wits  alert  and  alive  amid 


8  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

the  most  busy  legal  practice  of  his  time.  He  read  the 
classics,  Greek  and  Latin ;  poetry  unstintingly  ;  sound 
fiction  and  essays,  English  and  French ;  Goethe,  too  ;  and 
he  seems  to  have  delighted  in  the  bound  volumes 
of  Punch.  George  Barrell  Emerson,  whose  teaching 
stamped  with  distinction  the  minds  of  a  whole  generation 
of  New  England  women,  and  whose  writings  are  still 
authoritative  concerning  our  native  trees,  read  here  not 
only  his  botany,  but  all  manner  of  things  besides  — 
delighting  most,  one  would  gather,  in  standard  literature. 
Edward  Everett  came  here  sometimes,  though  his  own 
library,  like  George  Ticknor's,  was  so  large  that  he  had 
little  pressing  need  of  books  not  actually  in  his  pos- 
session; those  which  he  is  recorded  as  using  are 
mostly  classics,  ancient  and  modern.  His  brother-in- 
law,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Frothingham,  in  the  same  years, 
read  all  manner  of  literature  here,  with  eager  catholicity 
of  taste.  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  was  a  great  reader, 
too;  but  at  least  in  our  Athenaeum  records  he  seems 
to  have  been  more  severe  in  purpose,  taking  out  vol- 
ume after  volume  on  Philosophy  and  Science,  on  His- 
tory and  Political  Economy,  on  Education,  Physiology, 
Hygiene,  the  Mind,  and  the  Brain.  Dr.  Parsons,  the 
translator  of  Dante,  showed  insatiable  appetite  for 
fiction  and  biography.  President  Quincy  is  recorded 
as  incessantly  exploring  literature ;  Calderon,  Mrs. 
Opie,  Milton,  Voltaire,  Cervantes,  Fielding,  Byron, 
occur  in  his  page,  almost  side  by  side.  And  in  six 
years  Daniel   Webster  found  leisure   to  borrow   from 


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INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHENAEUM        9 

the  Athenasum  six  books  —  Sophocles,  the  Fables  of 
La  Fontaine,  a  volume  of  Parliamentary  History,  an- 
other of  the  History  of  Greece,  Sparks'  edition  of 
the  Works  of  Franklin,  and  the  Diable  Boiteux  of 
Le  Sage. 

The  other  group,  of  those  who  used  the  Athenasum 
rather  as  workers  than  as  readers,  instantly  reveals  that 
the  Athenaeum,  in  its  older  days,  was  a  real  contributory 
force  to  the  enduring  literature  of  New  England.  This 
is  perhaps  most  evident  in  the  matter  of  history.  The 
record  of  George  Bancroft  is  considerable,  and  consists 
almost  wholly  of  works  concerning  history,  biography, 
and  voyages  of  discovery.  So  does  that  of  Dr.  John 
Gorham  Palfrey,  who  made  considerable  exploration  of 
statistics  as  well.  The  books  used  by  Francis  Park- 
man  generally  had  direct  bearing  on  the  life  work  which 
makes  his  memory  as  heroic  as  it  is  delightful.  The 
same  is  true  of  those  used  a  few  years  before  by  the 
earliest  of  our  memorable  New  England  historians, 
William  Hickling  Prescott.  Jared  Sparks  came  here 
sometimes  for  historical  books.  So,  for  general  litera- 
ture, did  George  Ticknor,  in  spite  of  his  own  rich  col- 
lection, so  close  at  hand.  And  Dr.  Alexander  Young 
used  here  the  kind  of  books  which  made  him  so 
memorable  an  editor  of  our  early  New  England 
records. 

It  was  at  the  Athenaeum,  too,  that  some  of  our  more 
speculative  writers  sought  solid  basis  for  their  variously 
enduring  flights  of  speculation.     Bronson  Alcott  used 


10  THE   BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 

the  library  frequently.  So  did  William  Ellery  Chan- 
ning,  whose  range  of  serious  reading  seems  to  have 
been  exceptionally  wide.  James  Freeman  Clarke  read 
here  omnivorously.  The  record  of  books  drawn  by 
Emerson  is  unusually  large  and  heterogeneous.  And 
George  Ripley  seems  to  have  found  here  no  small  part 
of  that  fervid  intellectual  stimulus  which  made  him, 
in  his  younger  days,  so  powerful  a  force  in  the  philo- 
sophic renaissance  once  expected  to  remake  creation  on 
the  Boston  plan. 

When  we  come,  furthermore,  to  that  less  definite 
kind  of  literary  activity  conveniently  called  culture,  the 
records  are  not  lacking.  George  Hillard  came  here 
sometimes.  Edwin  Whipple  came  often.  Charles 
Sumner  sought  here  some  of  that  widely  various  read- 
ing on  which  the  more  amiable  phase  of  his  restless  mem- 
ory is  based.  And  Dr.  Holmes,  who  began  as  a  grave 
reader  of  works  on  medicine  ended  as  a  riotously  general 
reader  of  everything  which  could  possibly  interest  his 
humanely  assimilative  mind ;  his  record,  indeed,  makes 
one  half  believe  that  without  the  Athenaeum  we  might 
never  have  had,  in  its  full  luxuriance,  that  wonderful 
Autocrat  of  the  Breakfast  Table. 

We  might  go  on  indefinitely.  Hannah  Adams,  the 
first  of  the  thousands  now  lying  in  Mount  Auburn, 
was  the  first  woman  admitted  to  the  use  of  our  literary 
treasures.  Lydia  Maria  Child  read  here  sometimes;  and 
so  did  Elizabeth  Peabody.  Sometimes  President  Felton 
came;  and  Richard  HiLdreth  used  the  library;  and  so 


INFLUENCE  OF  THE  ATHEN^UM       ii 

did  that  most  accomplished  of  New  England  gentlemen, 
the  last  vividly  remembered  bearer  of  the  historic  name 
of  Edmund  Quincy. 

Local  enough  all  this  may  seem  to  any  one  dis- 
posed to  smile  at  our  Boston  traditions.  And  even 
those  of  us  who  remain  provincial  enough  to  imagine 
these  traditions  important  might  shrewdly  question  the 
authority  of  such  records  as  we  have  cursorily  glanced  at, 
and  summarized.  The  fact  that  people  signed  their 
names  for  books  need  not  mean  that  they  ever  actually 
read  them.  Nor  does  the  fact  that  somebody  has  read 
a  good  many  volumes  in  any  given  place  imply  that 
he  has  not  read  more  elsewhere.  Yet  it  is  hard  to 
believe  our  memoranda  insignificant. 

It  is  a  real  truth  that  the  Boston  of  the  mid-nine- 
teenth century,  whatever  the  positive  value  of  its  thought 
and  expression,  was  the  most  memorable  centre  of  intel- 
lectual activity  yet  developed  in  English  speaking 
America.  It  is  a  real  truth  that  the  names  we  have 
hastily  repeated  were  among  those  which  helped  make 
Boston  memorable.  It  is  a  real  truth  that,  in  the  Boston 
of  their  time  the  Athenaeum  was  already  such  a  centre 
of  humane  influence  as  we  who  know  it  to-day  know  it 
still  to  be.  It  is  a  real  truth  that,  time  and  again,  they 
visited  it  as  a  shrine  of  learning,  confident  that  here  they 
should  find  awaiting  them  something  of  what  they  sought. 
It  is  a  real  truth  that  each  and  all  of  them  were  happily 
and  never  ignobly  productive.  And  thus  considering 
them,  we  may  grow  to  feel  that  our  sentimental  love  for 


12  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

the  Athenaeum  has  a  double  consecration.  It  is  not  only 
consecrated  by  our  reverent  acknowledgment  of  all  it  has 
done  for  ourselves ;  it  is  consecrated  more  deeply  still 
by  our  growing  and  enduring  conviction  that  just  such 
significance,  in  elder  time,  made  it  a  force  for  righteous- 
ness and  for  inspiration  amid  that  generation  to  which 
we  point,  and  to  which  our  children  shall  point,  if  any 
one  dare  to  question  whether  our  pride  in  New  England 
be  justified. 


II 

THE   FIRST   ONE   HUNDRED   YEARS 
OF  ATHENiEUM    HISTORY 

By  the   librarian 


II 


THE   FIRST   ONE   HUNDRED    YEARS   OF 
ATHENiEUM   HISTORY 

By   the   librarian 

I 

The  intellectual  life  of  the  nineteenth  century  in  Boston 
grew  out  of  a  love  for  books  that  can  be  traced  back  to 
colonial  days.  The  Governor  and  Company  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  1629  accepted  from  Mr.  William 
Backhouse  eight  books  "  to  be  sent  for  New  England," 
and  also  approved  for  purchase  several  titles  selected  by 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Skelton.  But  this  library,  if  it  ever 
reached  America,  had  as  little  influence  in  Boston  as 
did  the  more  famous  collections  of  William  Brewster  at 
Plymouth  and  of  the  Rev.  John  Harvard  at  Charlestown. 
The  earlier  demand  for  new  publications  was  satisfied 
through  private  enterprise,  and  many  booksellers  had 
established  quarters  near  the  Town  House  before  the 
end  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Nearly  thirty  are 
known  to  have  flourished  there,  offering  their  importa- 
tions as  well  as  works  from  the  local  presses.  Literary 
activity  before  the  year  1700  became  so  great  that 
printers  in  Boston  and  Cambridge  were  forced  to  turn 


i6  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

away  orders,  and  New  England  authors  had  to  send 
some  of  their  manuscripts  to  England  to  be  put  in 
type.  These  conditions  were  peculiar  to  Boston,  for  in 
17 19  Daniel  Neal,  a  traveller,  stated  that  all  around  the 
Exchange  were  booksellers'  shops,  while  in  New  York 
there  was  but  one,  and  "  in  the  Plantations  of  Virginia, 
Maryland,  Carolina,  Barbadoes,  and  the  Islands  none 
whatever." 

Bookstores,  however,  are  not  libraries  of  reference. 
The  need  of  such  a  library  was  early  felt,  and  Captain 
Robert  Keayne,  in  his  will  dated  in  1653,  attempted 
to  meet  the  demand  by  making  provision  for  a  "  Library 
&  Gallere  for  Devines  &  Schollers  to  meete  in."  To 
it  he  bequeathed  his  sermons,  or  expositions  of  the 
Bible,  and  such  of  his  books,  "whether  Divinitie, 
Hystory  or  Milletary,"  as  his  appointed  friends  might 
choose,  "  not  simply  for  show  but  properly  for  use,  they 
being  all  English,  none  Lattine  or  Greeke;  .  .  .  and 
though  my  bookes  be  not  many,  nor  very  fitt  for  such 
a  worke  being  English  &  smale  bookes,  yet  after  this 
beginning  the  Lord  may  stirr  up  some  others  that  will 
add  more  to  them  &  helpe  to  carry  the  worke  on  by 
bookes  of  more  valew,  antiquity,  use  and  esteem e." 
In  this  quaint  language  Captain  Keayne  set  forth  his 
desire  for  a  library  in  the  town  of  Boston,  and  it  was  to 
be  not  for  show  but  for  use. 

In  March,  1656-7,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
consider  the  model  of  a  Town  House,  and  in  1658  the 
building  was  completed  with  the  help  of  subscriptions 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED  YEARS  17 

from  one  hundred  and  four  citizens;  it  occupied  the 
site  of  the  present  Old  State  House.  There  is  little 
reason  to  question  the  existence  of  a  library  in  the 
building  soon  after  1658,  although  it  was  doubtless 
small  and  for  a  few  years  not  very  important.  In 
1673-4  John  Oxenbridge,  calling  himself  "a  sorry 
man,  less  than  the  least  of  all  the  mercies  and  ser- 
vants of  Christ,"  left  several  theological  books,  Euclid's 
geometry,  and  a  catalogue  of  the  Oxford  Library  "to 
the  publick  Library  in  Boston."  ^ 

The  Town  House  was  destroyed  by  fire  October  2, 
171 1,  and  Judge  Sewall  in  a  letter  some  months  later 
states  that  "in  our  Boston  Library  several  valuable 
Books  were  lost,  as  the  Polyglott  Bible,  the  London 
Criticks,  Thuanus's  History,  a  Manuscript  in  two  FoHos 
left  by  Capt.  Keyn  the  Founder ;  &c." 

Some  books  doubtless  were  saved  and  formed  part 
of  a  new  library  in  the  brick  Town  House  which  rose 
on  the  same  site  the  next  year,  since  the  treasurer  of 
Boston  asked  in  June,  1713,  that  all  books  belonging 
to  the  Town  Library  be  returned  to  the  New  Town 
House.^ 

In  1733,  Colonel  Thomas  Fitch  headed  a  subscrip- 

*  Samuel  Mather's  "  Testimony  from  the  Scripture  against  Idolatry  &  Su- 
perstition "  bears  at  the  bottom  of  the  title-page  "  fFor  the  publike  Library  at 
Boston  1674."  If  the  book  was  printed  as  early  as  1674,  about  which 
there  is  some  doubt,  this  is  the  only  book  of  this  early  Boston  library  that 
is  known  to  have  come  down  to  us.  —  See  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
Collections,  iv. ,  volume  8,  pages  12,  23. 
2  Boston  Nenvs-Letter,  June  1-8,  1713. 

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i8  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

tion  to  procure  books  for  the  Town  Library,  and  £^o 
was  raised  for  the  purpose.  There  the  books  must 
have  been  when  the  building  was  burnt  December  9, 
1747,  since  a  number  of  "  ancient  books  "  are  said  to 
have  been  destroyed  at  that  time. 

This  first  library  in  Boston  is  of  considerable  interest 
historically,  having  existed  for  nearly  a  century.  Al- 
though very  unpretentious  it  was  widely  known,  and 
the  Rev.  John  Sharpe  of  New  York,  appreciating  its 
value  and  still  greater  possibilities  of  usefulness,  referred 
to  it  in  17 13  when  he  suggested  for  his  own  town  a 
library  to  be  open  every  day  and  to  all  men.^ 

Meanwhile  the  King's  Chapel  Library  of  some 
two  hundred  theological  works  had  been  sent  over 
by  command  of  King  William  III  in  1698;  it  was 
a  welcome  mark  along  the  pathway  to  culture  in 
Boston,  and  still  remains,  being  the  oldest  library  in 
New  England.  It  has  survived  fire  and  war,  and 
now  rests  in  the  custody  of  the  Athenaeum. 

Four  generations,  and  perhaps  five,  of  the  Mather 
family  were  collectors  of  books.  In  the  Life  of  Increase 
Mather  the  author  speaks  of  a  fire  in  1676  which  de- 
stroyed Mather's  house,  "  but  by  the  Gracious  Provi- 
dence of  God  he  lost  little  of  his  Beloved  Library:  Not 
an  Hundred  Books  from  above  a  Thousand;  of  those 
also  he  had  an  immediate  Recruit,  by  a  Generous  Offer 
which  the  Honourable  Mrs.  Bridget  Hoar  made  him, 
to   take   what    he    Pleased   from    the    Library  of  her 

1  New  York  Historical  Society  Collections,  1880,  page  346. 


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FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  19 

Deceased  Husband."  In  1686  we  have  a  picture  of 
the  collection  from  the  pen  of  Dunton  the  bookseller : 
"I  may  say,  That  Mr.  [Cotton]  Mather's  Library  is 
the  Glory  of  New-England,  if  not  of  all  America.  I 
am  sure  it  was  the  best  sight  that  I  had  in  Boston." 
Part  of  this  collection  found  its  way  into  the  American 
Antiquarian  Society's  library  at  Worcester ;  and  part  of 
the  Mather  library  of  the  Revolutionary  period  (esti- 
mated at  over  7000  volumes  in  all)  is  said  to  have 
been  burned  at  Charlestown  during  the  battle  of  Bun- 
ker Hill. 

Thomas  Prince,  famous  locally  as  minister  of  the 
Old  South  Church  until  his  death  in  1758,  began  upon 
entering  Harvard  College  July  6,  1703,  to  collect  books, 
pamphlets,  maps,  and  manuscripts  "either  published  in 
New  England  or  pertaining  to  its  History  &  Public 
affairs."  When  Prince  entered  upon  his  pastoral  duties 
in  Boston  in  17 18  he  deposited  the  books  which  he 
then  called  The  New-England- Library  "in  the  steeple 
chamber  in  the  old  South  Church,"  supposed  to  have 
been  his  study ;  at  the  same  time  he  began  to  collect 
works  of  use  to  clergymen. 

In  1726  Prince  had  attempted  to  raise  funds  for 
a  lending  library,  which  Judge  Samuel  Sewall  called 
an  "inconvenient  schem."  He  was,  however,  just  a 
generation  ahead  of  his  time,  for  subscription  libraries, 
organized  by  a  group  of  persons  and  known  as  Social 
libraries,  came  into  prominence  between  1760  and  1765. 
A  considerable  interest  was  manifested  throughout  New 


20  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

England,  but  in  Boston  no  such  project  took  permanent 
form.  The  field  was  left  to  the  King's  Chapel,  Prince 
and  Mather  collections,  and  also  to  private  enterprises 
such  as  commercial  circulating  libraries.  From  the 
time  of  Mein's  first  venture  in  1765  these  circulating 
libraries  form  a  slender  thread  leading  through  the 
revolutionary  years  up  to  the  opening  of  the  nine- 
teenth century. 

John  Mein,  an  Edinburgh  bookseller,  arrived  in 
Boston  in  October,  1764.  Having  brought  with  him  a 
quantity  of  books,  linens,  etc.,  he  opened  a  store  with 
Robert  Sandeman,  nephew  of  the  famous  preacher,  and 
advertised  many  wares  including  English  and  Scotch 
Prayer-Books  as  well  as  Edinburgh  beer  and  porter  by 
the  cask  or  dozen.  Mein  soon  dissolved  his  partner- 
ship with  Sandeman  and  in  1765  opened  a  bookstore 
and  circulating  library  in  King  (now  State)  Street,  "  at 
the  London  Book-store,  Second  Door  above  the  Brit- 
ish Coflfee-House." 

In  1765  Mein  advertised  a  catalogue  of  his  twelve 
hundred  books  "in  most  branches  of  polite  literature, 
arts  and  sciences."  In  an  address  to  the  public  Mr. 
Mein  stated  that  a  number  of  gentlemen  had  encouraged 
the  venture  which,  "  tho'  fraught  with  amusement,  has 
been  hitherto  unattempted  in  New  England."  It 
would  "amuse  the  man  of  leisure "  and  "  insinuate 
knowledge  and  instruction  under  the  veil  of  entertain- 
ment to  the  Fair  Sex."  Here  was  certainly  an  attempt 
to  improve  the  intellectual  life  of  the  town. 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  21 

The  ambitious  proprietor  increased  his  business  by 
starting  The  Boston  Chronicle  in  1767  and  by  printing 
several  books ;  but  he  opposed  the  plan  to  boycott 
goods  subject  to  stamp  duties,  and  in  his  newspaper 
upheld  the  colonial  policy  of  the  British  government. 
This  so  irritated  the  public  that  in  October,  1769,  he 
was  mobbed.  In  defending  himself  he  shot  a  grena- 
dier and  so  thought  it  best  to  seek  safety  on  a  ship  in 
the  harbor.  A  few  days  later  he  sailed  for  Great  Britain, 
where  he  soon  made  himself  known  to  Lord  Dartmouth 
and  communicated  his  views  of  affairs  in  America. 

In  May,  1784,  Wilham  Martin  advertised  in  the 
Independent  Chronicle  that  a  "  Library  of  Bibles  and 
other  Books"  could  be  found  at  his  shop  near  Seven- 
Star  Lane,  Main  street;  and  among  his  business  con- 
temporaries were  Benjamin  Guild,  William  P.  Blake 
and  William  Pelham,  all  well  known  in  their  day. 

The  founding  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts 
and  Sciences  in  1780  and  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society  in  179 1  were  both  significant  events  in 
the  awakening  of  Boston  after  the  close  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. The  Boston  Library  Society,  organized  in  1792,^ 
is  more  nearly  akin  to  the  Athenaeum  in  organization 
and  aims.  Like  the  Athenaeum,  also,  it  has  for  over  a 
century  withstood  war  and  panic  and  the  desire  for  con- 
solidation, happily  pursuing  its  quiet  and  prosperous 
course.  Associated  with  these  literary  societies  were 
Caleb   Gannett,   the   Rev.  Jeremy    Belknap,   the  Rev, 

1  See  Samuel  8.  Shaw's  Historical  Sketch,  published  in  1895. 


22  THE    BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 

Joseph  McKean,  Redford  Webster,  the  Rev.  John  Eliot, 
Caleb  Bingham,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Eckley,  and  others. 

At  this  time  the  intellectual  interest  of  the  commu- 
nity found  expression  along  many  lines.  Literary,  pro- 
fessional, and  scientific  clubs  were  founded,  some  with 
periodical  reading-rooms  and  others  with  collections  of 
books  for  their  members,  and  lecture  courses  grew  in 
favor.  It  was  in  this  environment  that  the  men  who 
founded  the  Boston  Athenaeum  were  bred. 


II 

In  1801  Phineas  Adams,  son  of  a  farmer  in  Lex- 
ington, graduated  at  Harvard.  He  was  a  shy,  diffident 
lad,  whose  poverty  had  forced  him  early  to  seek  em- 
ployment in  a  paper-mill.  Mrs.  Hannah  Foster,  author 
of  "The  Coquette"  and  other  popular  novels,  became  his 
patron,  prepared  him  for  college  and  encouraged  him  to 
write. 

In  1803  Adams  persuaded  Edward  Lincoln,  a  Water 
Street  bookseller,  to  undertake  with  him  a  magazine 
which  he  was  to  edit  under  the  name  of  "Sylvanus 
Per-se."  In  the  first  or  November  number  of  the 
Monthly  Anthology ;  or  Magazine  of  Polite  Literature, 
Adams  promised  essays  "  On  Manners  and  Liter- 
ature, on  the  Improvement  of  Taste,  and  the  En- 
couragement of  Genius."  His  trenchant  words  "  to 
Correspondents  "  —  possibly  imaginary  ones  —  did  not 
tend  to  encourage  literary  contributors,   and   through 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  23 

lack  of  manuscripts  or  funds  or  both,  the  project  soon 
languished.  Adams  withdrew  after  the  April  number, 
1804,  and  Munroe  and  Francis  of  Court  Street  took 
over  the  publication,  having  secured  the  Rev.  William 
Emerson  as  editor. 

The  magazine  became  broader  and  more  vigorous 
with  the  seventh  or  May  number.  Mr.  Emerson  en- 
listed several  learned  men  in  its  support,  Dr.  Benjamin 
Waterhouse,  the  Rev.  John  Eliot,  the  Rev.  John 
Sylvester  John  Gardiner,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Tuckerman, 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher,  Winthrop  Sargent,  among 
others ;  and  the  editorial  notes  came  to  have  a  pleasant, 
friendly  tone  that  suggests  communications  to  members 
of  a  club  rather  than  to  subscribers.  In  1805  these  co- 
workers formed  a  society  and  its  constitution  was  signed 
on  the  third  of  October.  The  members  of  this  society 
for  about  six  years  met  regularly  to  conduct  the 
Monthly  Anthology  and  Boston  Review  as  it  was  now 
called.  "  Its  labors,"  said  Quincy,  "  may  be  con- 
sidered as  a  true  revival  of  polite  learning  in  this 
country,  after  that  decay  and  neglect,  which  resulted 
from  the  distractions  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  as 
forming  an  epoch  in  the  intellectual  history  of  the 
United  States." 

The  Boston  Athenaeum  had  its  origin  in  the  Anthol- 
ogy Society.  At  a  meeting  in  Franklin  Place,  October 
23,  1805,  it  was  voted  "on  motion  of  Mr.  Emerson, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Shaw,  that  a  Library  of  periodical 
publications  be  instituted  for  the  use  of  the  Society." 


24  THE   BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 

In  May  the  project  was  again  urged  by  Mr.  Shaw,  who 
prepared  a  prospectus  bearing  the  title  "  Proposal  for 
the  establishing  of  a  Reading-Room  in  Boston,  to  be 
called  The  Anthology  Reading-Room."  The  room  was 
to  be  open  from  nine  to  nine  and  the  dues  were  fixed  at 
ten  dollars. 

An  eight  page  circular,*  dated  January  i,  1807, 
heralded  the  new  enterprise,  stating  that  it  already  had 
one  hundred  and  sixty  subscribers,  rooms  in  Joy's 
Buildings,^  Congress  Street,  and  several  hundred  books 
received  from  the  Society  or  acquired  by  gift  and  pur- 
chase. It  was  to  be  an  institution  "  similar  to  that  of  the 
Athenaeum  and  Lyceum  of  Liverpool  in  Great  Britain." 
The  final  plan  permitted  the  rooms  to  be  open  from  eight 
in  the  morning  until  nine  at  night;  but  no  books  or 
papers  could  be  taken  out.  Newspapers  from  Virginia, 
Kentucky,  South  Carolina  and  nearer  states  were  to  be 
on  file,  with  English  and  French  reviews  and  periodicals. 

In  October,  1806,  the  Anthology  Society  had  trans- 
ferred the  Library  to  five  trustees,  William  Emerson, 
John  Thornton  Kirkland,  Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher, 
William  Smith  Shaw,  and  Arthur  Maynard  Walter. 
The  Library  was  incorporated  as  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
on  February  13,  1807,  and  the  corporation  organized 

*  The  signers  of  the  circular  were  :  Hon.  Theophilus  Parsons,  LL.  D.  5 
Hon.  John  Davis  ;  John  Lowell,  Esq. ;  Rev.  William  Emerson  j  Rev.  J.  T. 
Kirkland,  D.  D. ;  Peter  Thacher,  Esq. ;  Arthur  M.  Walter,  Esq. ;  William 
S.  Shaw,  Esq. ;  R.  Hallowell  Gardiner ;  Rev.  J.  S.  Buckminster ;  Obadiah 
Rich. 

'  No  picture  of  Joy's  Buildings  has  been  found. 


SCOLLAY'S  BUILDINGS,  TREMONT  STREET,  ABOUT   1865 
(Beyond  the  horse  car) 

FIRST   HOME  OF  THE  ATHENAEUM 
1807-1809 


HELIOTYPE  CO.,   BOSTON. 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED  YEARS  25 

April  7th.  One  hundred  and  fifty  shares  at  ^300 
each  were  authorized  to  provide  adequate  funds,  and 
the  Library  was  established  in  the  early  spring  of  1807 
in  Scollay's  Buildings,  Tremont  Street,  now  the  site  of 
Scollay  Square.  The  Library  in  the  new  rooms  grew 
rapidly,  both  by  purchase  of  books  and  by  frequent 
gifts.  In  October,  1807,  the  Athenaeum  received  from 
a  number  of  citizens  who  had  associated  themselves  to- 
gether under  the  title  of  "  The  gentlemen  adventurers 
in  Bowyer's  historic  lottery  "  a  set  of  Hume's  History 
of  England,  and  these  handsome  folio  volumes  may  still 
be  seen  upon  the  shelves.  The  "gentlemen  adven- 
turers" were:  Stephen  Higginson,  James  Lloyd,  Jun', 
Samuel  G  Perkins,  Isaac  P  Davis,  Thomas  H.  Per- 
kins, Thomas  L.  Winthrop,  John  Prince,  Jun*",  Daniel 
Sargent,  Joseph  Lee,  Jun"",  Thomas  Lee,  Jun"",  Thomas 
C.  Amory,  David  Humphrys,  Timothy  Williams',^*fohn 
T.  Sargent,  Henry  Sargent,  Samuel  Eliot,.. Jo|i£ithan 
Mason,  and  John  Davis.  '.'.Ill   '.  '  : 

Mr.  Shaw,  who  served  both  as  Secretary  ^rfd  lifBra- 
rian,  kept  in  frequent  correspondence  with  thre.ReVi'Mr. 
Buckminster,  then  in  England;  Buckminst«j4^d'.toiich 
for  the  Library  that  would  now  be  put  in  th^'hai^^s  of 
an  agent,  and  much  also  that  depended  upoqi'  his  sole 
judgment.  At  this  time  Shaw  wrote  :  "  Th^,  Establish- 
ment of  the  Athenaeum  ...  is  one  of  .tbffi  griatest 
strides  toward  intellectual  advancement  that^thi^  cjduhtry 
has  ever  witnessed."  '.'.*., 

Nor  should  its  wide  field  be  forgotten.     A  parp.phlet 


26  THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 

published  in  May,  1807,  named  the  objects  of  the 
Athenaeum  :  a  Reading-Room,  a  Library,  a  Museum, 
and  a  Laboratory/  The  last  object  had  been  provided 
in  September  when  Mr.  Godon,  writing  in  regard  to  a 
series  of  lectures  on  chemistry,  stated  that  the  Athe- 
naeum would  no  doubt  provide  him  with  apparatus  on 
easy  terms.^ 

In  1809  the  proprietors  felt  the  need  of  an  entire 
house  to  ensure  quiet  and  to  provide  ample  space ; 
the  residence  of  Rufus  G.  Amory,  Esq.,  north  of  the 
King's  Chapel  Burying  Ground  was  purchased ;  it  was 
built  of  wood,  rough  cast,  and  had  been  the  home  of 
Dr.  Caner,  the  loyalist  rector.  The  Athenaeum  used 
three  rooms,  one  for  periodicals  and  newspapers,  one 
for  the  library,  and  the  third  for  a  collection  of  books 
lent  by  John  Quincy  Adams. 

Mr.  Shaw's  published  memorials  show  how  busy  a 
lifejhe;  l^d.in  these  rooms.  Almost  daily  there  were 
letters  '.td!be  written  to  learned  friends  in  this  country 
and-aerosS-  the  sea,  asking  aid,  advice,  and  books.  Many 
wrote  to  him  about  the  founding  of  the  Athenaeum,  and 
whe.h;iTi  New  England  they  visited  him.  He  referred 
to  the-  Lifcf;?ry  as  the  institution  "I  most  cherish  and 
love/'  ■  Through  the  dark  period  of  the  war  of  1 8 1 2  he 
kept  it'  atiye,  and  was  so  active  that  people  called  him 
"Adrifctiaeiim",  Shaw."  After  years  of  devotion  his  ser- 
vices'a?  tiitw-arian  closed  January  23,  1823.  In  1824 
the  .Trvistees  asked  him  to  sit  for  his  portrait,  and  in 

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FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  27 

1826  he  passed  away,  having  given  the  best  of  his  life 
without  pay,  and  a  considerable  property,  to  the  Boston 
Athenaeum. 

Mr.  Shaw  kept  in  a  blank-book  during  1 821-1822 
a  record  of  the  duties  which  the  janitor  performed  from 
day  to  day.  It  is  a  delightful  compound  of  rules,  pre- 
cepts and  soliloquies.  Under  i.  those  duties  "  not  to 
be  omitted  "  are  given  entire,  and  under  ii.  those  "  to  be 
performed  as  opportunities  may  offer  "  are  printed  in 
part: 

i. 

"  Every  morning  —  Sweep  the  News-rooms,  dust  the  tables, 
chairs,  &c.  and  the  Library-room.  After  breakfast  clean  the 
Lamps,  &  Lamp-room  ;  see  that  all  the  books  are  in  their 
places  and  even  with  the  shelves. 

Monday  &  Thursday  mornings  sweep  the  Library-room  & 
clean  everything  thoroughly ;  put  clean  sand  into  the  spitboxes, 
and  paper  and  pens  into  the  desks. 

Saturdays  sweep  the  first  alcove  and  stairs.  Clean  the  stoves 
and  hearth  every  other  Monday. 

Every  day  clean  some  of  the  Books  and  wax  them. 

A  place  for  everything  &  everything  in  its  place. 

ii. 

A  box  of  SnufF  is  wanted. 

If  we  could  have  a  Binder  in  the  house  it  would  be  a  great 
advantage. 

The  books  in  the  12th  room  are  very  much  exposed,  as 
every  person  can  have  the  key  &  boys  &  girls  spend  hours  in 
the  room.  Should  not  this  be  stopped  &  no  person  allowed  to 
enter  but  with  a  proprietor  ? 


2S  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

I  should  think  that  a  labil  should  be  pasted  in  all  our  Books 
if  for  no  other  reason  than  to  distinguish  them  from  those 
deposited,  etc.,  etc." 

The  Athenaeum  began  early  to  pluck  the  fruits  of 
other  movements.  The  apparatus  of  the  Society  for 
Cultivating  Philosophical  Knowledge  was  purchased  in 
1807.  The  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences 
deposited  its  books  with  the  Athenaeum  in  18 17,  and 
the  collections  remained  under  one  roof  most  of  the 
time  until  the  year  1899.  In  1823  the  Library  of 
King's  Chapel  and  the  Theological  Library  were  turned 
over  to  the  Athenaeum ;  the  Boston  Medical  Library 
followed  in  1826,  and  the  Massachusetts  Scientific  As- 
sociation's Library  the  same  year.  Thus,  in  a  single 
generation  the  Library  had  absorbed  several  well-known 
collections  of  books  in  Boston. 

For  the  surprising  hold  which  the  Athenaeum  had 
upon  the  affections  of  Boston  people  at  this  time  much 
was  due  to  the  presidents  of  the  period,  John  Lowell 
(1816-1819)  and  Josiah  Quincy  (1820-1829).  They 
saw  very  clearly  the  need  of  a  building,  and  with  their 
advocacy  the  subject  grew  in  importance.  Fortunately 
James  Perkins,  Esq.,  offered  to  give  to  the  Athenaeum 
his  mansion  house ;  it  was  situated  in  Pearl  Street,  then 
an  old  time  thoroughfare,  beautified  by  stately  houses 
and  shade  trees.  The  Library,  which  exceeded  twelve 
thousand  volumes,  was  moved  in  June,  1822,  from 
Tremont  Street  to  Pearl  Street.  The  books  were  for 
the  first  time  divided  into  classes,  and  then  into  minor 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED   YEARS  29 

divisions ;  each  division  was  assigned  to  a  bookcase. 
A  room  was  devoted  to  casts  and  other  works  of  art, 
including  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Perkins  by  Gilbert  Stuart. 
Stuart  himself  was  made  a  life  member  "  as  a  testi- 
mony of  respect  for  his  eminent  ta/ents."  New  by-laws 
were  put  in  force,  and  the  dues  of  annual  subscribers, 
which  had  been  advanced  to  |i2  and  then  to  $18  a 
year,  fell  back  in  1823   to  ^10. 

Through  these  years  John  Lowell  was  devoting  his 
best  energies  to  obtain  a  lecture  hall  in  connection  with 
the  Athenaeum.  Subscriptions  could  not  be  raised  suf- 
ficient to  meet  the  entire  cost  of  the  proposed  addition, 
and  as  there  was  to  be  a  deficit  with  the  completion 
of  the  building  the  proprietors  could  not  agree  upon 
the  policy  to  be  pursued. 

The  plans  called  for  a  lecture  hall  and  an  academy 
of  fine  arts,  with  quarters  for  other  societies.  The 
scheme  to  unite  "in  the  Athenaeum  the  principal  circu- 
lating libraries  of  the  city  "  aroused  new  fears  in  the 
minds  of  many  proprietors,  who  in  this  period  of 
library  centralization  had  not  the  faith  to  believe  that 
the  Athenseum  was  fulfilling  its  destiny  in  literary 
Boston.  At  a  meeting  held  in  1826  the  more  opti- 
mistic party  prevailed ;  the  proprietors  voted  to  begin 
the  lecture  hall,  and  chose  a  building  committee  with 
Thomas  H.  Perkins  as  chairman.  At  this  critical  time 
the  Perkins  family,  —  Thomas  H.  Perkins  the  brother, 
and  James,  the  son  of  the  first  benefactor,  —  offered  to 
the  trustees,  on  certain  conditions,  sixteen  thousand  dol- 


30  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

lars,  a  considerable  sum  as  measured  by  the  standards 
of  that  day,  and  greater  still  if  measured  by  its  value  to 
the  struggling  institution.  In  1821  one  hundred  new 
shares  were  authorized,  and  now  in  1826  fifty  more 
were  authorized  and  sold,  bringing  the  total  number  of 
shares  to  three  hundred.  Thus,  through  generous  gifts 
and  money  received  from  the  sale  of  shares,  lectures  and 
art  exhibitions  were  made  possible. 

A  step  forward  was  taken  in  December,  when  pro- 
prietors were  allowed,  on  payment  of  five  dollars* 
annually,  to  take  out  books,  three  volumes  at  one  time; 
these  might  be  kept  a  month.  On  written  request  for 
a  book  the  Librarian  was  to  hold  it  one  day  for  the  per- 
son requesting  it.  The  delivery  of  books  was  between 
12  M.  and  2  p.  M.  daily,  Sundays  excepted.^  The 
library  itself  was  open  at  eight  in  the  morning  except  in 
June,  July,  and  August,  when  its  treasures  were  acces- 
sible as  early  as  six.  The  Athenseum  at  this  time  was 
supported  and  cherished  by  an  influential  body  of  pro- 
prietors. That  it  did  not  satisfy  the  intellectual  hunger 
of  all  the  citizens  is  evident  from  the  following  notice 
in  the  Boston  News-Letter  and  City  Record  for  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1826 : 

"What  literary  advantages  have  the  mass  of  our  citizens  de- 
rived from  the  Athenaeum?  Who  gets  a  peep  within  its  lofty 
walls  without  a  ten-dollar  bill  ?  And  what  genius  owes  its  ex- 
pansion to  the  liberal  facilities  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  ? 

1  This  fee  was  maintained  in  the  face  of  vigorous  opposition  later  on. 
*  Quincy's  History,  page  xo8. 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  31 

"  When  the  poor  are  favored  with  admission  to  study  the 
neatly  fitted  up  shelves  of  books  which  adorn  the  Athenaeum, 
we  shall  be  convinced  of  the  necessity  as  well  as  worth  of  it, 
and  not  before.  Things  are  becoming  quite  royal  in  our  vener- 
able old  city :  money  buys  a  ticket  for  the  wealthy  to  read  the 
Hebrew  language,  while  the  industrious,  worthy  portion  of  the 
community,  may  intellectually  starve  upon  a  six-penny  al- 
manack." ^ 

The  next  progressive  step  was  to  benefit  a  wider  con- 
stituency, although  it  hardly  can  be  said  to  have  come 
in  response  to  the  above  notice.  A  gallery  of  casts  had 
been  opened  in  the  new  building  in  December,  1826. 
But  Boston  had  steadily  grown  in  importance  as  an  art 
centre,  and  art  exhibitions  were  much  desired.  To  test 
the  public  interest  a  loan  exhibition  was  opened  May 
10, 1827,  under  the  management  of  the  Athenseum.  It 
was  composed  almost  entirely  of  pictures  lent  by  private 
owners,  but  so  good  was  the  attendance  that  in  two 
months  the  gross  receipts  amounted  to  $4,000.^^  A 
young  Harvard  graduate  in  a  letter  dated  June  3,  1827, 
bears  witness  to  its  immediate  success : 

''The  famous  exhibition  of  pictures  at  the  Athenaeum  is  now 
all  the  go,  and  it  is,  I  think,  well  worth  visiting.  Besides  many 
pieces  of  the  Old  Masters,  as  they  are  called  by  the  amateurs 
and  virtuosos,  there  are  several  portraits  of  living  persons,  which 
attract  no  inconsiderable  attention.  Miss  Marshall  is  not  there. 
But  the  celebrated  Miss  Howe,  whose  picture  Miss  Stewart 
painted  as  that  of  the  Boston  Beauty,  and  the  two  daughters  of 

1  Boston  Neivs-Letter,   i8a6  (v.  i),  page  ii6. 

2  Bowen's  Picture  of  Boston,  1838,  page  37. 


32  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

the  Russian  Consul  (whose  name  horribile  dictu  I   never    pro- 
nounce and  shall  not  attempt  to  write),  are  there."  ^ 

The  "  old  masters  "  were  almost  entirely  of  the  Dutch 
school.  Lawrence's  Benjamin  West  copied  by  Leslie, 
which  now  hangs  in  the  Reading-Room,  graced  this  first 
exhibit;ion,  and  there  were  portraits  of  Washington  and 
Adams  by  Stuart,  and  a  miniature  of  George  Canning, 
lent  by  Daniel  Webster. 

The  Art  Gallery  of  the  Athenaeum  soon  becam.e  very 
popular,  as  the  following  notice  of  the  second  exhibi- 
tion which  was  printed  in  the  Columbian  Centinel  for 
May  24,  1828,  attests: 

"Athenjeum  Gallery.  All  the  world,  as  they  say  in 
France,  was  at  the  Gallery  yesterday ;  and  good  judges  pro- 
nounce the  exhibition,  in  many  respects  superior  to  that  of  last 
year.  The  pictures  from  the  Jefferson  Collection  are  much 
admired ;  and  great  credit  is  given  Mr.  'Jones  for  the  excellent 
arrangement  of  the  whole  Gallery." 

The  Trustees  soon  began  to  collect  works  of  art  for 
the  Gallery,  and  the  names  of  West,  Trumbull,  Sully, 
Allston,  Stuart,  Panini,  and  Harding  appear  in  early  cat- 
alogues. The  portraits  of  George  and  Martha  Wash- 
ington by  Stuart,  known  as  the  "  unfinished  portraits," 
were  purchased  in  1831  from  the  artist's  family  for 
1 1,500,  an  absurdly  small  sum  it  now  seems  for  these 
invalulable  pictures.'^     The  works  of  Crawford,  Green- 

*  Extract  from  letter  by  William  Gordon  Steams  to  Asa  Famsworth 
Lawrence  of  Groton,  owned  by  Lawrence  Park,  Esq. 

3  These  portraits  are  still  owned  by  the  Athenaeum,  and  are  on  exhibi- 
tion at  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts. 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  33 

ough,  Clevenger,  Powers,  Ball,  Frazee,  and  other  sculp- 
tors, were  acquired  from  time  to  time  for  the  "  Sculpture 
Gallery."  At  the  Athenaeum  Audubon's  engravings  of 
birds  were  first  seen  by  the  public  ;  and  here  also  many 
American  works  of  art  first  became  known,  some  to 
grow  in  fame,  others  to  pass  into  utter  oblivion.  To 
record  the  names  of  generous  donors  of  these  years 
would  be  beyond  our  space;  but  the  Library  correspond- 
ence shows  how  wide  was  the  influence  of  the  Gallery.* 

Ghosts  claim  an  important  place  in  the  history  of 
any  ancient  library.  The  Athenaeum  ghost  made  its 
appearance  in  1842  and  was  vouched  for  by  Nathaniel 
Hawthorne,  then  a  young  bachelor  who  frequented  the 
Reading-Room.  His  experience  one  April  day  was 
described  long  after  under  the  title  "  The  Ghost  of 
Doctor  Harris ; "  it  was  reprinted  in  the  Living  Age, 
February  10,  1900.  From  the  tale  I  take  a  few  sen- 
tences to  describe  the  "  Doctor,"  who  was  Thaddeus 
Mason   Harris,  a  well-known  clergyman. 

"  That  very  evening  a  friend  said  to  me :  '  Did  you  hear 
that  old  Doctor  Harris  is  dead  ? ' 

" '  No,'  said  I,  very  quietly,  *  and  it  cannot  be  true  j  for  I  saw 
him  at  the  Athenaeum  to-day.* 

" '  You  must  be  mistaken,'  rejoined  my  friend.     *  He  is  cer- 

*  Quincy's  History,  page  120.  This  Gallery  (in  Pearl  Street)  occupied 
a  room  in  the  third  floor  fifty  by  sixty  feet,  and  twenty  feet  high.  Below 
this  story  there  was  a  lecture  room  capable  of  holding  five  hundred  people. 
On  the  ground  floor  were  rooms  for  scientific  lectures  and  for  learned 
societies.  Emerson  and  many  other  famous  men  came  to  the  Athenaeum 
building  to  give  lectures. 

3 


34  THE   BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 

tainly  dead  ! '  and  confirmed  the  fact  with  such  special  circum- 
stances that  I  could  no  longer  doubt  it. 

"  The  next  day  as  I  ascended  the  steps  of  the  Athenaeum,  I 
remember  thinking  within  myself,  '  Well,  I  shall  never  see  old 
Doctor  Harris  again!'  With  this  thought  in  my  mind,  as  I 
opened  the  door  of  the  reading-room,  I  glanced  towards  the 
spot  and  chair  where  Doctor  Harris  usually  sat,  and  there,  to 
my  astonishment,  sat  the  gray,  infirm  figure  of  the  deceased 
Doctor,  reading  the  newspaper  as  was  his  wont !  His  own 
death  must  have  been  recorded,  that  very  morning,  in  that  very 
Jiewspaper ! ' 

"I  remember —  once,  at  least,  and  I  know  not  but  oftener  — 
a  sad,  wistful,  disappointed  gaze,  which  the  ghost  fixed  upon 
me  from  beneath  his  spectacles ;  a  melancholy  look  of  help- 
lessness, which,  if  my  heart  had  not  been  as  hard  as  a  paving- 
stone,  I  could  hardly  have  withstood.  But  I  did  withstand 
it;  and  I  think  I  saw  him  no  more  after  this  last  appealing 
look.  .  .  ." 

Mr.  Edward  C.  Guild  in  his  "Letters,  1832-1899" 
shows  that  the  boys  of  his  day  feared  no  apparitions 
lurking  in  the  dark  alcoves. 

"  The  Library,"  he  writes,  "  was  not  so  much  used 
then  as  now.  Old  Mr.  Bass  was  Librarian,  and  at 
one  time  a  young  English  boy,  Fisher  Keeler,  was 
employed  there,  with  whom  some  of  us  who  fre- 
quented the  Library  formed  an  alliance,  and  we  used 
to  play  marbles  with  him  on  the  floor  of  the  long 
alcoves,  where  we  were  rarely  interrupted  by  any  older 
person.'* 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  35 

III 

The  Library  in  forty  years  had  increased  until  it 
contained  about  37,000  volumes;  the  shelves  were 
very  much  crowded,  and  the  rooms  afforded  inade- 
quate space.  Pearl  Street  was  surrendering  to  the 
inroad  of  commerce,  and  a  site  for  the  Athenaeum  more 
central,  and  at  the  same  time  quiet,  became  imperative. 
Permission  to  sell  the  Perkins  house  was  obtained  and 
the  Trustees  decided  to  move  to  a  plot  of  land  fronting 
on  Tremont  Street,  and  running  back  to  Court  Square. 
The  money  for  a  new  building  was  to  be  raised  by 
disposing  of  the  Perkins  house  and  other  property,  by 
subscriptions,  and  by  the  sale  of  new  shares.  Two 
hundred  and  thirty-eight  shares  were  issued  in  1844 
and  1845,  the  land  was  secured,  and  plans  were  drawn 
by  George  M.  Dexter  for  a  library,  art,  and  office  build- 
ing. Later,  sentiment  developed  against  offices,  and 
the  Trustees  were  instructed  to  sell  the  land  on  Tre- 
mont Street  and  to  purchase  the  Phillips  estate  on  Bea- 
con Street  with  an  outlook  on  the  Granary  Burying 
Ground. 

Three  designs  were  submitted  in  March,  1846,  for  a 
building  on  the  new  site.  The  one  by  Edward  C. 
Cabot  was  accepted;  Messrs.  Dexter  and  Cabot,  the 
two  architects,  then  joined  forces  for  three  years,  and 
prepared  working  drawings.  It  was  found  necessary 
to  obtain  permission  from  the  city  to  carry  part  of 
the  rear  wall  on  an  arch  above  several  ancient  grave- 


36  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

stones,  so  that  the  southern  fa9ade  might  avoid  an 
awkward  indentation  due  to  the  irregular  boundary 
line. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  new  Athenaerum  was  laid 
April  27,  1847.  The  accepted  design  represented  a 
building  one  hundred  and  fourteen  feet  long,  sixty  feet 
high,  and,  with  the  exception  of  a  grass  plot  in  front, 
extending  from  Beacon  Street  to  the  Granary  Burying 
Ground.  The  fa9ade  was  built  of  Paterson  freestone, 
which  was  hard  in  texture.  The  interior  of  the  build- 
ing was  designed  in  the  alcove  style,  then  customary  in 
university  libraries.  The  cost  exceeded  the  original 
estimate  of  $59,000  about  three  times;  this  estimate,  it 
should  be  said,  was  not  made  by  Mr.  Cabot ;  but  the 
excess  occasioned  some  discord  and  resulted  in  a 
further  issue  of  shares.  The  building  proved,  however, 
to  be  one  of  the  most  dignified  in  Boston,  and  at  once 
increased  the  influence  of  the  library.  Entering  the 
vestibule  the  room  at  the  left  on  Beacon  Street  was 
occupied,  until  1899,  ^7  ^^®  American  Academy;  at 
the  right  rose  the  imposing  "Sumner  staircase,"  torn 
out  in  1889;  back  of  these  and  looking  upon  the 
Granary  was  a  Reading-Room  at  the  right,  and  beyond 
this  was  "  the  long  room,"  called  the  Sculpture  Gallery, 
now  a  Periodical  Reading-Room.  The  second  floor 
was  occupied  as  now  by  the  main  Reading-Room,  and 
the  third  floor  was  used  as  a  Picture  Gallery.* 

>  A  view  of  the  Art  Gallery  on  Beacon  Street,  painted  by  E.  Mene- 
ghelli  about  1875,  hangs  in  the  Library. 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  37 

The  library  of  nearly  fifty  thousand  books  was  moved 
to  Beacon  Street  in  July,  1 849. 

Charles  Folsom  consented  a  year  or  two  earlier  to 
accept  the  office  of  librarian  ;  it  was  at  a  time  when  the 
position  began  to  call  for  ability  while  by  custom  the 
compensation  was  still  meagre.  Mr.  Folsom  was  a 
scholar,  a  kindly,  helpful  man,  whose  chief  service  as 
Librarian  at  Harvard  had  been  to  broaden  and  liberalize 
the  administration.  He  felt  that  there  was  work  to  be 
done  at  the  Athenaeum,  and  in  a  letter  to  Samuel  A. 
Eliot  he  expressed  his  views  freely : 

'*  The  office  of  custodian  has,  so  far  as  I  know,  always  been 
satisfactorily  performed  at  the  Athenaeum.  Not  so,  I  believe, 
the  other  branch  of  a  librarian's  duty.  By  dispensings  I  am 
far  from  meaning  only  the  finding  of  the  particular  volumes 
asked  for,  or  the  recording  of  the  titles  of  such  as  are  borrowed. 
I  mean  quite  another  ability  in  the  librarian,  —  an  ability  to 
*  bring  forth,  out  of  the  treasure  *  committed  to  him,  '  things 
new  and  old.' " 

Mr.  Folsom  advocated  a  policy  more  liberal  toward 
Bostonians,  not  shareholders,  than  some  proprietors 
might  approve ;  but  his  attitude  toward  strangers  has 
the  true  ring :  "  Let  the  far-ofF  student  in  the  Valley  of 
the  Mississippi,  who  is  vainly  hammering  at  some  liter- 
ary task  for  want  of  books,  and  ignorant  perhaps  as  to 
the  existence  of  the  best  books  on  his  subject,  understand 
that,  when  he  comes  North  in  the  summer,  if  he  will 
present  himself  at  the  Boston  Athenaeum  or  Harvard 
University  he  may  chance  to  clear  off  a  year's  docket  of 


38  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

doubts  in  a  single  day."  At  this  period  there  was  no 
public  library  in  Boston,  and  the  attitude  of  the  Athe- 
nseum  toward  scholars  was  of  importance. 

A  new  and  larger  building  would  have  lost  half  its 
value  had  the  power  to  purchase  books  been  diminished. 
The  year  1846  was,  therefore,  memorable  for  the  gift 
of  125,000  from  John  Bromfield,  a  wealthy  merchant, 
for  a  permanent  fund,  the  income  in  part  to  be  spent 
for  books,  and  in  part  to  be  added  to  the  principal. 
This  gift  has  yielded  1194,269  for  the  purchase  of  books, 
and  the  fund  now  amounts  to  $106,426.^ 

If  the  new  rooms  lacked  "  atmosphere "  they  were 
not  long  in  gaining  associations  through  the  presence  of 
famous  men.  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  in  his  "  Passages 
from  American  Note-Books  "  (Boston  :  1868,  volume  2, 
page  151),  under  the  date  May  5,  1850,  writes :  — 

"  Yesterday  I  went  to  the  Athenaeum,  and,  being  received 
with  great  courtesy  by  Mr.  Folsom,  was  shown  all  over  the 
edifice  from  the  very  bottom  to  the  very  top,  whence  I  looked 
out  over  Boston.  It  is  an  admirable  point  of  view ;  but,  it  be- 
ing an  overcast  and  misty  day,  I  did  not  get  the  full  advantage 
of  it.  The  library  is  in  a  noble  hall,  and  looks  splendidly  with 
its  vista  of  alcoves.  The  most  remarkable  sight,  however,  was 
Mr.  Hildreth,  vi^riting  his  history  of  the  United  States.  He 
sits  at  a  table,  at  the  entrance  of  one  of  the  alcoves,  with  his 
books  and  papers  before  him,  as  quiet  and  absorbed  as  he  would 
be  in  the  loneliest  study ;  now  consulting  an  authority,  now 
penning  a  sentence  or  a  paragraph,  without  seeming  conscious 
of  anything  but  his  subject.     It  is  very  curious  thus  to  have  a 

1  No  portrait  of  Mr.  Bromfield  could  be  found  to  insert  here. 


.=:^^t^^^^l//. 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED   YEARS  39 

glimpse  of  a  book  in  process  of  creation  under  one's  eye.  I 
know  not  how  many  hours  he  sits  there;  but  while  I  saw  him 
he  was  a  pattern  of  diligence  and  unwandering  thought.  He 
had  taken  himself  out  of  the  age,  and  put  himself,  I  suppose, 
into  that  about  which  he  was  writing.  Being  deaf,  he  finds  it 
much  the  easier  to  abstract  himself.  Nevertheless,  it  is  a 
miracle.  He  is  a  thin,  middle-aged  man,  in  black,  with  an 
intelligent  face,  rather  sensible  than  scholar-like." 

In  a  letter  dated  February  27,  1851,  Mr.  Folsom^s 
assistant  gives  this  picture  of  life  at  the  Athenaeum  : 
"  With  the  exception  of  the  noise  of  the  hammers  in  y' 
entry,  all  is  quiet  here,  and  much  as  usual :  Mr.  P — 's 
feet  grace  the  table  as  they  were  wont  of  old,  — Admiral 
Wormeley  revels  in  the  English  papers,  and  Dr.  Eaton 
sits  serene  in  his  accustomed  place." 

Scattered  through  books  and  papers  are  many  refer- 
ences to  the  Gallery  and  the  Library.  The  significant 
events  in  their  early  history  have  been  artistic  and  lit- 
erary rather  than  administrative;  and  many  pleasant 
paragraphs  could  be  gleaned  from  volumes  of  letters  and 
reminiscences.  The  artist,  Mr.  H.  Winthrop  Peirce,  has 
spoken  gratefully  of  the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  for  the  most 
part  "a  black  and  dreary  collection,"  but  relieved  from 
time  to  time  by  Millets,  Corots  and  other  inspiring 
works  of  art.^  He  adds :  "  It  aflfected  Hawthorne 
to  such  a  degree  that  in  his  Note-Books  he  speaks  of 

1  In  1875  many  of  the  paintings  and  works  of  sculpture  were  transferred 
to  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  whence  the  less  worthy  have  returned  one  by 
one,  their  places  taken  by  examples  of  art  which  better  satisfy  a  more  cul- 
tivated taste. 


40  THE    BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 

having  made  a  gain  in  art  culture  when  he  could  see  that 
one  oil  painting  was  less  disagreeable  than  another."  * 

The  Gallery,  which  was  at  this  time  probably  more 
widely  known  and  more  popular  than  the  Library  itself, 
was  of  course  open  to  women ;  but  it  rarely,  if  ever, 
occurred  to  the  Proprietors  to  ask  permission  for  their 
wives  and  daughters  to  go  to  the  bookshelves.  The 
Athenaeum  was  a  man's  institution,  jealously  guarded, 
although  in  a  few  cases  great  pressure  or  conspicuous 
merit  served  to  force  the  barriers.  In  March,  1829, 
the  Trustees  voted  to  give  free  use  of  the  Library  to 
Miss  Hannah  Adams,  the  historian,  a  relative  of  Presi- 
dent Adams  and  also  of  Mr.  Shaw.  Said  Mr.  Quincy : 
"  One  solitary  female  ventured  to  claim  the  freedom  of 
its  alcoves,  and  to  endure  the  raising  of  the  masculine 
eyebrows,  provoked  by  the  unaccustomed  sight."  Here 
Miss  Adams  passed  many  hours  a  day  in  study,  and  was 
locked  in  while  the  Librarian  went  to  lunch.  Her  sweet 
face,  as  portrayed  by  Chester  Harding,  has  since  looked 
down  upon  several  generations  of  Athenaeum  readers. 
A  few  years  later  Miss  E.  P.  Peabody  and  Mrs.  Lydia 
Maria  Child  were  given  permission  to  visit  the  Athe- 
naeum. The  Trustees  voted  in  1832  to  allow  Mrs. 
Child  to  take  out  books  until  further  notice  without 
paying  the  customary  fee,  and  she  wrote  a  most  ap- 
preciative letter  in  acknowledgment  of  this  unusual 
courtesy.  In  1833  ^^^  published  an  "Appeal  in  Behalf 
of  that  Class  of  Americans  called  Africans,"  an  argument 

1  Early  Days  of  the  Copley  Society  (Boston,  1903),  page  9. 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  41 

in  favor  of  immediate  emancipation ;  it  was  widely  read, 
and  rendered  the  author  extremely  unpopular  among  a 
certain  class  in  Boston.  Years  after  the  period  of  these 
events  she  told  how  the  Trustees,  embarrassed  by  her  anti- 
slavery  views,  withdrew  the  privilege  previously  given; 
and  this  story  has  formed  an  interesting  paragraph  in 
popular  sketches  of  the  Athenasum.  If  Mrs.  Child's 
memory  is  reliable  some  trustee  must  have  said  or  writ- 
ten that  her  presence  was  no  longer  desired.  But  the 
privilege  was  to  last  until  taken  away  by  the  Board, 
and  the  Trustees'  Records  contain  no  rescinding  vote 
during  the  years  immediately  following  that  in  which  the 
"Appeal  "  was  issued. 

With  the  opening  of  the  building  on  Beacon  Street 
some  of  the  Trustees  advocated  more  liberal  treat- 
ment of  women,  both  by  admitting  them  to  the  staiF 
and  as  readers.  Mr.  Folsom,  however,  was  so  opposed 
to  this  policy  that  he  felt  called  upon  to  address  to 
the  Trustees  a  long  protest,  setting  forth  that  the  con- 
struction of  the  present  building  on  Beacon  Street,  with 
its  narrow  galleries  and  steep  staircases,  was  an  insu- 
perable objection  which  should  "cause  a  decent  female 
to  shrink."  "  Nor  is  it  desirable,"  he  writes,  "that  a 
modest  young  woman  should  have  anything  to  do  with 
the  corrupter  portions  of  the  polite  literature.  A  con- 
siderable portion  of  a  general  library  should  be  to  her  a 
sealed  book."  Mr.  Folsom  concludes  that  the  pro- 
posed concession  to  women  "  would  occasion  frequent 
embarrassment  to  modest  men." 


42  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Mrs.  Harnden,  the  first  woman  employee  of  whom 
we  have  record,  came  in  1857 ;  Miss  Mary  A.  Bean  and 
Miss  Sarah  E.  Gill  came  soon  after  as  assistants  to  Mr. 
Charles  Russell  Lowell,  who  was  preparing  the  manu- 
script for  the  great  printed  catalogue.  Miss  Gill,  a 
cousin  of  Henry  Stevens,  agent  for  American  books  for 
the  British  Museum,  joined  the  Athenaeum  staff  in  De- 
cember, 1859;  she  had  previously  been  employed  by 
Benjamin  F.  Stevens,  who  rented  a  room  in  the  Athe- 
naeum basement. 

Mr.  Folsom  devoted  his  energy  largely  to  developing 
the  use  of  the  books  upon  the  shelves,  while  his  suc- 
cessor, Mr.  Poole,  came  much  in  contact  with  the  Stevens 
brothers,  and  interested  himself  in  the  search  for  valuable 
collections  of  books.  At  about  this  time  one  third  of 
George  Washington's  own  library,  left  at  Mount  Ver- 
non, with  other  books  collected  by  Judge  Bushrod  Wash- 
ington, were  purchased  by  Henry  Stevens  and  stored  in 
the  Merchants'  Exchange  building,  now  the  Subtreasury, 
in  Wall  Street,  New  York.  Daniel  Coit  Gilman,  later 
president  of  Johns  Hopkins  University  and  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Carnegie  Institution,  was  then  a  lad,  enjoy- 
ing his  vacation ;  he  saw  the  books  and  oflfered  to  make 
a  catalogue  of  them  on  cards.  This  catalogue  was  sent 
to  Boston,  where  it  interested  several  wealthy  gentle- 
men and  thus  led  to  the  purchase  of  the  collection  for 
the  Athenaeum.* 

1  A  Catalogue  of  the  Washington  Collection,  books  by  and  about  the 
first  President,  was  printed  in  1897  in  a  handsome  volume,  prepared  by 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  43 

Several  other  groups  of  books  in  the  Athenaeum  are 
worthy  of  special  mention.  The  collection  of  books 
and  newspapers  printed  in  the  South  during  our  Civil 
War,  formed  by  William  F.  Poole,  is  said  to  be  the  most 
extensive  in  the  world.  The  great  collection  of  rare 
American  pamphlets,  made  by  William  S.  Shaw  during 
the  early  days  of  the  Athenaeum,  is  unrivalled.  There 
are  also  valuable  sets  of  early  American  documents,  an- 
nuals, almanacs,  broadsides,  as  well  as  volumes  relating 
to  international  law,  Shakespeare,  Byron,  Gypsies,  and 
several  other  subjects.*  Single  volumes  of  interest  are 
the  Breeches  Bible,  Eliot's  Indian  Bible,  a  volume  from 
Edward  Gibbon's  library,  one  from  the  library  of 
William  Brewster  of  Plymouth,  and  the  Memoirs  of 
Walton,  a  highwayman,  bound  in  his  own  skin. 

IV 

The  Athenaeum  had  already  absorbed  many  libraries 
that  once  served  the  community.  It  had  held  sway 
for  half  a  century  at  the  centre  of  an  intellectual  city. 
Now,  for  the  first  time,  it  was  to  face  a  formidable  rival 
in  the  new  Public  Library,  which  was  backed  by  great 
financial  resources.  It  was  in  some  danger  of  absorp- 
tion—  like  the  fish  which,  living  for  years  upon  its  less 
fortunate  fellows,  may  itself  be  devoured  at  the  last. 

Appleton  P.   C,   Griffin,  the  well-known  bibliographer  of  the  Library  of 
Congress.      His  notes,  and  those  which  Mr.  Lane  appended  to  titles  in  the 
Inventory,  form  a  storehouse  of  information.     An  elaborate  Index  to  the 
Catalogue,  made  by  Mr.  Franklin  O.  Poole,  appeared  in  1900. 
1  See  Chapter  IIL 


44  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

The  Boston  Public  Library  had  been  slowly  taking 
form  since  1841.  An  enabling  act  was  passed  b'y  the 
Legislature  in  1848  and  organization  came  in  1852. 
Several  Proprietors  of  the  Athenaeum  were  prominent 
in  this  movement,  and  upon  its  successful  issue  they 
advocated  the  absorption  of  the  Athenaeum  by  its  youth- 
ful rival.  George  Ticknor,  signing  himself  "An  Old 
Proprietor,"  published  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser^ 
March  14,  1853,  an  appeal  for  consolidation,  describing 
the  crises  through  which  the  Athenaeum  had  passed, 
saved  first  by  Mr.  Lowell  and  Mr.  Perkins,  aided  in  1826 
by  Dr.  Bowditch,  and  in  1850  by  John  E.  Thayer.  The 
Athenaeum  was  threatened  with  a  proposed  issue  of  new 
shares,  while  the  Public  Library  had  the  city's  resources 
behind  it  and  also  several  large  gifts.  Among  those  who 
followed  Mr.  Ticknor  were  many  well-known  proprietors.* 
It  certainly  seemed  as  though  the  Library  that  had  out- 
lived so  many  others  was  to  meet  its  Waterloo. 

The  "venerable  Mr.  Quincy,"  as  Mr.  Ticknor  called 
him,  was  asked  at  this  time  by  George  Livermore  to 
make  an  attempt  to  save  the  institution,  and  his  ring- 
ing "  Appeal  *'  opens  with  no  uncertain  tone:  — 

*'The  proposition  is  nothing  less  than  this,  —  that  one  of 
the  oldest  monuments  which  patriotism  and  public  spirit,  and 
the  love  of  learning,  in  this  country,  ever  raised,  —  which  has 
been  supported  and  enlarged,  during  nearly  fifty  years,  through 
a  succession  of  difficulties  of  various  kinds,  by  the  unremitted 

^  Ticknor't  <*  Union  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  and  the  Public  Libraiy," 
Boston,  1S53. 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED  YEARS  45 

labors  of  generous,  self-sacrificing  men,  —  should,  in  this  palmy 
moment  of  individual  and  city  prosperity,  when  wealth  was 
never  more  abundant  and  public  spirit  never  more  active,  be 
surrendered  up  by  those  to  whom  its  founders  entrusted  it,  and 
its  property  be  delivered  over  to  the  care  of  a  political  body, 
annually  shifting  its  members,  and  changing  principles  and 
policy  with  every  turn  of  party  or  passion.  Such  I  understand 
to  be  in  effect  the  proposition ;  and,  in  my  judgment,  it  is  un- 
just, unwise,  and  unprincipled. 

"  Let  us  spurn  the  intimation,  included  in  the  very  proposal 
of  this  '  Old  Proprietor,'  that  the  present  proprietors  of  the 
Athenaeum  have  less  energy,  less  fidelity,  and  less  spirit,  to 
meet  the  exigencies  of  the  institution,  than  their  predecessors. 
At  a  time  when  this  institution  possesses  the  most  substantial 
and  beautiful  Library  Building  in  this  country,  and  one  which 
will  compare  favorably  with  any  in  the  world, —  of  a  value  not 
less  than  two  hundred  thousand  dollars^  and  wholly  paid  for,  —  a 
Library  containing  more  x}c\z.r\  fifty  thousand  volumes^  —  a  large 
and  most  valuable  collection  of  pamphlets,  —  books  of  the  most 
rare,  splendid,  and  costly  character,  daily  augmenting  by  the 
liberality  of  its  friends  and  benefactors,  —  the  richest  collection 
of  pictures  and  statuary  in  America,  —  the  whole  property  of 
the  Athenaeum  being  in  value  not  much  less  than  half  a 
million  dollars,  with  the  Bromfield  Fund  for  its  increase,  now 
amounting  to  twenty-seven  thousand  dollars,  —  the  institution 
wholly  out  of  deht^  and  wanting  nothing  but  a  fund  adequate  to 
meet  the  yearly  occurring  expenditures^  and  to  add  to  the  power  of 
the  Bromfield  Fund  in  the  department  of  new  hooks  and  periodical 
publications^  —  at  a  time  when  this  institution  is,  in  truth,  in  a 
higher  state  of  prosperity  than  it  was  at  any  one  of  those  periods 
when  our  predecessors  rallied  to  its  aid,  and  not  only  supplied 
its  wants,  but  elevated  its  fortunes,  —  at  such  a  time,  are  we 
ready  to  abandon  its  fair  hopes,  and  give  ourselves  up  to  de- 


46  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

spair  ?  Under  such  circumstances  and  with  such  examples,  are 
we  content  to  put  our  fingers  in  our  eyes,  and  whine  about 
*  difficulties  '  ?  Was  not  the  Athenaeum  founded  in  difficulty, — 
created  with  the  expectation  of  difficulties  ?  Has  it  not  met 
difficulties  during  fifty  years  and  gloriously  surmounted  them  all  ? 
Let  us  away  with  such  unmanly  fears,  and  nobly  resolve,  '  out 
of  this  nettle,'  difficulty,  *  to  pluck  the  flower,'  success. 

JOSIAH    QUINCY, 
The  Sole  Survivor  of  the  first  Five 
Subscribers  to  the  Athenaeum. 
March  24,  1853." 

The  meeting  to  decide  the  fate  of  the  Athenaeum 
was  held  March  28th;  a  parody,  handed  to  Miss  Eliza 
S.  Quincy  at  the  time,  describes  the  scene :  — 

On  Beacon,  when  the  sun  was  low. 
The  young,  the  old,  the  fast,  the  slow. 
Were  rang'd  in  many  a  solemn  row. 
Throughout  the  Sculpture  Gallery. 

President  Gary  reviewed  the  history  of  the  institution 
while  the  crowd  gathered.  They  adjourned  to  Freeman 
Place  Chapel ;  and  Samuel  A.  Eliot  moved  to  appoint 
a  committee  to  report  on  the  legality  and  expediency 
of  selling  the  Library  to  the  City.  This  was  lost  "  by 
a  large  majority."  On  a  motion  of  Hon.  F.  B. 
Crowninshield  the  Proprietors  voted  not  to  sell  "  because 
we  believe  that  by  so  doing  we  should  act  contrary  to 
the  wishes  and  intentions  of  many  of  its  founders  and 
benefactors,  and  to  the  best  interests  of  Literature  and 
Science  in  this  Community."    The  parody  concludes :  — 


i-^i^c^^tyt  0/iA.i-^  ^ 


/ 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  47 

The  vote  is  taken  !     On  ye  brave  ! 
The  Credit  of  your  Scholars  save  — 
Wave,  L[ivernior]e,  thy  proxies  wave! 
Charge  on  the  "  Old  Proprietor"  ! 

Ah,  few  shall  part  where  many  meet, 
Without  a  laugh  at  that  complete 
And  unequivocal  defeat, 
And  glorious  minority ! 

The  new  shares,  which  were  authorized  on  account 
of  the  large  amount  expended  in  completing  the  Beacon 
Street  building,  were  taken  by  subscribers  during  1854- 
1858,  making  in  all  1049  shares  issued.  The  chief 
purchasers,  who  became  virtually  benefactors,  were : 
Dr.  George  C.  Shattuck,  John  Amory  Lowell,  Nathan 
Appleton,  Josiah  Bradlee,  George  Williams  Lyman, 
David  Sears,  Martin  Brimmer,  John  Eliot  Thayer, 
John  Chipman  Gray,  William  Sturgis,  and  the  Execu- 
tors of  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  Samuel  Appleton  and 
Robert   Gould   Shaw,    Sr. 

Mr.  Poole  came  to  the  Athenaeum  in  1856,  from  the 
Mercantile  Library.  There  he  had  recently  completed 
a  catalogue  of  books.  The  need  of  a  similar  catalogue 
at  the  Athenseum  was  evident,  and  Mr.  Poole's  experi- 
ence led  the  Trustees  to  make  a  beginning.  The  plan, 
however,  contemplated  little  more  than  a  title-a-line 
list,  and  the  work  was  intrusted  to  young  and  inexperi- 
enced men.  The  result  proved  not  wholly  satisfactory 
to  Mr.  Poole,  and  in  1862  Charles  R.  Lowell  was  given 
charge   of  the  work.     For   the   next   eight   years   he 


48  THE    BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

steadily  carried  on  the  revision,  removing  defects  as  far 
as  was  possible  without  entirely  recasting  the  scheme. 
After  Mr.  Lowell's  death  in  1870  Charles  A.  Cutter, 
who  succeeded  Mr.  Poole  in  1869,  revised  and  printed 
the  monumental  work  in  the  five  volumes  now  so 
familiarly  known  as  the  Athenaeum  Catalogue.  Ezra 
Abbot  and  other  bibliographers  commended  the  work 
highly  for  its  analytical  feature,  its  cross  references, 
typographical  excellence  and  bibliographical  accuracy. 
In  all  these  respects  the  Catalogue  has  stood  the  test 
of  time,  worthy  of  Mr.  Lowell's  and  Mr.  Cutter's 
scholarship. 

A  public  library,  where  a  large  part  of  the  demand  is 
for  current  literature,  would  hardly  have  been  justified 
in  such  an  undertaking,  since  the  Catalogue,  completed 
in  1882,  included  no  book  published  after  January, 
1872.  In  1902  it  represented  less  than  half  the  library, 
and  in  1903  the  trustees  authorized  the  librarian  to 
have  two  copies  cut  up,  the  titles  to  be  mounted  on 
cards  and  inserted  in  the  card  catalogue  of  accessions, 
thus  forming  one  complete  index  to  all  works  in  the 
library. 

The  years  that  were  passing  brought  many  changes, 
due  in  no  small  measure  to  Mr.  Cutter's  active  brain 
and  generous  spirit.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  library 
science,  originating  at  the  Athenaeum  many  devices  now 
in  general  use.  A  writer  in  the  Christian  Union  at  this 
time  commended  the  library  and  referred  to  the  court- 
eous treatment  of  visitors,  the  absence  of  red-tape,  and 


FIRST   ONE   HUNDRED    YEARS  49 

freedom  from  surveillance.  Emerson  and  his  daughter, 
Sumner  and  his  friends,  all  helped  to  give  the  Athe- 
naeum its  reputation.  If  the  place  was  rather  public  for 
a  proprietary  library,  few,  if  any,  offered  objections  at 
that  time.  To  the  reporter  in  search  of  "  copy  "  it  was 
a  happy  hunting  ground ;  and  a  writer  in  the  Tran- 
script for  December  22,  1870,  thus  describes  his  visit  to 
the  Athenaeum :  — 

*'  Presently  the  librarian  approached  the  table,  bearing  a 
number  of  large  volumes,  followed  by  Senator  Sumner,  who, 
sitting  down,  began  to  consult  them,  now  and  then  taking 
copious  notes. 

*'  He  had  been  seated  but  a  short  time,  when  *  Tom  Folio,'  ^ 
the  worshipper  of  Charles  Lamb  —  who  delights  in  exhuming 
from  out  the  rubbish  of  old  magazines  and  papers  the  stray 
writings  of  '  Elia,*  Leigh  Hunt,  and  other  essayists,  came 
bustling  in.  Conferring  with  the  librarian  for  a  moment,  they 
both  disappeared  into  one  of  the  side  rooms,  from  which,  after 
a  short  absence,  they  emerged,  laden  with  sundry  old  volumes 
which  the  indefatigable  literary  resuscitator  bore  away  with  him. 
Hardly  had  the  latter  disappeared  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mount- 
ford,  author  of  '  Thorpe,'  and  a  recently  published  work  on 
'  Miracles,  Past  and  Present,'  came  in.  Presently  the  polished 
writer  of  *  Six  Months  in  Italy '  ^  entered,  and  while  looking 
over  a  collection  of  new  publications,  was  joined  by  E.  P. 
Whipple,  with  whom  he  had  hardly  exchanged  greetings,  when 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  walked  in,  and  the  literary  trio  had  a 
pleasant  undertoned  chat  together." 

Two  names  frequently  come  to  mind  in  connection 
with  the  changes   and  progress  in  Athenaeum  history 

1  Joseph  E.  Babson.  ^  George  S.   Hillard. 


50  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

during  the  last  half  of  the  nineteenth  century.  In  1846 
John  Amory  Lowell  was  chosen  Vice-President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  held  the  office  for  fourteen  years, 
until  he  became  President.  During  these  years  and 
throughout  his  presidency,  i860  to  1876,  he  devoted 
his  energy  and  his  best  thought  to  strengthening  through 
financial  and  administrative  improvements  the  various 
departments  of  the  institution. 

The  presidency  of  the  elder  Charles  Francis  Adams 
(1877-1879)  was  followed  by  that  of  Samuel  Eliot, 
whose  service  in  that  office  was  the  longest  during  the 
Athenaeum's  first  century.  Dr.  Eliot  was  famed  for 
his  command  of  fehcitous  English,  and  for  his  ease 
and  grace  as  a  presiding  officer.  It  was  not  uncom- 
mon for  persons  who  had  no  interest  in  the  annual 
business  of  the  Proprietors  to  ask  permission  to  attend 
the  meetings,  simply  that  they  might  listen  to  Dr. 
Eliot. 

The  steady  accession  of  books  led  to  crowded 
shelves,  and  forced  frequent  consideration  of  plans  to 
relieve  the  congestion.  The  Trustees  finally  determined 
in  1888  to  abandon  the  fine  "  Sumner  staircase,"  *  which 

1  Senator  Sumner  had  served  on  the  building  committee  in  1 845  when 
plans  for  the  Beacon  Street  building  were  under  consideration.  His  great 
desire  was  for  a  spacious  entrance.  In  a  letter  to  his  brother  George  he 
said  :  "I  am  anxious  to  secure  a  large,  generous,  hospitable  vestibule,  hall 
and  stairway.  I  remember  die  stairs  (by  Bernini,  I  think)  which  lead  to  the 
Vatican  on  the  right  of  St.  Peter's.  Can  you  send  me  the  measurements 
of  these  —  width,  height,  breadth  ?  They  were  stairs  of  such  exquisite  pro- 
portions that  you  seemed  to  be  borne  aloft  on  wings."  — Pierce's  Sumner, 
ii.  334.  « 


FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS         51 

occupied  nearly  one-fourth  of  the  building,  and  to  de- 
vote the  space  to  an  iron  stack,  to  the  never-ending 
sorrow  of  the  Proprietors.  "  Amid  all  the  debris  of  re- 
pairs," said  a  writer  in  the  Advertiser,  "  a  small  lantern 
of  primitive  aspect  is  set  midway  on  the  floor  of  the 
newly  arranged  narrow  entrance  as  a  beacon  to  the  in- 
terior. A  jog  of  imagination  can  make  this  lantern 
figuratively  recall  the  Athenaeum's  small  beginnings  as 
a  literary  beacon  to  Boston." 

Mr.  Cutter  declined  reelection  as  librarian  early  in 
1893,  and  in  April  William  Coolidge  Lane,  who  had 
been  elected  February  20th,  came  in  from  Harvard  to 
take  up  the  administrative  work.  Mr.  Lane's  first  re- 
port chronicles  many  interesting  changes,  such  as  the 
refurnishing  of  the  Catalogue  Room,  including  new 
drawers  for  the  catalogue,  each  holding  a  single  row  of 
cards.  A  date  card  in  the  pocket,  indicating  when  a 
book  should  be  returned,  aided  Proprietors,  as  did  an 
express  and  mail  service  for  out-of-town  readers.  The 
system  of  wood  dummies  for  new  books  temporarily 
withdrawn  from  their  proper  places  on  the  shelves  facili- 
tated the  tracing  of  current  books. 

Of  even  more  importance,  although  no  reference  to 
this  phase  of  Mr.  Lane's  work  appeared  in  print,  were 
his  plans  for  simplifying  and  systematizing  the  methods 
of  work  and  of  preserving  records  within  the  building. 
Improvement  along  these  lines  had  become  imperative, 
after  a  century's  growth  of  the  Athenaeum  from  a  small 
reading-room. 


52  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

Mr.  Lane  declined  reelection  in  1898,  as  he  had  been 
appointed  Librarian  of  Harvard  University,  and  Charles 
Knowles  Bolton  was  chosen  his  successor. 

A  gradual  alteration  of  the  interior  arrangement  of 
the  Athenaeum  has  been  made  necessary  by  the  changing 
character  of  the  buildings  in  the  neighborhood.  There 
are  now  (1907)  tall  buildings  on  the  north,  east,  and 
west  sides,  forcing  dependence  almost  wholly  upon  the 
southern  exposure  for  sufficient  light  for  reading  and 
study  rooms.  This  led  to  the  policy  of  developing  the 
Beacon  Street  side  of  the  building  as  a  stack  or  place 
for  the  storage  of  books,  as  distinguished  from  the  side 
facing  the  grave-yard,  which  was  to  be  made  more  ser- 
viceable to  readers. 

There  were  constant  drains  upon  the  Library  income 
for  repairs ;  and  some  form  of  relief  for  the  crowded 
shelves,  as  well  as  adequate  protection  for  the  Athe- 
naeum from  the  increasing  fire  menace  of  neighboring  tall 
buildings,  pressed  for  consideration.  An  opportunity 
to  sell  the  Athenaeum  property  in  Tremont  Place  upon 
advantageous  terms  brought  before  the  Trustees,  some- 
what unexpectedly,  consideration  of  the  future  policy  to 
be  pursued. 

At  a  meeting  of  Proprietors  in  the  Periodical  Read- 
ing-Room  on  May  31,  1903,  the  Trustees  were  author- 
ized, after  discussion,  to  sell  the  Tremont  Place  property ; 
they  were  also  given  authority  to  purchase  land  on  Ar- 
lington Street  or  elsewhere  and  to  erect  and  equip  a 
suitable  building.     In  accordance  with  this  vote  the 


FIRST  ONE   HUNDRED  YEARS  53 

Trustees  bought  the  three  estates  on  the  northerly  corner 
of  Arlington  and  Newbury  Streets,  and  the  adjacent 
estate  on  Newbury  Street. 

On  November  27th,  the  Proprietors  held  a  second 
meeting  at  which  the  Trustees  were  authorized  to  sell 
or  make  a  contract  for  the  sale  of  the  real  estate  and 
library  building  on  Beacon  Street ;  but  a  change  in  the 
financial  conditions  made  it  impossible  at  that  time  to 
make  an  advantageous  sale  of  the  Beacon  Street  prop- 
erty. Meanwhile  a  feeling  developed  in  favor  of  the 
preservation  of  the  building  which  had  graced  the  city 
for  half  a  century.  Proprietors  who  found  the  Beacon 
Street  site  especially  convenient  joined  with  those  who 
were  moved  by  this  sentiment,  and  together  they  called 
for  a  reversal  of  the  previous  policy.  After  many  con- 
ferences and  some  discussion  the  Proprietors  authorized 
the  Trustees  to  order  such  improvements  and  repairs  in 
the  present  building  as  they  considered  advisable,  and 
to  make  such  disposition  of  the  Arlington  Street  prop- 
erty, either  by  sale  or  lease,  as  they  in  their  judgment 
deemed  best.  The  land  on  Arlington  Street  was  sold 
in  1906. 

Extensive  repairs  were  made  at  the  Athenaeum  dur- 
ing the  summer  of  1904,  and  in  1905.  They  included 
fireproofing  the  northwest  section  of  the  building,  an 
elevator,  and  a  new  Trustees  Room.  The  Trustees 
Room  has  an  architectural  dignity  which  must  com- 
mend it  to  Proprietors  and  to  their  friends.  A  cabinet, 
containing  objects  of  general  interest,  stands  opposite 


54  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 

the  fire-place.  The  walls  of  the  room  have  been  pan- 
elled simply  and  effectively.  Below  the  panels  there 
are  shelves  filled  with  books ;  and  above  the  panels, 
resting  on  the  cap  of  the  wainscoting,  there  are  paint- 
ings, portraits  of  Athenaeum  worthies,  and  busts  of  dis- 
tinguished literary  men  and  statesmen.  The  great  teak 
table,  made  from  a  single  board  and  presented  to  the 
Athenaeum  many  years  ago  by  Colonel  Thomas  H. 
Perkins,  occupies  the  centre  of  the  room. 

Many  faces  familiar  to  habitues  of  the  Athenaeum  are 
not  represented  upon  the  canvases  within  its  walls : 
Mr.  Spooner  of  the  long  beard,  serious  face  and  busy 
pen  ;  Elijah  Kellogg,  short  and  affable,  who  read  a  chap- 
ter in  the  Athenaeum  Bible  every  morning  before  losing 
himself  in  the  land  of  story  books ;  Mr.  Ballou,  the 
urbane  traveller;  Mr.  Hawkes,  who  for  years  sat  in  the 
same  chair  at  the  same  desk  writing  his  magnum  opus; 
David  Balfour,  a  bachelor  devoted  to  ameliorating  the 
condition  of  Scottish  widows;  and  our  present  Mr. 
Crockett,  ever  ready  with  recollections  of  Boston's  earlier 
days. 

Memory  treasures  also  the  distinguishing  traits  of 
those  whose  lives  have  given  color  to  the  gallery  of 
daily  visitors.  At  the  British  Museum  "Napoleon," 
with  heavy  boots  and  spurs,  for  many  years  signed  call- 
slips  and  received  his  books,  until  an  unfeeling  realist 
denied  him  royal  prerogatives  and  turned  him  away. 
Our  annals  should  record  Lowell's  "  Tommy  No-nose," 
who  holds  a  place  in  literature,  and  the  more  famous 


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FIRST  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  55 

"  Peele,"  who  delighted  mischievous  lads  by  his  vigor- 
ous opposition  to  noises  of  every  description ;  as  well  as 
the  stately  image  of  "  Queen  Victoria,"  and  the  trouble- 
some "King  of  Caramels."  Nor  should  we  forget  the 
genius  who  conceived  a  monopoly  of  the  morning  news- 
papers by  sitting  upon  two  and  holding  one  under  either 
arm,  while  he  leisurely  and  placidly  read  a  fifth ;  nor 
those  creatures  of  time  and  habit  —  the  gentleman  who 
retired  to  the  hall  regularly  at  eleven  a.  m.  to  eat  a  pep- 
permint, and  that  other  methodical  person  who  appeared 
in  his  nankeen  suit  upon  a  fixed  day  each  year  to  the 
never-ending  confusion  of  the  north  wind.  They  were 
all  devoted  to  the  Athenaeum  and  their  lives  are  a  part 
of  its  happy  traditions. 

Visitors  from  other  cities  where  Athenaeums,  founded 
during  the  lifetime  of  William  S.  Shaw,  have  failed  to 
succeed,  ask  why  the  forerunner  of  them  all  retains  its 
vigor.  One  might  answer  that  it  lives  because,  like  a 
wise  statesman,  it  serves  its  generation.  When  there 
was  no  art  gallery  it  provided  one.  After  the  Museum 
of  Fine  Arts  was  founded,  the  Athenaeum  withdrew  from 
the  field.  So  it  was  with  law,  theology,  and  medicine. 
When  contemporary  special  libraries  languished,  the 
Athenaeum  absorbed  their  collections.  As  new  special 
libraries  became  firmly  established,  it  again  restricted  its 
field.  When  women,  as  a  rule,  read  little  beyond  light 
literature,  it  was  a  scholar's  retreat.  To-day  it  is  a 
family  library.  One  might  add,  also,  that  it  has  been 
fortunate  in  its  body  of  Proprietors.    More  than  a  thou- 


56  THE  BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

sand  families  devoted  to  letters  have  held  its  shares  from 
generation  to  generation,  keeping  the  ranks  complete  — 
an  achievement  that  Bostonians  may  view  with  pride. 

Its  policy  has  been  progressive,  but,  as  far  as  possible, 
without  the  spirit  of  unrest  which  sometimes  charac- 
terizes the  introduction  of  new  library  methods.  The 
best  books  for  children  now  are  purchased,  and  stand 
together  upon  the  shelves.  Music  scores  by  the  great 
composers  may  be  taken  out  by  Proprietors,  although  in 
the  earlier  days  only  biographies  of  musicians  and  essays 
on  music  were  purchased. 

The  gift  of  a  printing  fund  has  afforded  an  oppor- 
tunity to  begin  a  series  of  volumes,  bibliographical  and 
historical,  based  upon  the  manuscripts  and  books  owned 
by  the  Library.  This  series  will,  it  is  hoped,  extend  the 
usefulness  and  influence  of  the  Athenaeum,  and  will  be 
the  means  of  suggesting  to  Proprietors  and  others  its 
value  as  a  depository  of  manuscripts  and  books. 

Through  all  its  various  changes,  the  Athenaeum 
has  represented  what  was  best  in  Boston.  The  "  golden 
age"  of  New  England  literature  grew  with  it  and  even 
within  its  walls.  Its  traditions  are  a  part  of  its  life,  and 
are  passed  on  from  father  to  son.  Because  its  ideals 
have  been  high  the  Athenaeum  has  appealed  to  men  who 
lead  as  well  as  to  those  who  follow.  And  with  their 
continued  support  success  in  the  future  seems  assured. 


Ill 

SPECIAL   COLLECTIONS   IN   THE 
BOSTON   ATHENiEUM 


Ill 

SPECIAL   COLLECTIONS   IN   THE 
ATHENiEUM 

Every  large  library  is  expected  to  have  the  writings  of 
famous  men  and  works  of  general  interest  in  the  vari- 
ous departments  of  learning.  But  in  the  accumulation 
of  books  through  successive  generations  a  library  be- 
comes conspicuous  for  growth  in  certain  directions. 
Special  collections  may  be  acquired  by  gift  or  by  pur- 
chases systematically  carried  on  for  several  years.  The 
Athenseum  has  several  of  these  collections  which  will 
be  noticed  briefly  for  the  benefit  of  students. 

Washingtoniana 

From  1848  to  1855  subscriptions  were  gathered 
in  Boston  for  the  purchase  of  part  of  the  library  of 
George  Washington,  then  owned  by  Henry  Stevens 
of  London.  Many  of  the  volumes  thus  acquired  bear 
the  armorial  book-plate  of  Washington  and  his  au- 
tograph ;  they  relate  chiefly  to  agriculture  and  military 
science.  Three  hundred  and  eighty-four  volumes 
belonged  to  the  President,  and  others  came  from 
the  library  of  Bushrod  Washington.     A  large  coUec- 


6o  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

tion  of  volumes  and  pamphlets  relating  to  General 
Washington  has  been  added  in  recent  years,  so  that 
the  student  will  now  find  practically  everything  of 
importance.  With  the  aid  of  one  thousand  dollars 
from  the  executors  of  Thomas  Dowse  the  Athenaeum 
was  able  to  issue  a  very  complete  catalogue  of  the  col- 
lection, with  exhaustive  notes  by  Mr.  A.  P.  C.  Griffin, 
the  present  Chief  Bibliographer  of  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress, and  a  scholarly  study  of  Washington's  library  as 
recorded  in  the  inventory  of  his  estate  prepared  by  Mr. 
William  C.  Lane,  now  Librarian  of  Harvard  Univer- 
sity. An  excellent  Index  has  been  prepared  by  Mr. 
Franklin  O.  Poole. 

Byroniana 

The  collection  of  works  of  the  poet  Byron  was 
bought  from  Mr.  J.  W.  Bouton  in  1885.  It  num- 
bered two  hundred  and  six  volumes  and  forty-six  pam- 
phlets, many  of  them  first  editions.  In  the  course  of 
fifteen  years  other  volumes  were  added,  so  that  the 
collection,  while  not  complete,  is  representative. 

Fine  Arts 

Among  the  valuable  paintings  retained  in  the  build- 
ing, the  larger  part  of  the  collection  being  deposited  in 
the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  are  four  by  Stuart,  three 
by  Harding,  and  others  by  Neagle,  Marshall  and  All- 
ston.  There  are  many  rare  pieces  of  early  American 
sculpture  by  Powers,  Greenough,  Frazee,  and  Crawford. 


SPECIAL   COLLECTIONS  6i 

In  1859  Mr.  Thomas  Dowse,  seeing  the  need  in 
Boston  of  reproductions  of  famous  paintings  by  old 
masters  in  European  galleries,  sent  an  artist  abroad,  and 
he  made  studies  in  water-color  of  fifty-two  paintings. 
These  came  to  the  Athenaeum  in  1859. 

A  complete  set  of  the  Arundel  chromolithographs 
may  be  seen  in  the  building ;  many  have  been  framed. 

The  best  reproductions  without  color  now  comprise 
over  ten  thousand  large  carbon  photographs,  arranged 
in  portfolios  under  the  names  of  artists.  This  great 
collection  has  been  brought  together  during  a  long 
period  of  years,  the  Fine  Arts  Committee  having  given 
careful  attention  to  the  selection  of  subjects.  There 
are  also  in  the  Art  Room  thousands  of  pictures  rep- 
resenting sculpture  and  architecture,  both  classic  and 
modern ;  and  a  large  collection  of  books  on  art 

Views  of  Old  Houses 

The  Thwing  collection,  5600  views  of  old  houses, 
has  both  an  antiquarian  and  an  architectural  interest. 
Miss  Thwing  in  1903  presented  a  large  number  of  pic- 
tures of  houses  and  early  views  of  towns.  To  this 
collection  have  been  added  the  wood  engravings  from 
Gleason's  and  Ballou's  Pictorial  and  from  many  other 
works  which  could  be  had  in  duplicate  for  a  trifling 
sum.  In  1907  two  hundred  photographs  of  Boston 
streets  and  buildings,  taken  between  1850  and  1870, 
were  purchased  from  Mr.  A.  H.  Rickards. 


62  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Confederate  Literature 

Mr.  William  F.  Poole  began  many  years  ago  to  col- 
lect books  and  newspapers  published  in  the  Southern 
States  during  the  Civil  War  to  illustrate  the  social  life 
and  economic  conditions  of  that  period.  This  collec- 
tion has  been  called  by  Professor  Ernst  von  Halle,  an 
authority  on  the  subject,  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the 
world.  It  includes  medical  and  military  works,  school 
books,  time-tables,  novels  with  covers  made  of  wall- 
paper, and  good  files  of  periodicals. 

First  Editions  of  American  Authors 

Recent  interest  in  the  works  of  our  chief  New 
England  authors  —  Emerson,  Hawthorne,  Holmes, 
Longfellow,  Lowell,  Thoreau,  Whittier — has  called 
attention  to  the  value  of  these  writings  as  they  first 
came  from  the  press,  and  before  revision  by  their 
authors  in  maturer  life.  It  seemed  best  to  withdraw 
these  volumes  from  general  circulation ;  it  was  then 
found  that  the  Athenaeum  possessed  an  unusual  col- 
lection. The  titles  wanting  have  been  added  from 
time  to  time,  and  a  carefully  prepared  catalogue  may  be 
issued  in  the  near  future. 

Early  Boston  Newspapers 

The  Athenaeum  has  been  able  to  preserve  in  remark- 
ably good  condition  its  files  of  early  Boston  newspapers. 
In   1903    Miss  Ayer  prepared  a  Check- list  cover- 


SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS  63 

ing  the  period  from  1690  to  1780.  This  list  shows 
every  copy  of  every  Boston  paper  issued  during  these 
years  now  to  be  found  in  a  dozen  of  the  leading 
libraries  of  the  United  States.  The  list,  with  an 
historical  introduction  by  Mr.  Albert  Matthews,  a 
Trustee,  is  now  in  press,  and  will  appear  as  one  of  the 
publications  of  the  Colonial  Society  of  Massachusetts. 

The  King's  Chapel  Collection 

The  library  given  to  King's  Chapel  in  Boston  by 
William  III.  in  1698  has  been  in  the  custody  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum  since  1823.  It  is  the  oldest  col- 
lection of  books  in  New  England,  and  it  illustrates 
very  clearly  the  literature  enjoyed  by  a  scholarly  man 
during  the  first  century  of  life  in  the  English  colonies. 

Early  United  States  Documents 

The  Athenaeum  has  possessed  for  many  years  one 
of  the  best  sets  of  early  American  Documents,  based 
in  part  upon  the  collections  of  John  Adams  and  John 
Quincy  Adams.  Following  General  A.  W.  Greely's 
check-list  of  Public  documents  of  the  first  fourteen  Con- 
gresses, 1789-18 17,  our  documents  were  rearranged  and 
carefully  catalogued.  By  exchange  with  the  War  De- 
partment and  the  Library  of  Congress  many  documents 
were  added,  so  that  our  representation  of  the  first  four- 
teen Congresses  is  worthy  of  special  mention. 


64  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

International  Law 

In  1879  ^^'  George  Bemis,  a  Proprietor,  bequeathed 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  one  half  of  the  income  for  the 
purchase  of  books,  particularly  works  relating  to  inter- 
national law.  The  collection  now  includes  complete 
sets  of  the  state  papers  of  the  chief  countries  of  the 
world,  with  series  of  treaties,  and  many  monographs 
and  memoirs  relating  to  subjects  in  International  Law. 
It  is  supposed  to  be  the  best  collection  in  America 
outside  of  Washington.  Constant  aid  in  the  selection 
of  books  has  been  given  by  Professors  A.  Lawrence 
Lowell  of  Harvard  and  George  G.  Wilson  of  Brown 
University. 

Gypsy  Literature 

In  May,  1901,  it  was  announced  that  the  trustees 
of  the  estate  of  Mr.  Francis  Hindes  Groome,  of  Edin- 
burgh, offered  for  sale  his  library  of  books,  letters, 
and  manuscripts  bearing  upon  the  study  of  the  Gypsies. 
Mr.  Groome  has  long  been  known  as  a  writer  for  the 
leading  encyclopaedias  and  biographical  dictionaries,  as 
well  as  the  foremost  authority  in  England,  if  not  in  the 
world,  on  Gypsy  lore.  The  sum  required  to  purchase 
this  collection  was  subscribed  by  four  proprietors  of 
the  Athenaeum,  Charles  Pickering  Bowditch,  Thornton 
Kirkland  Lothrop,  Albert  Matthews,  Henry  Francis 
Sears,  and  in  October  the  collection  was  received.  It 
comprises  over  one  hundred  volumes.     Some  of  these 


SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS  65 

are  rare,  and  others  contain  scarce  tracts  and  magazine 
articles ;  there  are  also  Mr.  Groome's  own  books  with 
his  marginal  additions  ;  over  thirty  volumes  of  manu- 
script notes,  lectures,  etc. ;  and  his  correspondence  with 
M.  Paul  Bataillard,  the  eminent  French  student  of  the 
Gypsies,  covering  the  years  1872  to  1880. 

Broadsides  and  Manuscripts. 

An  account  of  the  manuscripts  in  the  Athenaeum 
has  been  given  by  Mr.  A.  P.  C.  Griffin  in  a  sup- 
plement to  the  Librarian's  Report  for  the  year  1896. 
Since  that  time,  however,  many  have  been  added,  and 
the  entire  collection  has  been  arranged  and  recatalogued. 
The  titles  will  be  found  in  the  card  catalogue  under  the 
heading  "  Manuscripts  in  the  Library."  The  Ezekiel 
Price  papers,  including  court,  notarial,  and  shipping 
records,  are  of  great  antiquarian  value.  Aspinwall's 
Notarial  Records  from  1644  to  1657  have  been  pub- 
lished as  volume  thirty-two  of  the  Boston  Record 
Commissioners'  Reports,  and  a  Record  of  the  County 
Court  at  Boston  from  1671  to  1680  will  soon  be 
issued  in  the  same  series.  Le  Forestier's  Relation  and 
ToplifF's  Travels  have  appeared  recently  as  publications 
of  the  Robert  Charles  Billings  Fund. 

The  large  collection  of  broadsides  includes  many 
unique  or  rare  examples  of  the  seventeenth  and  eigh- 
teenth centuries,  with  perhaps  the  best  series  now  exist- 
ing of  Fast  and  Thanksgiving  Day  Proclamations  issued 
by  the  governors  of  Massachusetts. 


66  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Roxhurghe  Club  Publications 

The  very  limited  editions  of  the  Roxburghe  Club 
publications  have  made  it  difficult  to  obtain  a  complete 
set  of  these  works.  The  volumes  now  on  our  shelves, 
with  a  few  to  be  added,  will  make  the  series  complete. 
The  subjects  treated  have  a  wide  range,  including  art, 
history,  literature,  biography,  and  archaeology. 

Dreyfus  Affair 

"  L'affaire  Dreyfus "  promised  to  throw  so  much 
light  upon  military,  legal,  and  social  conditions  in 
France  that  practically  every  volume  published  there 
has  been  acquired.  In  the  collection  are  also  many 
volumes  issued  in  England  and  the  United  States, 
with  some  from  almost  every  country  in  Europe. 

Dutch  History 

In  the  year  1900  a  Dutch  bookseller's  advantageous 
terms  were  accepted  for  a  carefully  selected  collection 
of  over  a  thousand  volumes  illustrating  the  history  of 
the  Netherlands  and  Dutch  colonization.  In  this  col- 
lection there  are  five  contemporary  pamphlets  by  and 
relating  to  Sir  George  Downing,  a  graduate  in  the  first 
class  at  Harvard,  1642,  and  a  representative  of  Crom- 
well and  Charles  I.  in  the  Netherlands. 


IV 

PERMANENT   FUNDS  OF  THE 
ATHENiEUM 


IV 

PERMANENT   FUNDS   OF   THE   BOSTON 
ATHENiEUM,  JANUARY   i,  1907 

GENERAL  FUND.  —  Called  "  Unrestricted  Funds  (old)  " 
until  1855.     Includes  bequests  from  : 

Ambrose  S.  Courtis  (;^2,500.oo)  in  1838 
Matthias  P.  Sawyer  ($5,000.00)  in  1858 
Edmund  T.  Dana  (;^5,ooo.oo)  in  1864-6 
Sidney  Homer  ($1,000.00)  in  1871 
Andrew  T.  Hall  ($2,000.00)  in  1876 
Charlotte  Harris  ($2,000.00)  in  1877 

Principal ^^58,950.43 

FINE  ARTS  FUND.  — From  1828  to  1873  ^n  unexpended 
balance  under  the  control  of  the  Fine  Arts  Committee. 
Now  a  fund,  "  the  income  to  be  applied  only  to  pur- 
poses of  Fine  Arts."  Bequests  from  Ambrose  S. 
Courtis  and  others  are  included. 

Principal $34,680.57 

BROMFIELD  FUND.  —  $25,000.00  given  in  1846  by  John 
Bromfield,  a  Proprietor,  three-fourths  of  the  income 
for  books,  and  one-fourth  of  the  income  to  be  added 
to  the  principal  each  year. 

Principal $106,426.13 

WASHINGTON  FUND.  — From  1848  to  1855  seventy- 
seven  gentlemen  of  Boston  subscribed  $3,750.00  for 
the  purchase  of  part  of  the  library  of  George  Wash- 


70  THE   BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 

ington  from  Henry  Stevens,  of  London  ;  and  the 
Athenaeum  contributed  j^foo.oo.  The  sum  remain- 
ing after  the  purchase  of  the  books  (^  125.20)  was 
enlarged  in  1858  by  the  gift  of  ^1,000.00  from  the 
executors  of  Thomas  Dowse,  this  sum  to  be  used  to 
preserve  and  catalogue  the  Library  and  to  build  up  a 
collection  of  Washingtoniana. 

Principal $1024.79 

SUBSCRIPTION  FOR  SHARES  IN  1853.  — Voted  by 
the  Proprietors,  January  19,  1852,  "that  the  Trustees 
be  requested,  if  possible,  to  procure  subscribers  for 
not  less  than  Four  Hundred  shares  at  Three  Hundred 
dollars  each."  "  Capital  to  be  kept  invested  and  in- 
come only  to  be  used  at  discretion." 

Principal ;^  102,300.00 

Gain 12,984.98 

APPLETON  FUND.  —  Manufacturing  stocks,  valued  at 
;^25,o6o.oo,  received  in  1853  fro^n  the  executors  of 
the  will  of  Samuel  Appleton,  a  Proprietor,  the  income 
for  the  purchase  of  books. 

Principal 1^30,515.91 

WARD  FUND.  — The  bequest  in  1858  of  $5,000.00  by 
Thomas  Wren  Ward,  Treasurer  of  the  Athenaeum, 
the  income  for  the  purchase  of  books. 

Principal $5,000.00 

BOWDITCH  FUND.— The  bequest  in  1861  of  $2,000.00 
by  Nathaniel  IngersoU  Bowditch,  a  Trustee,  the  in- 
come for  the  purchase  of  books. 

Principal $2,227.92 


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PERMANENT   FUNDS  71 

HARRIS  FUND.  — A  bequest  of  ;^io,ooo.oo  by  Henry  Harris 
in  1867,  the  income  for  the  purchase  of  works  of  art. 

Principal ;^i5,478.oo 

Unexpended  income 16,318.97 

BEMIS  FUND. — A  bequest  of  ;^20,ooo.oo  in  1879  by  George 
Bemis,  a  Proprietor.  One-half  the  income  is  for  the 
purchase  of  books,  particularly  works  relating  to  inter- 
national law,  and  one-half  for  the  equipment  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Reading  Room. 

Principal ^^25,580. 86 

HOWES  FUND.  —  ;$  160,050.00  received  in  1879  by  will 
of  William  Burley  Howes,  a  Proprietor,  "  for  library 
purposes." 

Principal ;$i6i,634.7i 

TREADWELL  FUND.  — The  share  of  the  Athensum  in 
the  estate  of  Daniel  Treadwell,  late  Rumford  Professor 
in  Harvard  College.  Received  in  1 885-1 889.  Un- 
restricted. 

Principal $12,208.15 

PARKER  FUND.  Received  in  1886  by  will  of  Francis 
Edward  Parker,  a  Trustee.     Unrestricted. 

Principal $5,000.00 

SAMUEL  T.  MORSE  FUND.  — Given  in  1891  by  Mrs. 
Harriet  Jackson  Morse  in  memory  of  her  husband, 
Samuel  Torrey  Morse,  a  Proprietor,  the  income  "as 
far  as  practicable  for  the  purchase  of  books  of  biog- 
raphy and  travel." 

Principal $2,000.00 


72  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

ROBERT  CHARLES  BILLINGS  FUND.  — From  Thomas 
Minns  and  Joseph  S.  Kendall,  surviving  executors  of 
the  will  of  Robert  Charles  Billings,  a  Boston  merchant. 
Received  in  1903.  The  income  is  for  the  purchase 
and  printing  of  books.  For  the  latter  purpose  one- 
half  the  income  is  available  yearly,  and  all  the  income 
one  year  in  every  three. 

Principal ;^  10,000.00 

STEPHEN  DAYE  FUND. —Established  in  1905  by  the 
Trustees,  who  "  set  aside  ;^  1,000.00  from  moneys  re- 
ceived during  the  year  1905  from  the  sale  of  dupli- 
cate newspapers."  Income  for  the  purchase  and 
binding  of  early  newspapers. 

Principal ;gi,ooo.oo 

CHARLES  A.  CUMMINGS  FUND.  — The  bequest  in 
1905  of  ;^  1 0,000.00  by  Charles  Amos  Cummings, 
a  Trustee,  "the  income  to  be  expended  in  the  pur- 
chase of  architectural  books  and  photographs."  Re- 
ceived in  1906. 

Principal ;^  10,000.00 

LYMAN  NICHOLS  FUND.— ;?  10,000.00  received  July 
16,  1907,  the  income  to  be  used  for  the  purchase 
of  books. 

Principal $10,000.00 


CHIEF  GIFTS  AND  BEQUESTS  TO  THE 
ATHENiEUM,  1 807-1907 


CHIEF  GIFTS  AND  BEQUESTS  TO  THE 
BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 


The  manuscript  list  of  donors  includes  almost  every  well-known  name 
in  Boston  history  since  1807.  To  print  it  entire  would  require  a  volume; 
and  at  this  time  such  an  undertaking  seems  impracticable.  Names  which 
appear  on  subscription  lists  are  printed  without  change. 


1807  John  Lowell 

18 1 2  Thomas  Danforth 

181 7  Benjamin  Vaughan 

18 1 8  John  Cheverus 

1822  James  Perkins,  the  Elder 


1822     46  gentlemen 


106  volumes. 
22  volumes. 
31  volumes. 
47  volumes. 

;^20,ooo.oo,  being  the  valu- 
ation of  his  house  on  Pearl 
Street,  given  for  a  library 
building. 

1^285.00  for  a  portrait  of 
James  Perkins,  the  Elder, 
by  Stuart. 


Subscriptions  obtained  August  5,  1822,  by  Peter  O.  Thacher  and 
Theodore  Lyman,  Jr,  a  Committee  "  to  procure  a  portrait  of  the  late 
James  Perkins,  Esqr.,  to  be  painted  by  Mr.  Stewart,  and  to  place  the 
same  in  one  of  the  apartments  of  the  Institution. ' ' 


Harrison  G.  Otis 
James  Lloyd 
David  Sears 
P.  C.  Brooks 
William  Phillips 
Jn  T.  Apthorp 
N.  Appleton 
John  Hubbard 
Israel  Thomdike 
Charles  Thomdike 
Amos  Lawrence 
Wm  H.  Eliot 
S.  A.  Eliot 


Wm  Payne 
F.  C.  Gray 
R.  D.  Tucker 
Josiah  Bradlee 
C.  R.  Codman 
Jonathan  Amory 
Benjamin  Wiggin 
Rd  Sullivan 
John  Richards 
Saml  Appleton 
John  Heard,  Jun. 
Edward  Tuckerman 
Joseph  Tilden 


Daniel  P.  Parker 
Wm  Sturgis 
Saml  Torrey 
Abbott  Lawrence 
Thomas  W.  Ward 
Saml  C.  Gray 
C.  Bradbury 
Ebenr  Francis 
F.  Stanton 
Wm  Sawyer 
Timothy  Williams 
Lewis  Tappan 
[Asa]  Whitney 


76 


THE   BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 


[Pliny]  Cutler  & 
[Daniel]  Hammond 
George  W.  Brimmer 


John  D.  Williams 
Henderson  Inches 


John  Parker 
J.  C.  Gray 


1823     Augustus  Thorndike 
1823     52  gentlemen 


Casts  of  ancient  statues. 
;^4,6oo.oo,    for    a    lecture 
building. 


The  Subscribers,  desirous  of  **  furnishing  the  means  of  literary  & 
scientific  instruction,  as  well  as  of  encoiuaging  Native  Artists  in  Sculp- 
ture &  painting,"  contributed  money  to  erect  a  building.  John 
Lowell,  Josiah  Quincy,  Wm  S.  Shaw,  Josiah  Bradlee,  and  Lewis 
Tappan  were  the  Committee. 


Israel  Thorndike 
P.  C.  Brooks 
T.  H.  Perkins 
P.  T.  Jackson 
N.  Appleton 
Josiah  Bradlee 
Wm  Sturgis 
John  Bryant 
John  Richards 
Eben.  Francis 
Theodore  Lyman,  Junr 
John  Dorr 
David  Henshaw 
Thomas  Wigglesworth 
Rd  D.  Tucker 
Willm  Pratt 
Saml  G  Perkins 
R.  G.  Shaw 


1824  William  Foster 

1824  Henry  Pickering 

1824  John  Cheverus 

1824  104  gentlemen 


C.  R.  Codman 
Nath.  Amory 
Thomas  W,  Ward 
H.  A.  S.  Dearborn 
Jeffrey  Richardson 
Joseph  P.  Bradlee 
Sam.  Whitwell,  Jr 
Josiah  Quincy 
Lewis  Tappan 
Amos  Lawrence 
John  Tappan 
Charles  Tappan 
John  Lowell 
Henry  Rice 
Isaac  Mansfield 
Israel  Munson 
Chs  Barnard 
T.  B.  Wales 


J.  McLean 
Sam.  Swett 
Henderson  Inches 
Benj.  D.  Greene  by 

Gardr  Greene 
David  Sears 
William  Phillips 
George  C.  Shattuck 
John  Randall 
William  H.  Prescott 
Geo.  Ticknor 
Benjn  Bussey 
Francis  C.  Gray 
J.  C.  Gray 
Wm  Prescott 
Edward  J.  Lowell  by 

J.  Lowell  his  Guardian 
Timothy  Williams 


Painting :  Jacob  at  the 
Well.  Attributed  to  Mu- 
rillo,  and  also  to  Titian. 

Portrait  of  Benjamin  West, 
by  C.  R.  Leslie. 

52  volumes. 

$104.00,  for  a  bust  of 
Washington,  by  R.  Trenta- 
nove. 


GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


n 


Subscribers  to** 'the  superb  bust  of  Washington"  executed  by 
Trentanove  for  the  Athenaeum,  "as  a  testimony  of  their  best  wishes 
for  the  prosperity  of  that  elegant  repository  of  specimens  of  the  Fine 
Arts." 


Wm  B.  Swett 

Jos.  Hall 

J.  Putnam 

Jn  T.  Apthorp 

F.  Dexter 

D.  P.  Parker 

David  Sears 

F.  C.  Head 

R.  D.  Tucker 

Tho.  Lee,  Jr 

R.  G.  Shaw 

I.  Winslow 

Wm  Wells 

S.  Parkman,  Jr 

Joshua  Davis 

Wm  Payne 

Jona.  Amory 

Joseph  Tilden 

E.  Rollins 

G.  Ticknor 

H.  G.  Otis 

Wm  Lyman 

N.  Hale 

Wm  Pratt 

W.  H.  Eliot 

Josiah  Bradlee 

John  Pickens 

W.  H.  Prescott 

Is.  Munson 

T.  L.  W[inthrop] 

J.  Richards 

F.  C.  Gray 

Saml  Dorr 

T.  H.  P[erkins] 

J.  W.  Boott 

John  Heard,  Jr 

W.  Sawyer 

J.  A.  Lowell 

John  Bumstead 

H.  G.  Rice 

John  Lowell 

Natl  Goddard 

B.  Welles 

B.  Russell 

Jona.  Davis 

C.  R,  Codman 

Francis  J.  Oliver 

J.  P.  Bradlee 

Saml  Swett 

Geo.  Bond 

T.  B.  Wales 

Warren  Dutton 

S.  Whitwell,  Jr 

Jos.  Head 

Nathl  Appleton 

B.  Seaver 

Thomas  H.  Perkins,  Jr 

Isaac  P  Davis 

Caleb  Adams 

Thomas  Lamb 

George  Searle 

Lewis  Tappan 

Saml  May 

P.  T.  Jackson 

S.  H.  Walley 

Jona.  Chapman 

Henry  Lunt 

Jonathan  Phillips 

Josiah  Marshall 

Theodore  Lyman,  Jr 

Edward  Phillips 

John  Parker 

Henry  Cabot 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 

Thomas  W.  Ward 

I.  Sargent 

8.  C.  Gray 

W.  R.  Gray 

C.  Bradbury 

S.  D.  Harris 

H.  Gray 

John  Belknap 

Amos  Lawrence 

John  Tappan 

I.  Thomdike 

Abbott  Lawrence 

Wm  Appleton 

N.  Amory 

Wm  Lawrence 

Henry  Codman 

T.Williams 

Sam.  Lawrence 

H.  M.  Hayes 

Jos.  Quincy 

Edward  Tuckerman 

Eben.  Appleton 

J.  Hubbard 

Caleb  Andrews 

John  Lowell,  Jr 

B.Joy 

J.  Richardson 

Jos.  Coolidge 

G.  Brooks 

R.  D.  S[hepherd] 

1826     David  Sears 

73  volumes. 

1826     7  gentlemen 

;^i,650.oo,  forthe  purchase 

. 

of  scientific  transactions. 

Subscribers  to  purchase  *«  Transactions  of  Foreign  Societies  and 
other  similar  works  of  the  first  importance  to  the  progress  of  knowl- 
edge;  February  9th,  1826." 


78 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Nathl  Bowditch 
Geo.  Ticknor 


Thomas  W.  Ward 
Francis  C.  Gray 
T.  H.  Perkins 


James  Perkins 
Israel  Thomdike 


for    a    lecture 


1826     Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins    ^8,000.00 

room. 
1826     James  Perkins,  the  Younger    ;^8,ooo.oo,  unrestricted. 
1826     76  gentlemen  ;^io,240.oo,  unrestricted. 


The  first  two  gentlemen  each  gave  gi, 000,00. 

**  Whereas,  the  Honourable  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  by  a  letter 
dated  March  30,  1826,  has  generously  declared  that  he  'will  con- 
tribute the  sum  of  Eight  Thousand  dollars  towards  the  completion  of 
the  Lecture  Room  now  contracted  for,  provided  a  like  sum  is  sub- 
scribed without  the  circle  of  his  family  connexions  for  the  general 
uses  of  the  Corporation,  before  the  first  of  November  next ' : 

*'And  ^whereas,  James  Perkins,  Esquire,  by  a  letter  dated 
March  30,  1826,  has  offered  to  give  the  'further  sum  of  Eight 
Thousand  dollars,  provided  the  same  sum  is  raised  from  individuals, 
besides  the  Eight  Thousand  dollars  proposed  to  be  raised  to  meet  the 
offer  of  Mr.  T.  H.  Perkins': 

*<  Now  therefore,  we  the  subscribers  ...  do  agree  to  take  the 
number  of  shares  against  our  names  respectively." 
Boston,  April  5,  1826. 


William  Phillips 
P.  C.  Brooks 
Ebenezer  Francis 
John  Lowell  (by 

N.  Bowditch) 
John  Tappan 
Thomas  Wigglesworth 
James  Jackson 
P.  T.  Jackson 
Chas  Jackson 
Amos  Lawrence 
Abbott  Lawrence 
Wm  Lawrence 
W.  R.  Gray 
Wm  Prescott 
Wm  Sturgis 
SamI  Dorr 
R.  D.  Tucker 
Ebenr  T.  Andrews 
Joshua  Clapp  (by 

N.  Bowditch) 


Pliny  Cutler 
Wm  S.  Shaw 
Lewis  Tappan 
Josiah  Bradlee 
Geo.  C.  Shattuck 
Josiah  Quincy 
Daniel  Hammond 
H.  Inches 
Joseph  P.  Bradlee 
Horace  Gray 
I.  Thomdike,  Jr 
E.  H.  Robbins,  Jr 
Edward  Tuckerman 
J.  P.  Rice 
Francis  Parkman 
John  Amory 
Joseph  Head 
Saml  Salisbury 
Thos  Williams 
James  T.  Austin 
Thos  Bartlett 


B.  Joy 

John  C.  Howard 
Charles  Taylor 
Joseph  Coolidge 
Rob.  G.  Shaw 
John  C.  Jones 
David  W.  Child 
Daniel  P.  Parker 
Wm  H.  Eliot 
Jonathan  Mason 
Chs  Torrey 
Benj.  Wiggin 
Wm  Sawyer 
Joseph  W.  Revere 
Saml  Whitwell,  Jr 
Geo.  Bond 
John  D.  Williams 
John  Belknap 
J.  Putnam 
J.  Hall 
W.  H.  Prescott 


Gamhardella  Pmrt 


tng"  ZiV  h  «■  ^niilii. 


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GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


79 


Franklin  Dexter 
H.  A.  S.  Dearborn 
Timo.  Williams 
J.  Parker 
Thos  K.  Jones 


Danl  Webster 
P.  O.  Thacher 
F.  C.  Gray 
Geo.  Ticknor 
Nathl  Bowditch 


Geo,  Burroughs 
Wm  Pratt 
Thos  W.  Ward 
Francis  Lee 
Edw.  Cruft 


1826     Massachusetts  Scientific 
Library  Association 


;^3,7i5.oo  in  subscriptions, 
turned  over  to   the  Athe- 


naeum. 


At  a  meeting  of  gentlemen  held  in  the  Academy's  Room  in  1 8a6, 
Israel  Thorndike,  Jr,  Amos  Lawrence,  John  A.  Lowell,  George  B. 
Emerson,  John  C.  Gray,  John  Lowell,  Jr,  Wm  Sturgis,  Daniel 
Treadwell,  Dr  E.  Hale  and  Edward  Brooks  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  solicit  subscriptions  for  a  Scientific  Library.  Soon  after, 
the  Athenaeum  Trustees  chose  a  committee  composed  of  Nathaniel 
Bowditch,  Francis  C.  Gray,  George  Ticknor,  Thomas  W.  Ward 
and  Francis  J.  Oliver  to  consider  the  expediency  of  "uniting,  in  the 
Athenaeum,  the  principal  circulating  libraries  of  this  city"  that  the 
deficiencies  of  the  larger  library  might  be  overcome.  The  Medical 
Library  property  and  the  subscriptions  for  the  projected  Scientific 
Library  were  soon  made  over  to  the  Athenaeum.  See  Quincy's 
History,  page  94. 


P.  C.  Brooks 
John  Lowell 
Edward  Everett 
Edwd  Brooks 
John  C.  Gray 
John  Lowell,  Jr 
Kirk  Boott 
William  Lawrence 
John  W.  Boott 
Frederick  Cabot 
Francis  Lee 
Geo.  B.  Emerson 
Danl  Treadwell 
Enoch  Hale,  Jr 
J,  A.  Lowell 
William  Payne 
Nathan  Hale 
Chas  G.  Loring 
Jas  P.  Higginson 
Geo.  H.  Snelling 
Wm  Sturgis 
J.  T.  Buckingham 
Geo.  Ticknor 


Jacob  Bigelow 
Winslow  Lewis 
Gorham  Brooks 
Benj.  D.  Greene 
Francis  C.  Head 
Charles  Jackson 
John  Davis 
Nathaniel  Bowditch 
Wm  H.  Prescott 
Patrick  T.  Jackson 
William  Lyman 
Edward  J.  Lowell 
Francis  C.  Lowell 
Amos  Lawrence 
S.  Whitwell,  Jr 
Israel  Thorndike 
I.  Thorndike,  Junr 
Dr  Edward  Reynolds 
Bn  Gorham 
Samuel  L.  Dana 
Horace  Gray 
John  Tappan 
Geo.  W.  Brimmer 


Rd  D.  Tucker 
Benj.  Guild 
John  H.  Wilkins 
David  Hale 
John  Ware 
Samuel  A.  Eliot 
J.  C.  Warren 
George  Bond 
John  L.  Gardner 
Joseph  W.  Revere 
Robert  Rogerson 
Henry  Lee 
Joseph  Coolidge,  Jr 
E.  H.  Robbins,  Jr 
Edward  Clarke 
Danl  Webster 
Robt  W^aterston 
James  G.  Carter 
Geo.  Hayward 
Wm  Appleton 
George  Searle 
Solomon  Willard 
Solomon  P.  Miles 


8o 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


David  Moody 
Warren  Colbum 
James  Perkins 
Paul  Moody 
Sam.  Henshaw 
H.  A.  S.  Dearborn 
Thomas  C.  Amory 
Jos.  H.  Adams 
Samuel  F.  Coolidge 
James  How 
Ben.  Poor 
James  Weld 
Saml  Perkins 
Pliny  Clap 
Samuel  D.  Harris 
H.  Harris 
Wm  Sawyer 
J-  F.  Flagg 
Ebenr  A.  Lester 
P.  Dow 

Amasa  Winchester 
Edmund  Winchester 


Wm  Foster 
Leo^  Foster 
Samuel  Swett 
Wm  Sullivan 
John  P.  Thorndike 
Wm  Hill 
John  Doggett 
Wm  P.  Mason 
John  H.  Cabot 
Jos.  Russell 
S.  D.  Ward 
C.  Gore 

Wm  Goddard,  Junr 
Chas  C.  Starbuck 
Prentiss  Hobbs 
James  Sinclair 
George  Hall 
Edward  Battles 
Richard  A.  Newell 
Ebenr  Waters,  Jr 
John  Mills  Brown 


Abraham  S.  Pike 
Solon  Jenkins 
Geo.  Darracott 
Daniel  Adams 
Henry  N.  Hooper 
Benja.  Darling 
G.  Fairbanks 
Kilham  &  Mears 
Wm  J.  Loring 
John  Brazer  Davis 
David  J.  Moody 
Thomas  Motley 
N.  Appleton 
Theo.  Jenks 
Ed.  W.  Payne 
Augustus  Newman 
Lewis  Tappan 
J.  W.  Paige 
Saml  Batchelder 
Thomas  Hurd 
Allan  Pollock 


1826  32  gentlemen,  through  the 
Scientific  Library  Asso- 
ciation 


1^2,300.00,  unrestricted. 
Part  of  above  subscription 
list. 


From  Quincy's  History,  page  105: 


Peter  C.  Brooks 
James  Perkins,  the 

Younger 
Edward  Brooks 
William  Sturgis 
Patrick  T.  Jackson 
John  Lowell 
John  A.  Lowell 
Charles  Jackson 
Joseph  W.  Revere 
George  Ticknor 

1826     31  gentlemen 


Israel  Thorndike 
John  Lowell,  Jr 
John  C.  Gray 
Gorham  Brooks 
Nathan  Appleton 
William  Appleton 
George  Bond 
Amos  Lawrence 
Samuel  Whitwell,  Jr 
William  Lawrence 
S.  L.  Dana 


Jacob  Bigelow 
Horace  Gray 
Edward  H.  Robbins 
William  Sullivan 
Richard  D.  Tucker 
Samuel  A.  Eliot 
Edward  J.  Lowell 
Henry  Lee 
William  H.  Prescott 
John  Tappan 
John  C.  Warren 


The  Boston   Medical   Li- 
brary. 


On  May  3d,  1826,  Nathaniel  Bowditch,  F.  C.  Gray,  George 
Ticknor  and  Francis  J.  Oliver,  a  Committee  of  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Athenaeum,  agreed  with  J.  G.  Coffin,  George  Hayward,  William  J. 
Walker,  Enoch  Hale,  Jr  and  John  Ware,  a  Committee  of  the  Pro- 
prietors of  the  zd  Social  or  Medical  Library,  to  turn  over  to  the 


GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


8i 


Athenasum  all  books  and  other  property  whatsoever  of  the  Medical 
Library  under  certain  conditions  (See  Quincy's  History,  page  95). 
The  following  Proprietors  of  the  Medical  Library  were  not  benefac- 
tors in  the  ordinary  sense,  but  their  action  added  to  the  influence  and 
size  of  the  Athenaeum  Library  : 


Zabdiel  B.  Adams 
George  Bates 
Horace  Bean 
Jacob  Bigelow 
Asa  Bullard 
John  G.  Coffin 
Walter  Channing 
Blowers  Danforth 
John  Dixwell 
Amos  Famsworth 
Josiah  F.  Flagg 
Thomas  Foster 
John  Gorham 


Enoch  Hale,  Jr 
George  Hayward 
Anson  Hooker 
Wm  Ingalls 
David  Osgood 
George  W.  Otis 
George  Parkman 
John  Randall 
Chandler  Robbins,  Jr 
Edward  Reynolds 
Samuel  A.  ShurtlefF 
Woodbridge  Strong 
Joshua  H.   Hayward 


Solomon  D.  Townsend 
William  J.  Walker 
John  C.  Warren 
John  Ware  and 
Charles  Wild 
Persons  having  the  right 

of  using  the  Medical 

Library  for  part  of  the 

year  :  — 
Mr.  Wight  (Druggist, 

Milk  St.) 
Dr  H.  Robinson 


182-     Several  ladies,  whose  names  Portrait  of  Hannah  Adams, 

are  not  given  by  Harding. 

1 83 1     Washington  Monument  Ass'n    $800.00  for  Stuart's  por- 
22    gentlemen  700.00  traits  of  Wash- 

ington  and'Mrs. 

;$ 1, 500.00  Washington. 

On  May  9th,  1831,  Joseph  May  called  the  attention  of  the 
Trustees  to  Mrs.  Stuart's  desire  to  remove  to  Newport,  and  her 
proposition,  made  some  months  earlier,  to  sell  "the  original  portraits 
of  Washington  &  his  Lady  .  .  .  ,  painted  at  Philadelphia  in  1796." 
A  committee  composed  of  T.  H.  Perkins  and  George  Ticknor 
"easily"  raised  ^1,500.00,  and  the  portraits  were  purchased  from 
Miss  Jane  Stuart,  the  legal  owner,  Mrs.  Stuart  at  the  same  time  sur- 
rendering "any  right  she  might  be  supposed  to  possess." 

From  a  copy  in  the  Trustees'  Records.  Mrs.  Stuart  appears  to 
have  lost  the  original  list. 


John  C.  Gray 
Dr  G.  C.  Shattuck 
Hon.  T.  H.  Perkins 
Hon.  P.  C.  Brooks 
Hon.  L  Thomdike 
A  friend  by  I.  P  Davis 
George  Ticknor 
J.  Coolidge 


F.  Tudor 

F.  C.  Gray 

A,  Lawrence 

T.  H.  Perkins,  Jun. 

J.  P.  Bradlee 

R.  D.  Tucker 

Geo.  Lyman 


Eben.  Rollins 
H.  Sargent 
W.  H.  Prescott 
Chs  Bradbury 
Hon.  Jos.  Quincy 
T.  Motley 
T.  Wigglesworth 


82 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


1832  Joseph  Grinnell  and  others  Bust  of  Rev.  John  Thorn- 
ton Kirkland,  by  Horatio 
Greenough. 

Joseph  Grinnell,  B.  A.  Gould,  and  William  Rollins  were  a 
Committee  of  the  donors  to  present  the  bust  to  the  Athenaeum,  that 
it  might  have  **a  place  among  the  memorials  of  gifted  minds  and 
benevolent  hearts." 


1833 
1835 


Thomas  L.  Winthrop 


Several  subscribers, 
not  given 


Names 


1836 


1837 


N.  I.  Bowditch  and  others, 
who  had  been  students 
in  Mr.  Prescott's  office 

8  subscribers 


Portrait  of  Govwnor  John 
Winthrop,  by  Beaumont. 
Busts  of  John  Lowell, 
Thomas  H.  Perkins,  Na- 
thaniel Bowditch,  and  Jo- 
seph Story  ;  by  Frazee. 
Mr.  Perkins  gave  a  bust 
of  Marshall. 
Bust  of  William  Prescott. 


Portrait  of  Benjamin  West, 
by  Allston. 


Subscribers  ; 
Thomas  Dwight 
J.  S.  Copley  Greene 
B.  D.  Greene 

1837     Francis  C.  Gray 


Mrs.  Gardiner  Greene 
Francis  C.  Lowell 
R.  Crafts 


W.  A.  Lawrence 
R.  C.  Hooper 


1838  George  Watson  Brimmer 

1839  Francis  C.  Gray 

1840  Shobal  V.  Clevenger 


1842     John  A.  Lowell,  executor 

of  John  Lowell,  Jr 
1842     Robert  C.  Waterston 


184-     John  E.  Allston 


Painting  :     Holy    Family, 
after  Murillo. 
Books  on  the  Fine  Arts. 
Two  valuable  paintings,  af- 
ter Cuyp  and  Murillo. 
Casts  of  his  busts  of  Web- 
ster,   Clay,    Otis,    Davis, 
Shaw,   Allston,    Mason, 
Tilden. 
Statue  of  Venus  Victrix. 

Parliamentary    Documents 

relating  to  the  Poor.     85 

volumes. 

Painting  :  Casket  scene,  by 

W.  Allston. 


J 


C^X.  «^-l  X     ^1     ClX  f_y^C>Ci 


*(-->-»'»^ 


GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


83 


1844     William  Prescott  Bust  of  William  H.  Pres- 

cott,  by  Richard  S.  Green- 
ough. 

1844  Subscribers.  Names  not  Orpheus,  in  marble,  by 
known.  Crawford. 

1847     Eben  S.  Coffin  The  Scriptures  in  languages 

of  India  ;   26  volumes. 

1847      12  gentlemen  Houdon's  Washington. 

Subscribers  to  the  cast  of  Houdon's  statue  of  Washington,  by 
Cicchi,  May  5,  1847. 

Wm  Appleton  T.  G.  Appleton  Saml  A.  Eliot 

David  Sears  Theodore  Lyman  F.  C.  Lowell 

Amos  Lawrence  Jonathan  Phillips  F.  C.  Gray 

Amos  A.  Lawrence  Abbott  Lawrence  F.  H.  Appleton 


1848     Oliver  Wendell  Holmes 

1848     Theodore  A.  Neal 
1848-55   77  gentlemen 


45  volumes,  some  of  them 
of  the  15th,  i6th,  and  17th 
centuries. 

Valuable  Oriental  manu- 
cripts. 

^3,750.00  toward  the  pur- 
chase of  part  of  the  Library 
of  George  Washington. 


Subscribers  : 
Israel  Lombard 
J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch 
Francis  Bacon 
Jonathan  Phillips 
Theodore  Chase 
Thos  Wigglesworth,  Jr 
Henry  Lee,  Jr 
Charles  Beck 
Ozias  Goodwin 
Henry  Lee 
Andrews  Norton 
John  P.  Cushing 
William  G.  Steams 
Edward  Everett 
Jared  Sparks 
Daniel  Austin 
Nathan  Rice  & 
John  Ware 
George  Ticknor 
James  Davis,  Jr 


William  S.  Bullard 
Stephen  H.  Bullard 
Henry  P.  Oxnard 
Charles  H.  Mills 
William  Appleton 
Samuel  Lawrence 
William  H.  Bordman 
Abbott  Lawrence 
James  K.  Mills 
George  H.  Kuhn 
Edward  H.  Robbins 
Jonas  Chickering 
Samuel  Austin 
George  M.  Barnard 
William  Perkins 
John  E.  Thayer 
Edward  Austin 
Moses  Grant 
Edmund  Dwight,  Jr 
John  C.  Gray 


James  Lloyd 
John  J.  Dixwell 
Francis  C.  Lowell 
Thomas  Lee 
James  Read 
Nathan  Appleton 
Amos  Lawrence 
Thomas  H.  Perkins 
Edward  N.  Perkins 
Benjamin  D.  Greene 
George  Livermore 
Charles  Eliot  Norton 
Samuel  Batchelder 
John  C.  Warren 
David  Sears 
Robert  G.  Shaw  &  Co 
George  W.  Lyman 
Josiah  Quincy,  Jr 
Thomas  B.  Wales 
William  T.  Eustis 


84 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Daniel  C.  Bacon 
Daniel  P.  Parker 
George  E.  Ellis 
Joseph  lasigi  & 
George  Parkman 
Edmund  Dwight 


C.  Gayton  Pickman 
Zelotes  Hosmer 
Nathaniel  Silsbee 
George  Peabody 
Francis  Peabody 
Nathan  W.  Neal 


William  Pickman 
Samuel  T.  Armstrong 
Richard  Fletcher 
Henry  T.  Parker 
Joseph  Coolidge 


1849     Charles  Francis  Adams  John  Quincy  Adams's  pam- 

phlets, nearly  7,000. 

1849     Mrs.  Benjamin  Waterhouse  Many    books,    engravings, 

paintings,  and  busts. 

1849     Elizabeth  P.  Peabody  Valuable  Polish  books. 

1849     20  gentlemen  H.  Dexter's  statue,  "The 

Backwoodsman." 


Subscribers : 
Samuel  Appleton 
Thomas  H.  Perkins 
Abbott  Lawrence 
David  Sears 
Edmund  Dwight 
Nathan  Appleton 
William  Lawrence 


George  W.  Lyman 
Samuel  A.  Eliot 
George  C.  Shattuck 
George  C.  Shattuck,  Jr 
Edward  Brooks 
John  D.  Williams 
John  Bryant,  Jr 


John  C.  Gray 
John  P.  Gushing 
William  Appleton 
Francis  C.  Gray 
Jonas  Chickering 
Josiah  Quincy,  Jr 


185-  Thomas  H.  Perkins 

1853  Isaac  P  Davis 

1853  Janies  Brown 

1854  E.  Price  Greenleaf 

1854  9  gentlemen 


Teak  table,  for  the  use  of 
the  Trustees. 

Portrait   of   Stuart,   by 
Neagle. 

Expensive    books,    valued 
at  ;^2,ooo.oo 

29  valuable  volumes  in 
manuscript,  court  and  no- 
tarial records. 
262  books,  chiefly  Spanish 
literature,  purchased  at  the 
auction  of  the  library  of 
Francis  Sales. 


Subscribers  ; 

William  H.  Prescott  Jared  Sparks 

Henry  W.  Longfellow  Charles  Beck 

Joseph  E.  Worcester  John  Steams 


William  Whiting 
Edward  Wigglesworth 
Harrison  Ritchie 


1854    E.  W.  Dana 


Ceres,  statue  in  marble. 


GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


8S 


185-    Family  of  T.  H.  Perkins 
1858     Various  persons 


Portrait  of  William  Tudor, 
by  T.  Sully. 

^2,000.00,  for  Green- 
ough's  "  Shepherd  Boy  and 
Eagle." 


List  of  subscribers,  January  4,  1858,  to  purchase  the  bronze  group 
of  the  "  Shepherd  Boy  and  Eagle,"  made  by  Richard  S.  Greenough. 


John  Eliot  Thayer 
W.  S.  BuUard 
C.  H.  &  J.  K.  Mills 
Chas  G.  Loring 
Thos  B.  Curtis 


Mrs.  W.  W.  Wadsworth  J,  P.  Gushing 


Nathan  Appleton 
Miss  Joy 
William  Gray 
Wm  P.  Mason 


Mrs.  Abbott  Lawrence  George  W.  Lyman 
Misses  Wigglesworth     David  Sears 
Mrs.  William  Pratt        Martin  Brimmer 


Francis  Brooks 
J.  Davis,  Jr 
Wm  Appleton 
Henry  Lee,  Jr 
Edmund  Dwight 
Arthur  T.  Lyman 


1858  Samuel  May 

1859  Thomas  Dowse 

1 86 1     Mrs.  George  G.  Lee 
1863?  Fanny  Kemble 
1864     Thomas  Lee 
1866     Uriah  A.  Boyden 

1869     Bequest  of  Miss  Joy 

18 —    Francis  J.  Parker 

1871     Ivers  J.  Austin 

1 87 1     Mrs.  M.  H.  Schoolcraft 

1872-3  Various  citizens 


Bust  in  marble  of  Wendell 
Phillips,  by  J.  A.  Jackson. 
52  pictures  in  water  color 
and  six  in  oil,  "copies  of 
the  old  masters  then  owned 
in  England  "  ;  bequeathed 
in  1859. 

Copy  in  marble  of  Venus 
de  Medici. 

Painting  :  Mrs.  Siddons  and 
Fanny  Kemble,  by  Briggs. 
Portrait  of  Rev.  Joseph  S. 
Buckminster,  by  Stuart. 
;^  1,800.00,  to  supply  defi- 
ciencies in  the  series  of  sci- 
entific transactions  and 
memoirs. 

Carthaginian  girl,  by  R.  S. 
Greenough. 

Blue  plate,  the  Athenaeum 
in  Pearl  Street. 
326  volumes. 

164  volumes   in  languages 
of  the  American  Indians. 
^4,653.27,    subscriptions 
for  printing  the  Catalogue. 


86 


THE  BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Uriah  A.  Boyden 
John  A.  Lowell 
Henry  B.  Rogers^ 
Nathan  Matthews 
Francis  E.  Parker 
Robert  W.  Hooper 
Martin  Brimmer 
William  Perkins 
Chas  E,  Ware 


Geo.  W.  Wales 
Charles  Deane 
Christopher  T.  Thayer 
Andrew  T.  Hall 
Samuel  Eliot 
Francis  Parkman 
Alexander  H.  Rice 
J.  E.  Cabot 
Edward  Wigglesworth 


Elizabeth  B.  Inches 
Charlotte  L.  Inches 
Henderson  Inches 
Misses  Wigglesworth 
Robert  C.  Waterston 
Also   subscriptions 
amounting        to 
{551,133.27  collected  by 
Francis  E.  Parker. 


1873-5     T.  Bigelow  Lawrence 


1875  Heirs  of  William  Powell 

Mason 

1876  George  B.  Emerson 

1877  W.  W.  Morland 

1877  Andrew  C.  Wheelwright 

1882  Estate  of  John  A.  Lowell 

1885  Estate  of  R.  W.  Hooper 

1886  Mrs.  C.  Jackson 
1890  James  T.  Swift 

1894  Mrs.  Waldo  Higginson 


1895 
1901 


1^02 


Estate  of  Henry  W.  Torrey 
Charles  Pickering  Bowditch 
Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop 
Albert  Matthews 
Henry  Francis  Sears 
Edward  Ingersoll  Browne 


1903     Mary  Farwell  Ayer 


The  sum  of  ;^8,058.oo,  in- 
surance on  the  Lawrence 
collection  of  armor  be- 
queathed to  the  Athenaeum 
and  burnt  in  the  great  fire 
of  1872. 
About  300  volumes. 

263  volumes  of  Italian  lit- 
erature. 

Portrait  of  John  Jackson. 
333  volumes. 

240  volumes  relating  to 
science. 

About  400  volumes. 
95  volumes. 

Bust  in  marble  of  George  S. 
Hillard,  by  J.  A.  Jackson. 
481  volumes,  English  and 
French  literature,  from  the 
library  of  her  brother, 
George  Brimmer  Sohier. 
85  volumes. 

Francis  Hindes  Groome 
collection  relating  to  gyp- 
sies.   Over  100  volumes. 

1 2  volumes,  containing 
2,100  views,  a  "  Photo- 
graphic Journal  "  of  his 
travels.  Bequest. 
Check-list  of  Boston  News- 
papers,  1690-1780.  In 
manuscript. 


GIFTS  AND   BEQUESTS 


87 


1903     Annie  H.  Thwing 
1903-5     Howard  Pay  son  Arnold 
1904-5     Charles  F.  Atkinson 

1905  Heirs  of  Edward  J.  Lowell 

1906  Caroline  L.  W.  French 

1906-7      Charles  P.  Greenough 

1907  Mrs.  Horace  Gray 


Views  of  towns  and  ancient 
buildings. 

Expensive  works  on  art, 
valued  at  about  $1,500.00. 
Many  maps  and  books  from 
the  library  of  William  P. 
Atkinson. 

Books  relating  to  France ; 
also  nine  volumes  of  manu- 
scripts on  the  Hessians. 
Expensive  and  rare  works 
on  art. 

Broadsidesand  manuscripts. 
Books  and  pamphlets. 


VI 

PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED   BY   THE 
ATHENiEUM 


VI 

PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED    BY  THE   BOSTON 
ATHENiEUM 

PREPARED   BY   CHARLES   NEWCOMB   BAXTER 

By-Laws 

[Rules  and  regulations  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted  by 
the  proprietors,  August  ii,  1808.]  {In  Quincy,  J.  The 
history  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  pp.  48-53.      185 1.) 

This  was  the  first  set  of  rules  made  for  the  government  of  the 
institution. 

[Rules  and  regulations  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted 
by  the  proprietors,  February  4,  1822.] 

An  abstract  of  these  rules  is  given  in  Quincy's  "  History  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum,"  pages  73-78. 

Extracts  from  the  by-laws  and  regulations  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum.  [Boston:  Phelps  and  Farnham,  1825.]  11  pp. 
12°. 

This  contains  on  pages  4- 11  the  "Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Boston  Athenajum." 

By-laws  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  estab- 
lished January  i,  1827.  (^"  ^^^  Catalogue  of  books,  pp. 
341-348.  1827;  also  in  Quincy,  J.  The  history  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum,  pp.  11 3-1 17.      1851. 

By-laws  reported  by  the  committee  of  the  proprietors  of 
the  Boston  Athenaeum,  January  2,  1865.  [Boston:  1865.] 
4  pp.     8°. 


92  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 

By-laws  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted  by  the  proprietors, 
Feb.  6,  1865.     [Boston:   1865.]     4  pp.     8°. 

By-laws  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted  by  the  proprie- 
tors, Feb.  6,  1865:  amended  Jan.  12,  1880,  and  Jan.  10, 
1881.     [Boston:   1881.]     4  pp.    8°. 

By-laws  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted  by  the  proprie- 
tors, Feb.  6,  1865;  amended  Jan.  12,  1880 ;  Jan.  10,  1881  ; 
Feb.  8,  1892;  Feb.  14,  1898;  Feb.  13,  1899.  [Boston: 
1900.]     8  pp.     8°. 

This  includes  on  pages  5-8  *'  Rules  and  regulations  for  the  library 
and  reading  room  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  ;  revised  and  amended  by 
the  Library  Committee,  and  approved  by  the  trustees  in  March,  1900." 

By-laws  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  adopted  by  the  proprietors, 
February  6,  1865;  amended  January  12,  1880 ;  January  10, 
1881  ;  February  8,  1892;  February  14,  1898;  February 
13,1899.     [Boston:   1907.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Catalogues 

[Catalogue  of  the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  Boston  : 
1810.]     267  pp.     8°. 

Instead  of  a  title  this  catalogue  has  the  following  note  on  the  first 
page: 

"  Large  additions  have  been  made  to  the  Library  since  these  sheets 
were  struck  off,  and  therefore  this  Catalogue  is  incomplete.  A  few 
copies  have  been  put  together  in  this  form  to  be  used  in  the  rooms. 
The  Catalogue,  when  completed,  with  an  appendix,  index,  and 
preface,  will  be  published  and  sold." 

The  catalogue  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  McKean.  It  was 
never  completed  by  **an  appendix,  index,  and  preface."  It  is  divided 
into  fifteen  classes. 

Catalogue  of  books  in  the  Boston  Athenaeum ;  to  which  are 
added  the  By-laws  of  the  institution,  and  a  List  of  its  proprie- 


PUBLICATIONS  93 

tors  and  subscribers.     Boston :  Printed  by  William  L.  Lewis, 
Congress  Street.      1827.     [4],  356  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  books  added  to  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  since 
the  publication  of  the  catalogue  in  January,  1827.  [Boston: 
Lewis,   1830.]     64  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  books  added  to  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  in 
1830-1833.  Boston:  [Eastburn's  Press,]  January,  1834. 
80  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  books  added  to  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  since 
the  publication  of  the  catalogue  in  January,  1827.  Boston: 
Eastburn's  Press,  1840.      179  pp.     8°. 

List  of  books  added  to  the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
from  December  i,  1862  to  December  15,  1868.  [Boston: 
1863-1868.]     6  V.     8°. 

These  volumes  covered  the  following  periods  : 

Dec.     I,  1862  to  Dec.     i,  1863.  33  pp. 

Dec.     I,  1863  to  Dec.     i,  1864.  34  pp. 

Dec.     I,  1864  to  Dec.  15,  1865.  34  pp. 

Dec.  15,  1865  to  Dec.  15,  1866.  33  pp. 

Dec.  15,  1866  to  Dec.  15,  1867.  35  pp. 

Dec.  15,  1867  to  Dec.  15,  1868.  27  pp. 

List  of  books  added  to  the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
December  15, 1868-1871.  [Boston:   1869-1872.]   i7nos.  8°. 

These  lists  of  four,  six,  or  eight  pages  were  issued  usually  every  two 
months.  With  No.  2  the  title  changes  to  **  Boston  Athenaeum.  List 
of  books  lately  added  to  the  library."  The  list  was  issued  as  follows : 
1869,  No.  1-6;   1870,  No.  1-5;   1 871,  No.  1-6. 

Boston  Athenaeum.  List  of  additions.  Second  Series. 
No.  1-354.  September  1,1877  to  March  2,  1896.  [Boston: 
1877-1896.]     1471  pp.     sm.  4°. 


94  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

1877,  No.  1-3;  1878,  No.  4-20;  1879,  No.  21-40;  1880, 
No.  41-60;  1881,  No.  61-80;  1882, No.  81-100;  i883,No.  loi- 
140;  1884,  No.  141-160;  1885,  No.  161-180;  1886,  No.  181- 
200;  1887,  No.  201-220;  1888,  No.  221-235;  1889,  No, 
236-253;  1890,  No.  254-276;  1891,  No.  277-295;  1892,  No. 
296-319;  1893,  No.  320-330;  1894,  No.  331-342;  1895. 
No.  343-352;  1896,  No.  353-354- 

The  title  is  abbreviated  with  No.  3  to  the  heading  :  "  Boston  Athe- 
naeum. Additions.  2d  ser."  In  1887  the  following  title-page  was 
printed  for  a  volume  containing  Nos.  1-200  bound  together:  "Boston 
Athenaeum.      Additions  to  the  library  1877-86.      Boston:  1887." 

The  numbers  were  issued  at  first  as  often  as  there  were  "titles 
enough  to  fill  a  sheet."  In  1882  and  thereafter  they  were  published 
more  or  less  regularly  at  intervals  varying  at  different  times  from  a  week 
to  a  month.  The  list  contained  many  annotations  from  the  literary 
reviews.  An  index  to  the  numbers  for  each  year  was  issued  from  1878 
to  1893  inclusive. 

Catalogue  of  the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenasum,  1807- 
1871.     Boston:   1874-1882.     5  vols.     3402  pp.     1.8°. 

Part     I.      A-C.  1874.     pp.  [4],  1-724. 

"      II.     D-H.  1876.     pp.  [4],  725-1490. 

"     III.      I-N.  1878.     pp.  [4],  149 1-2 166. 

«  IV.  O-S.  1880.  pp.  [4],  2167-2908. 

"   V.  T-Z.  1882.  pp.  [10],  24,  2909-3402. 

The  "  Chronological  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
from  its  foundation  to  January  31,  1882,  according  to  the  certificate 
book,"  containing  24  pages,  is  bound  in  part  V. 

Under  the  title  "The  editor  to  the  proprietors,"  pages  3399-3402, 
Mr.  Charles  A.  Cutter  gives  a  brief  account  of  the  making  of  this 
catalogue. 

A  catalogue  of  the  Washington  collection  in  the  Boston 
Athenaeum ;  compiled  and  annotated  by  Appleton  P.  C.  Grif- 
fin ;  in  four  parts :  I.  Books  from  the  library  of  General 
George  Washington.  II.  Other  books  from  Mount  Vernon. 
III.  The  writings  of  Washington.  IV.  Washingtoniana. 
With   an  appendix,   The   inventory    of  Washington's    books 


PUBLICATIONS  95 

drawn  up  by  the  appraisers  of  his  estate,  with  notes  in  regard  to 
the  full  titles  of  the  several  books,  and  the  later  history  and 
present  ownership  of  those  not  in  the  Athenaeum  collection  ;  by 
William  Coolidge  Lane,  Librarian  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 
[Boston:]  The  Boston  Athenaeum.  1897.  XI,  566  pp. 
front,  (port.),  plate,  14  facsimiles  on  13  plates,     sq.  8°. 

— Index ;  by  Franklin  Osborne  Poole.  [Boston :]  The 
Boston  Athenaeum.      1900.     [6],  87  pp.     sq.  8°. 

Circulars 
Anthology   Society.     Anthology   reading  room  and  library. 
Boston:  Jan.  i,  1807.  8  pp.     8°. 

This  circular  gives  the  names  of  the  trustees  to  whom  the  Anthology 
Society  transferred  its  books.  It  also  contains  the  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  government  of  the  Anthology  Reading  Room  and  Library.  It 
is  reprinted  in  Quincy's  ''History  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,"  pages 
12-18. 

Memoir  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  with  the  act  of  incorpor- 
ation, and  organization  of  the  institution.  Boston:  Printed  at 
the  Anthology  Office,  Court-Street,  by  Munroe  &  Francis, 
May,  1807.     30  PP-     8°* 

This  memoir  was  written  by  John  T.  Kirkland.  It  was  circulated 
for  the  purpose  of  soliciting  subscriptions  by  a  committee  consisting  of 
John  Lowell,  John  T.  Kirkland  and  William  S.  Shaw. 

Without  "  the  act  of  incorporation,  and  organization  of  the  institu- 
tion," and  also  without  a  ".it  of  periodical  publications  regularly  re- 
ceived, it  is  reprinted  in  "The  monthly  anthology  for  May  1807," 
pages  225-234.  It  is  also  reprinted  in  Quincy's  "History  of  the  Bos- 
ton Athenasum,"  pages  24-43. 

[Circular  to  the  public  soliciting  subscriptions  to  a  proposed 
issue  of  237  new  shares.     Boston:  1844.]  2  pp.     4°. 

[Circular  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  urging 
an  increase  in  the  number  of  proprietors  paying  annual  sub- 
scriptions for  the  right  of  taking  out  books  from  the  library.] 
Boston:  March  3,  1846.      i  p.    4°. 


96  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

This  circular  was  signed  by  a  committee  of  the  trustees  consisting  of 
John  A.  Lowell,  William  H.  Prescott,  Enoch  Hale,  William  T. 
Andrews,  and  George  S.  Hillard. 

To  the  proprietors  and  friends  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
[a  circular  soliciting  subscriptions  to  a  proposed  issue  of  400 
new  shares].     Boston:  April  22,  1853.     3  pp.    sq.  8°. 

This  circular  is  signed  by  Thomas  G.  Gary,  President ;.  John  A. 
Lowell,  Vice-President ;  Samuel  Hooper,  Treasurer;  William  T. 
Andrews,  O.  W.  Holmes,  George  Livermore,  Andrew  T.  Hall, 
William  Thomas,  Albert  Fearing,  Adam  W.  Thaxter,  Jun.,  Amos  A. 
Lawrence,  Edward  A.  Crowningshield  (sic),  G.  Howland  Shaw, 
Charles  E.  Norton,  Trustees. 

[Circular  for  subscriptions  to  the  proposed  printed  catalogue. 
Boston:  1861.]      i  p.    4°. 

[Circular  for  subscriptions  to  the  proposed  printed  catalogue. 
Boston:  March,  1872].      i  p.    4°. 

[Circular  for  subscriptions  to  the  printed  catalogue.  Boston: 
March,  1874.]     2  pp.    4°. 

This  circular  contains  a  brief  account  of  the  printed  catalogue,  written 
by  Samuel  Eliot,  and  reprinted  from  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser, 
February  4,  1874.  It  was  circulated  by  the  following  committee: 
George  Abbot  James,  Samuel  B.  Cruft,  James  A.  Dupee,  Francis  A. 
Osborn,  and  Francis  H.  Appleton. 

Abbot,  Ezra.  [Letter  to  Charles  A.  Cutter,  March  7th, 
1874,  in  regard  to  the  catalogue  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
Library.     Boston:  1874.]      i  p.    P. 

[Circular  from  the  trustees  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  reporting  the  reference  of  certain  matters  relating  to 
the  question  of  removal  to  a  Conference  Committee.]  Boston: 
May  6th,  1903.    3  pp.    4°. 

[Circular  from  the  trustees  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  in  regard  to  the  question  of  removal.]  Boston : 
December  ist,  1903.  4  pp.    4°. 


PUBLICATIONS  97 

This  circular  was  signed  by  the  following  committee  of  the  trustees : 
Charles  P.  Bowditch,  John  C.  Gray,  and  Howard  Stockton. 

It  was  accompanied  by  two  reports,  A  and  B. 

A  was  a  report  to  the  trustees  of  the  Athena;um  from  the  Conference 
Committee,  consisting  of  Chas.  A.  Cummings,  Alfred  Bowditch,  J.  R. 
Coolidge  Jr.,  trustees ;  and  Wm.  D.  Sohier,  Richard  H.  Dana,  Robt. 
Treat  Paine,  proprietors. 

B  was  a  Report  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  made 
in  1 90 1  by  the  following  committee  of  the  trustees:  J.  Elliot  Cabot, 
Barrett  Wendell,  and  Charles  P.  Bowditch. 

[Circular  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  contain- 
ing reasons  for  preserving  our  present  building.  Boston : 
1903.]     4  pp.     f°. 

This  circular  was  signed  by  the  following  sub-committee  of  proprie- 
tors :   Richard  H.  Dana,  William  D.  Sohier,  and  Robert  Treat  Paine. 

It  was  later  reprinted  with  the  heading  **  Shall  the  Athenaeum  be  pre- 
served ?"  and  sent  to  the  proprietors  with  the  Circular  of  the  Trustees 
of  December  21st,  1903. 

[Circular  from  the  trustees  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  in  regard  to  the  question  of  removal.]  Boston : 
December  2ist,  1903.     2  pp.     4°. 

A  folio  circular  urging  the  preservation  of  the  present  Athenaeum 
building,   signed  by   137  proprietors,   was  issued  the  same  year. 

Gallery 

A  catalogue  of  the  first  [to  thirtieth,  thirty-second  to  fiftieth] 
exhibition  of  paintings  in  the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  1827-1848, 
1850-1873.     Boston:   1827-1873.     8°.    (1-2,4°.) 

More  than  one  edition  of  most  of  these  catalogues  appeared. 

The  '*  American  exhibition  of  British  art"  was  perhaps  considered 
the  thirty-first  exhibition. 

There  was  no  exhibition  in  1 849  on  account  of  the  removal  of  the 
library  from  Pearl  Street  to  Beacon  Street. 

The  fifteenth  to  twenty-second,  and  twenty-fourth  to  forty-third 
exhibitions  were  exhibitions  of  paintings  and  sculpture. 

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98  THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

The  catalogues  of  the  forty-eighth  and  forty-ninth  exhibitions  contain 
the  "  List  of  chromolithographs." 

[Crosby,  William  G.]  Poetical  illustrations  of  the  Athenaeum 
Gallery  of  paintings.  Boston:  True  and  Greene,  1827.  [4], 
40  pp.     8°. 

Sarti,  Antonio.  Exhibition  of  rare  old  paintings  at  the 
Athenaeum  Gallery.  Boston:  Eastburn,  1929  [1829].  6  pp. 
8^ 

Descriptive  catalogue  of  the  four  magnificent  paintings  of  the 
most  interesting  monuments  of  ancient  and  modern  Rome,  be- 
ing the  original  pictures  painted  for  the  Duke  de  Choiseuil,  a 
minister  of  Louis  XV.,  by  the  Cavalier  Giovanni  Paolo  Pa- 
nini,  now  exhibiting  at  the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  Pearl  Street, 
Boston:  Clapp,  1834.    8  pp.     8°. 

Descriptive  catalogue  of  a  choice  and  valuable  collection  of 
oil  paintings,  by  the  ancient  and  modern  masters,  exhibiting  at 
the  Athenaeum,  Pearl  Street.      [Boston:    183-.]      4  pp.     12°. 

Catalogue  of  the  first  [and  second]  exhibition  of  sculpture  in 
the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  1 839-1 840.     Boston:   1839-40.      8°. 

The  catalogues  of  later  exhibitions  of  sculpture  are  included  in  the 
catalogues  of  the  exhibitions  of  paintings. 

Description  of  the  Orpheus  and  other  works  of  sculpture  by 
Thomas  G.  Crawford  of  Rome,  now  exhibiting  at  the  Athe- 
naeum, Pearl  Street.  Boston  :  Eastburn's  Press,  1844.  8  pp. 
8°. 

Catalogue  of  paintings  to  be  sold  by  auction  at  the  Athenaeum 
Gallery,  Beacon  Street,  on  Monday,  2  2d  inst.,  at  11  o'clock,  by 
Whitwells  &  Seaver.     [Boston  :   185-.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  the  American  exhibition  of  British  art,  at 
the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  Beacon-Street,  Boston.     Oil  pictures 


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and   water  colors,    1858.     Boston:    Eastburn's    Press,    1858. 
24  pp.     8°. 

This  was  perhaps  considered  the  thirty-first  exhibition  of  paintings. 

Catalogue  of  pictures  lent  to  the  Sanitary  Fair  for  exhibition  ; 
together  with  catalogue  of  paintings  and  statuary  of  the  Athe- 
naeum Gallery,  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  1863.  Boston  :  Rogers, 
1863.      16  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  paintings  and  statuary,  exhibited  for  the  benefit 
of  the  National  Sailors'  Fair,  at  the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  Beacon 
Street,  Boston,  1864.     Boston  :  Rogers,  1864.     20  pp.     8°. 

Catalogue  of  the  exhibition  of  paintings  for  the  benefit  of 
the  French,  1871.  Boston:  Rand,  Avery  &  Frye,  187 1. 
4  PP-     4°- 

List  of  chromolithographs  after  Italian,  German,  and  Flemish 
frescoes,  now  on  exhibition  at  the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  Beacon 
Street,  Boston ;  with  sketches  of  the  painters,  abridged  from 
F.  M  [W].  Maynard's  "  Descriptive  sketch  of  the  Arundel 
Society."    Boston:  Rand,  Avery  &  Co.,  1872.     16  pp.     8°. 

Lists  of  Proprietors 

Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  [1825.] 
{In  its  Extracts  from  the  by-laws  and  regulations,  pp.  4- 11. 
1825.) 

A  list  of  the  owners  of  shares  i  to  205  in  1825. 

Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  [1827]. 
{In  its  Catalogue  of  books,  pp.  350-356.      1827.) 

An  alphabetical  list. 

Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  [1830]. 
(/«  its  Catalogue  of  books  added  since  the  publication  of  the  cat- 
alogue in  January,  1827.     pp.  60-64.      1830.) 

An  alphabetical  list. 


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Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  1834. 
{In  its  Catalogue  of  books  added  in  1 830-1 833,  pp.  77-80. 
1834.) 

An  alphabetical  list. 

Names  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  1840. 
(/«  its  Catalogue  of  books  added  since  the  publication  of  the 
catalogue  in  January,  1827,  pp.  174-179.     1840.) 

An  alphabetical  list. 

Alphabetical  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
on  the  8th  of  March  1848,  according  to  the  certificate  book. 
[Boston:   1848.]      12  pp.     f°. 

List  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  on  the  8th 
of  March,  1848,  according  to  the  certificate  book.  [Boston: 
1848.]     1 1  pp.     f°. 

This  is  a  chronological  list. 

Proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  31  December,  1850. 
[Cambridge:   1851.]     24  pp.     8°. 

Reprinted  from  Quincy's  "History  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum," 
pages  243-264.  This  contains  two  lists,  chronological  and  alpha- 
betical, of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  from  its  founda- 
tion to  the  end  of  the  year  1850  according  to  the  certificate  book. 

It  is  the  first  historical  list  giving  the  names  of  all  proprietors  from  the 
beginning. 

Alphabetical  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
according  to  the  certificate  book,  February  8,  1855.  [Boston  : 
1855.]     II  PP-     8°. 

Alphabetical  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
March  31,  i860.     [Boston:   i860.]     12  pp.     8°. 

Alphabetical  list  of  the  proprietors  of  Boston  Athenaeum, 
June  I,  1866.  Boston:  Privately  printed  at  Athenaeum  Press, 
B.  W.  Goldsmith,  Printer,  1866.      12  pp.     8°. 


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PUBLICATIONS  loi 

Chronological  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum from  its  foundation  to  January  31,  1882,  according  to 
the  certificate  book.     [Boston:   1882.]     24  pp.     1.8°, 

This  includes  also  an  alphabetical  list,  and  is  bound  in  part  5  of  the 
"Catalogue  of  the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  1807— 187 1." 

Register  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  from  its 
foundation  to  December  31,  1897,  according  to  the  certificate 
book,  in  two  parts:  i.  a  chronological  list;  2.  an  alphabetical 
list.     [Boston  :]  The  Boston  Athenaeum,  1898.     94  pp>     8°. 

Reports 

Report  to  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  in  rela- 
tion to  the  issuing  of  new  shares.  Boston  :  John  Wilson  and 
Son,  1853.     22  pp.     8°. 

This  was  the  report  of  a  committee  of  three  **  appointed  to  inquire 
whether  any  illegal  action  has  been  taken  by  the  proprietors  at  any  pre- 
vious time."  The  committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  William  H. 
Gardiner,  Nathaniel  I.  Bowditch,  and  Francis  B.  Crowninshield. 

Treasurer.  Statement  [of  his  accounts  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1 854]-i9o6.     [Boston:   1855-1907.]     f°. 

Report  of  the  committee  of  the  trustees  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum,  appointed  to  consider  the  expediency  of  extending 
or  increasing  the  rights  of  the  proprietors.  Boston :  John 
Wilson  and  Son,  1863.     8  pp.     8°. 

This  report  is  signed  **  For  the  committee,  Charles  Eliot  Norton, 
9th  February,  1 863." 

Library  Committee.  Reports  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Library  and  of  the  Committee  on  the  Fine  Arts  of  the  Boston 
Athenasum,  submitted  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  proprietors, 
January  8,  1866;  January  8,  1867.  [Boston:  1866-1867.] 
2  V.     8°. 


102  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Library  Committee.  Reports  of  the  Library  Committee  and 
of  the  Librarian  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  for  the  year  1893- 
1 894 ;  —  continued  as  Boston  Athenaeum.  Report  for  the 
year  1895-1906.  [Boston:  1894-1907.]  8°.  {1893-1897. 
1.  8°.) 

The  reports  for  the  year  1895  and  later  years  were  prepared  entirely 
by  the  Librarian. 

The  "Report  for  the  year  1896"  includes  **  An  account  of  the 
manuscripts  in  the  Boston  Athenaeum"  by  A.  P.  C.  Griffin. 

In  the  "  Report  for  the  year  1897  "  is  a  "  List  of  newspapers  and 
periodical  publications  currently  received  at  the  Boston  Athenaeum." 

The  **  Report  for  the  year  1905  "  contains  lists  of  the  "  Permanent 
funds  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  "  and  of  the  "  Chief  bequests  and  gifts 
to  the  Boston  Athenaeum." 

Rules 

Rules  and  regulations  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  Jan.  20th, 
1815.     Boston:   1815.     Broadside. 

Rules  of  the  Athenaeum  library  and  reading-room.  April  i, 
1855.     [Boston:   1855.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  of  the  Athenaeum  library  and  reading-room.  April  9, 
i860.     [Boston:   i860.]     4pp.     8°. 

This  was  also  printed  as  a  broadside. 

Rules  of  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum. November  18,  1867.  [Boston:  Press  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum,  1867.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum, and  for  defining  the  powers  of  the  several  committees ; 
reported  by  a  committee  at  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  March  21, 
1881.     [Boston:   1881.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum, and  for  defining  the  powers  of  the  several  committees ; 


PUBLICATIONS  103 

reported  by  a  committee  at  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  April  18, 
1 88 1.     [Boston:    188 1.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum, and  for  defining  the  powers  of  the  several  committees, 
adopted  at  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  April  18,  1881.  [Boston  : 
1881.]     4  pp.     8°.    • 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum, and  for  defining  the  powers  of  the  several  committees ; 
adopted  at  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  April  18,  1881 ;  and 
amended.  May  16,  1881,  in  articles  17  and  18.  [Boston: 
1881.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum ;  adopted  by  the  Library  Committee,  and  approved  at  a 
meeting  of  the  trustees,  March  16,  1885.  [Boston:  1885.] 
6  pp.     8°. 

This  includes  "  Regulations,  adopted  by  the  trustees,  March  i6, 
1885,"  on  pages  5  and  6. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum ;  adopted  by  the  Library  Committee,  and  approved  at  a 
meeting  of  the  trustees,  March  18,  1889.  [Boston:  1889.] 
4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum ;  adopted  by  the  Library  Committee ;  approved  and 
amended  at  meetings  of  the  trustees,  March  16,  1885,  March 
18,  1889,  April  21,  May  19,  1890.  [Boston:  1890. J  4  pp. 
8°. 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading-room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum ;  revised  and  amended  by  the  Library  Committee,  and 
approved  by  the  trustees,  February,  1897.  [Boston:  1897.] 
4  pp.     8^ 


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Rules  and  regulations  for  the  library  and  reading  room  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum,  revised  and  amended  by  the  Library  Com- 
mittee, and  approved  by  the  trustees  in  October  and  December, 
1898.     [Boston:   1899.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Rules  and  regulations  for  the  library  and  reading  room  of 
the  Boston  Athenaeum;  revised  and  amended  by  the  Library 
Committee,  and  approved  by  the  trustees  in  March,  1900. 
(/«  its  By-laws,  pp.  5-8.     1900.) 

Rules  for  the  library  and  reading  room  of  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum; approved  by  the  trustees,  December  17,  1906.  [Bos- 
ton:  1907.]     4  pp.     8°. 

Regulations  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  ;  made  by  the  trustees, 
January  21,  1907.     [Boston:   1907.]     4  pp.     8° 

Miscellaneous 

Aspinwall,  William.  A  volume  relating  to  the  early  history 
of  Boston  containing  the  Aspinwall  notarial  records  from  1644 
to  1651.  Boston:  Municipal  Printing  Office,  1903.  X,  455 
pp.     front.,  facsimile  of  first  page  of  MS.     8°. 

This  is  a  reprint  of  the  manuscript  **  Notarial  records  "  of  William 
Aspinwall  in  the  Boston  Athenaeum.  It  was  published  by  the  city  of 
Boston  as  volume  32  of  the  series  formerly  called  **  Record  Commis- 
sioners* Reports."  The  Athenaeum  paid  for  100  copies,  printed  on 
special  paper. 

Boston  Athenaeum.  Competition  for  a  building  to  be  erected 
for  the  Boston  Athenaeum.     [Boston:   1902.]     8  pp.     8°. 

—  Circular  of  information  supplementary  to  the  programme 
of  competition  for  a  new  library  building  for  the  Boston  Athe- 
naeum.    [Boston:   1902.]  2  pp.     8°. 

—  Second  circular  of  information  supplementary  to  the  pro- 
gramme of  competition  for  a  new  library  building  for  the  Boston 
Athenaeum.     [Boston:   1902.]     i  p.     8°. 


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PUBLICATIONS  105 

Boston  Athenaeum.  Photographs  by  Ad.  Braun  &  Cie. 
[in  the  Boston  Athenaeum],  Sept.  i,  1888.  [Boston:  1888.] 
8  pp.     4°. 

Boston  Athenaeum.  Photographs  by  Ad.  Braun  &  Cie.  in 
the  Boston  Athenaeum,  January  i,  1890 ;  alphabetical  list,  and 
chronological  list  under  countries.     [Boston  :   1890.]     24  pp. 

This  list  was  made  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  Otis. 

Cutter,  Charles  Ammi.  Boston  Athenaeum ;  how  to  get 
books,  with  an  explanation  of  the  new  way  of  marking  books. 
Boston;  Rockwell  and  Churchill,  1882.     36  pp.     8°. 

Leonard  and  Co.  Catalogue  of  a  large  collection  of  books, 
being  the  duplicates  of  the  Boston  Athenasum,  to  be  sold  by 
auction,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Jan.  29  and  30,  1862, 
in  the  library  sales-room  of  Leonard  &  Co.,  49,  Tremont 
Street,  Boston.  Boston:  John  Wilson  and  Son,  1862. 
28  pp.     8°. 

Lowell,  John,  Jr.  Extracts  from  the  will  and  codicil  of 
John  Lowell,  Jr.,  concerning  the  Lecture  Fund  ;  and  opinions 
of  Hon.  Chas.  G.  Loring,  and  Hon.  Benj.  R.  Curtis  upon  the 
duties  of  the  trustees  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  as  Visitors  of 
the  Lecture  Fund.  Boston  :  James  F.  Cotter  &  Co.,  1885. 
21   pp.     8°. 

Quincy,  Josiah.  The  history  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
with  Biographical  notices  of  its  deceased  founders.  Cambridge  : 
Metcalf  and  Company,  1851.     XII,  264,  104  pp.     8°. 

This  contains  on  pages  243-263  two  lists,  one  chronological  and  one 
alphabetical,  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  from  its 
foundation  to  the  end  of  the  year  1850,  according  to  the  certificate 
book. 

The  "  Biographical  notices '  *  have  a  separate  pagination.  The 
notices  are   of    the    following    men :  John  Sylvester   John    Gardiner, 


io6  THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 

William  Emerson,  Arthur  Maynard  Walter,  William  Smith  Shaw, 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher  and  Samuel  Cooper  Thacher,  Joseph 
Stevens  Buckminster,  William  Tudor,  John  Thornton  Kirkland,  John 
Bromfield. 

Robert  Charles  Billings  Fund.     Publications. 

No.  I.  Le  Forestier,  Francois.  Relation;  autobiography 
and  voyages  of  Francois  Le  Forestier  (1749— 1 8 19),  a  refugee 
from  Mauritius  and  a  teacher  in  New  England ;  a  recently  dis- 
covered manuscript  edited  by  Hasket  Derby,  M.  D.  [Boston  :] 
The  Boston  Athenaeum,  1904.  XII,  77  pp.  front.,  4  portraits, 
2  facsimiles.      8°. 

An  edition  of  500  copies. 

No.  2.  ToplifF,  Samuel,  Travels ;  letters  from  abroad  in  the 
years  1828  and  1829,  by  Samuel  Topliff,  proprietor  of  the  Mer- 
chants News  Room  in  Boston,  from  the  original  manuscript 
owned  by  the  Boston  Athenaeum ;  edited  with  a  memoir  and 
notes  by  Ethel  Stanwood  Bolton.  [Boston :]  The  Boston 
Athenaeum,  1906.  246  pp.  front,  (portrait  of  Samuel 
ToplifF),  4  plates,  2  maps,  3  facsimiles.     8°. 

An  edition  of  400  copies. 

No.  3.  The  Athenaeum  Centenary;  the  influence  and  history 
of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  from  1807  to  1907,  with  a  record  of 
its  officers  and  benefactors,  and  a  complete  list  of  proprietors. 
[Boston:]  The  Boston  Athenaeum,  1907.  236  pp.  front, 
(portrait  of  W.  S.  Shaw),  30  plates.     8°. 

An  edition  of  1250  copies. 


VII 

FOUNDERS  OF  THE  BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 

I.  Members  of  the  Anthology  Society  before  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1807. 
II.  Names  given  in  the  Act  of  Incorporation  of  the 
Proprietors  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  which 
was  signed  by  the  Governor,  February  13, 
1807. 


VII 

FOUNDERS  OF  THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


MEMBERS   OF   THE   ANTHOLOGY   SOCIETY 
BEFORE   FEBRUARY    13,  1807. 

"  The  fourteen  original  associates  and  founders  of  the  Antho- 
logy Society,  together  with  the  five  subsequently  elected  mem- 
bers, being  the  grantors  of  the  books  and  papers  transferred  to 
the  trustees  in  the  manner  before  mentioned,  are,  of  consequence, 
unquestionably  entitled  to  the  name  of  original  Founders  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum."  —  ^incy's  History^  page  11. 

John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner. 

Bom  1765;  died  1830.  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston, 
1805-1830.     President  of  the  Anthology  Society. 

William  Emerson. 

Born  1769  ;  died  181 1.  Minister  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston, 
1 799-1 8 1 1.  Editor  of  "The  Monthly  Anthology."  Father 
of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

Arthur  Maynard  Walter. 

Born  1780;  died  1807.  Secretary  of  the  Anthology  Society, 
1805-1807. 

William  Smith  Shaw. 

Bom  1778;  died  1826.  Clerk  of  the  United  States  District 
Court.     Treasurer  of  the  Anthology  Society. 

Samuel  Cooper  Thacher. 

Bom  1785;  died  1818.  Librarian  of  Harvard  College,  1808- 
1 8 1 1 .     Minister  of  the  New  South  Church,  Boston,  1 8 1  i-i  8 1 8. 


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Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster. 

Born  1 784  ;  died  i  8 1  2.  Minister  of  the  Church  in  Brattle  Square, 
1 805-1 8 1 2,  and  writer.  Lecturer  on  Biblical  Criticism  at  Har- 
vard, 1811-1812. 

Joseph  Tuckerman. 

Born  1778  ;  died  1840.  '*  Unitarian  minister  at  large"  in  Bos- 
ton.    Philanthropist  and  writer. 

"William  Tudor,  Jr. 

Born  1779;  died  1830.  First  editor  of  the  North  American 
Review,  and  writer.  Founder  of  the  ice  trade  in  tropical 
countries. 

Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher. 

Born  1776  ;  died  1843.  Judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  in  Boston, 
1823-1843.     Assumed  his  middle  name  in  181 1. 

Thomas  Gray. 

Born  1772;  died  1847.  Minister  of  the  Third  Church  in 
Roxbury,    1 793-1 847. 

William  Wells. 

Born  1773  ;  died  i860.  Bookseller  in  Boston.  Fellow  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.     Also  a  teacher. 

Edmund  Trowbridge  Dana. 

Born  1779  ;  died  1859.  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Founder  of  the 
Dana  library,  Cambridge. 

John  Collins  Warren. 

Born  1778;  died  1856.  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Surgery  at 
the  Harvard  Medical  School,  1809-1856. 

James  Jackson. 

Born  1777  ;  died  1867.  Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Physic  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  1 81 2-1 836.  President 
of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 

Benjamin  Welles. 

Born  1781  ;  died  i860.     A  member  of  the  Suffolk  bar. 


FOUNDERS  III 

Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner. 

Born  1782;  died  1864.  President  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  1 846-1 855.  Honorary  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society. 

Robert  Field. 

Born  in  England  ;  died  18 19.  Active  in  the  Anthology  Society, 
1805—1807.     Miniature  painter  and  engraver. 

James  Savage. 

Born  1784;  died  1873.  President  of  the  Provident  Institution 
for  Savings,  and  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  Author  of 
•♦  A  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  the  first  setders  of  New  England." 

John  Thornton  Kirkland. 

Born  1770 ;  died  1840.  Minister  of  the  New  South  Church  in 
Boston,  1794-1810.     President  of  Harvard  College,  1810-1828. 

li 

NAMES  GIVEN  IN  THE  ACT  OF  INCORPOR- 
ATION OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  THE 
BOSTON  ATHENiEUM  WHICH  WAS  SIGNED 
BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  FEBRUARY  13,  1807. 

Theophilus  Parsons. 

Born  1750;  died  1813.  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Massachusetts,  1 806-1 81 3. 

John  Davis. 

Born  1761  ;  died  1847.  United  States  district  judge,  1801-1841. 
President  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1 81 8-1 835. 

John  Lowell. 

Born  1769;  died  1840.  Lawyer  and  political  writer.  President 
of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Society. 

William  Emerson. 

John  T.  Kirkland. 

Peter  Thacher. 


112  THE    BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

William  S.  Shaw. 

Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner. 

Joseph  S.  Buckminster. 

Obadiah  Rich. 

Born  1777  ;  died  1850.  United  States  consul  in  Valencia,  1816- 
1820.  Authority  on  Americana.  Friend  of  Ticknor,  Prescott, 
Bancroft,  and  Irving. 


VIII 

OFFICERS 

Presidents,  Vice-Presidents,  Treasurers, 
Secretaries,  Directors  1807,  Trustees,  Librarians 


VIII 
LIST   OF  OFFICERS 

Dates  indicate  First  and  Last  year  of  Election.  At  the  meeting  of  the 
Corporation  of  the  Boston  Athenasum,  April  7,  1807,  it  was  voted  that  the 
officers  of  the  Corporation  should  consist  of  a  President,  Vice-President, 
Treasurer,  Secretary,  and  five  Directors,  and  at  a  meeting  held  July  17, 
I  807,  the  Board  of  five  Directors  was  changed  to  a  Board  of  eight  Trustees. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  held  February  4,  1822,  the  number  of 
Trustees  was  raised  to  nine,  and  at  a  meeting  held  January  5,  1852,  it  was 
increased  to  fifteen. 

Presidents 

Theophilus  Parsons 1 807-1 81 3 

John  Davis 1814-1815 

John  Lowell 18 16-18 19 

Josiah  Quincy 1820-1829 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins    ....  1 830-1 832 

Francis  Galley  Gray 1 833-1 836 

George  Hay  ward 1 837-1 845 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary 1846— 1859 

John  Amory  Lowell 1 860-1876 

Gharles  Francis  Adams 1 877-1879 

Samuel  Eliot 1 880-1 898 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman       ....  1899- 

Vice-Presidents 

John  Davis 1807-1813 

John  Lowell 18 14-18 15 

Josiah  Quincy 1816-1819 

James  Perkins 1820 


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John  Richards 1821-1822 

Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher    ....  1823-1825 

Francis  Calley  Gray 1 826-1 832 

George  Ticknor 1833 

George  Hayward 1 834-1836 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary 1 837-1 845 

John  Amory  Lowell 1 846-1 859 

George  Livermore i860- 1865 

Andrew  Townshend  Hall      ....  1866-1875 

Charles  Francis  Adams 1876 

Charles  Deane 1877-1884 

Robert  William  Hooper 1885 

James  Elliot  Cabot 1886-1898 

John  Chipman  Gray 1 899-1 904 

Howard  Stockton 1905- 

Treasurers 

John  Lowell 1807-1810 

Joseph  Tilden 1811-1815 

Nathan  Appleton 1816-1827 

Thomas  Wren  Ward 1 828-1 836 

Josiah  Quincy,  Jr 1837-1851 

Samuel  Hooper 185  2-1 853 

Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 1 854-1867 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman 1868 

Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 1 869-1 876 

Charles  Pickering  Bowditch  .     .     .     .  1877-1898 

Alfred  Bowditch 1899- 

Secretaries 

William  Smith  Shaw 1807-1823I 

Henry  Codman 1 824-1 827 

1  Under  the  By-Laws  of  i8sa  the  Secretary  ceased  to  be  a  Trustee  ex 
officio. 


OFFICERS 


"7 


Josiah  Quincy,  Jr.      .     . 
William  Turell  Andrews 
Henry  Tuke  Parker  .     . 
Charles  Pelham  Curtis,  Jr. 
William  Sohier  Dexter  . 
Henry  Melville  Parker   . 
William  Appleton,  Jr.    . 
Lemuel  Shaw,  Jr.      .     . 
Arthur  Theodore  Lyman 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr. 
Brooks  Adams       .     .     . 
Charles  Herbert  Williams 
William  Reuben  Richards 
Albert  Thorndike       .     . 


1828-1830 
1831-1845 
I 846-1 850 
1851-1852 
1853-1854 
1855 
1856 
1857-1861 
1862-1867 
1868-1872 
1873-1879 
1880-1887 
I 888-1 894 
1895- 


Directors,  1807 


William  Emerson 
John  Thornton  Kirkland 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner 
Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster 

The  first-named  holders  of  each  office,  together  with  the  five 
Directors  in  1807,  and  Obadiah  Rich,  formed  the  first  body  of 
Proprietors  referred  to  in  the  Act  of  Incorporation. 


Trustees 


William  Emerson 
John  Thornton  Kirkland  . 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher . 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner . 
Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster 
Harrison  Gray  Otis  .     .     . 


1807-1810 
1807-1810 
1807-1822 
1807-1815 
1807-1812 
1807-1821 


ii8  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

James  Perkins 1807-18 19 

Samuel  Eliot 1807-1810 

Samuel  Dexter 1811-1815 

Richard  Sullivan 1811-1821 

John  Lowell 1811-1813 

Josiah  Quincy 18 13-18 15 

John  Richards 18 14-1820 

John  Davis 1816-1821 

Joseph  Tilden 1816-1822 

David  Sears 1819-1822 

John  Lowell 1 820-1 821 

Theodore  Lyman,  Jr 1 821-1826 

Edward  Everett 1 822-1 823 

Francis  Calley  Gray 1822-1825 

Amos  Lawrence 1 822-1 825 

Charles  Jackson 1822 

Henry  Codman 1 823-1 827 

Samuel  Swett 1 823-1 827 

William  Sturgis 1823-1825 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 18 23-1 828 

George  Ticknor 1823-1832 

Nathaniel  Bowditch 1826-1833 

Samuel  Dorr 1 826-1 827 

Edward  Brooks 1826-1829 

George  Hay  ward 1 827-1 833 

Israel  Thorndike 1828 

Henderson  Inches 1 828-1 831 

Joseph  Coolidge,  Jr 1828-1829 

Franklin  Dexter 1828-1835 

Charles  Pelham  Curtis 1 829-1 834 

John  Lowell,  Jr 1829 

Isaac  P  Davis 1 830-1 844 

Edward  Wigglesworth 1 830-1 850 


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OFFICERS 


119 


Samuel  Atkins  Eliot  .     . 
William  Hickling  Prescott 
William  Joseph  Loring  . 
William  Turell  Andrews 
Thomas  Greaves  Gary   . 
Nathaniel  IngersoU  Bowditch 
Samuel  May     .... 
John  Amory  Lowell  . 
Samuel  Lawrence. 
Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis 
Enoch  Hale      .... 
Martin  Brimmer   . 
Samuel  Austin,  Jr. 
George  Stillman  Hillard  . 
Amos  Binney   .... 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes . 
Charles  Amory 
John  Lowell  Gardner 
Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 
George  Theodore  Lyman 
William  Richards  Lawrence 
William  Phillips    .     .     . 
George  Livermore 
Samuel  Hooper 
Edward  Newton  Perkins 
Jonathan  IngersoU  Bowditch 
Andrew  Townshend  Hall 
William  Thomas  .     . 
Albert  Fearing       .     . 
Adam  Wallace  Thaxter,  Jr. 
Amos  Adams  Lawrence . 
Edward  Augustus  Crowninshield 
Gardiner  Howland  Shaw      .     . 


1832- 
1832- 

1833- 
1834- 
1834- 

1835- 
1836- 
1836- 

1837- 
1839- 

1845- 
1845- 
1846- 
1846- 
1846- 

1848- 


1851- 

1851- 
1852- 
1852- 
1852- 
1852- 
1852- 
1852- 
1852- 
i852. 


1831 
1847 

1835 
1854 
1836 
1844 
1844 
1845 
1838 
1845 
1848 
1845 
1851 
1852 
1847 

1853 

1850 

1848 
1851 

1849 
1849 
1850 
1859 
1851 
1852 
1854 
1865 
1863 
1859 
1855 

1853 
1859 

1857 


120 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Erastus  Brigham  Bigelow     . 

1852-1857 

Charles  Eliot  Norton       .     . 

1852-1864 

James  Brown 

1853-1855 

Samuel  Gray  Ward    .     .     . 

1853-1855 

Martin  Brimmer  .... 

I 854- I 86 I 

Henry  Tuke  Parker  .... 

1854 

Charles  Eliot  Ware   .     .     . 

1855-1879 

Robert  William  Hooper.     . 

1855-1884 

Uriah  Atherton  Boyden  .     .     . 

1855-1856 

Edward  Newton  Perkins 

1856-1898 

Francis  Edward  Parker   .     . 

.     1856-1876 

William  Appleton,  Jr.     .     . 

1856 

Edward  Clarke  Cabot      .     . 

1857-1875 

James  Elliot  Cabot     . 

.     1857-1885 

Francis  Parkman  .... 

1858-1893 

Charles  Russell  Codman 

1858-1863 

Gardiner  Howland  Shaw 

1860-1867 

Francis  Boardman  Crowninshield 

1860-1875 

George  Washington  Wales 

1860-1896 

Lemuel  Shaw 

1862-1884 

Alexander  Hamilton  Rice    . 

I 864-1 88 I 

Charles  Storer  Storrow    .     . 

1864-1878 

Christopher  Toppan  Thayer 

1865-1880 

Charles  Deane      .... 

1866-1876 

Samuel  Eliot 

1866-1879 

Benjamin  Smith  Rotch    .     . 

1868-1882 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman     .     . 

1876-1898 

Ephraim  Whitman  Gurney 

1877-1886 

John  Chipman  Gray  .     .     . 

1877-1898 

Henry  Cabot  Lodge  .     .     . 

1879-1898 

Howard  Stockton       .     .     . 

I 8 80- I 904 

Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis 

i88o-i88i 

Clement  Hugh  Hill    .     .     . 

.     1881-1889 

OFFICERS 


121 


Russell  Gray    . 
Roger  Wolcott      .     . 
John  Torrey  Morse,  Jr. 
Stanton  Blake  . 
Edward  Jackson  Lowell 
George  Brune  Shattuck 
Robert  Charles  Winthrop,  Jr. 
Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop 
Charles  Cabot  Jackson 
Barrett  "Wendell   . 
Thomas  Minns 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  Jr 
Abbott  Lawrence  Lowell 
Frederic  Jesup  Stimson  . 
Charles  Amos  Cummings 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d 
James  Elliot  Cabot     . 
Joseph  Randolph  Coolidge, 
John  Elbridge  Hudson    . 
James  Ford  Rhodes   . 
Henry  Francis  Sears  . 
Charles  Pickering  Bowditch 
Augustus  Hemenway 
Alexander  Wadsworth  Longfe 
John  Templeman  Coolidge,  Jr 
William  Lowell  Putnam 
Solomon  Lincoln 
Charles  Pelham  Greenough 
Albert  Matthews        .     . 
George  Edward  Cabot    . 


Jr. 


How 


1882- 

1882-1897 

1883-1888 

1885-1889 

1 885-1 894 

1886- 

1887-1890 

1889- 

1890-1903 

1890- 

1891-1894 

1894-1898 

1895-1903 

1895- 

1897-1905 

1898- 

1899-1902 

1899- 

1899 
1899- 
1899-1905 
I 900-1 905 

1903 
1904- 
1904- 
1904- 
1905- 
1906- 
1906- 
1906- 


122  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 

Librarians 

William  Smith  Shaw 1807-1822 

[Joseph  Backus,  Assistant  Librarian  1 821-1825] 

Seth  Bass 1825-1846 

Charles  Folsom 1847-1856 

William  Frederick  Poole      ....  1856-1868 

Charles  Ammi  Cutter 1 869-1 892 

William  Coolidge  Lane 1 893-1 897 

Charles  Knowles  Bolton      .     .     .     .  1898- 


IX 
PROPRIETORS,    1807-1907 


IX 


CHRONOLOGICAL   LIST 

OF    THE 

PROPRIETORS    OF    THE    BOSTON    ATHENAEUM 

FROM    ITS   FOUNDATION   TO   JULY    i6,    1907 

The  last  name  under  each  number  is  that  of  the  present  holder.  The 
certificates  of  the  shares  taken  by  the  original  subscribers  in  1807  were  not 
issued  until  18 15. 

Subscribers  to  shares  in  1807  to  whom  certificates  were  given  in  1815 
are  indicated  by  italic  capitals.  Their  support  assured  the  success  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum,  The  original  subscription  list  is  given  in  Quincy's 
History,  page  43.  Subscribers  were  required  to  pay  the  first  instalment, 
and  to  give  notes  for  the  second  and  third,  before  they  could  vote  at  the 
meeting  on  July  16,  1807. 


1  HARRISON  GRAY  OTIS 

Charles  Thacher 
Mary  Elizabeth  Holmes 
Faneuil  Hail  National  Bank  of 

Boston 
Mary  Elizabeth  Holmes 
Alice  Jackson 
William  Henry  Jackson 

2  JOHN  LOWELL 

Rebecca  Amory  Lowell 
Anna  Cabot  Lowell 
Edward  Albert  Kelly 

3  JOHN  LOWELL 

John  Amory  Lowell 
Anna  Cabot  Lowell 
David  Howard  Tribou 
Susan  Higginson  Long 
Frank  Ashley  Day 

4  JOSIAH  SlUINCr 

Joseph  Brown  Tilton 
Frank  Morison 

5  JOSIAH  QUINCr 

Josiah  Quincy,  Jr. 
Lemuel  Edward  Pope 


I8I5 

Stephen  Henry  Williams 

i860 

1849 

Charles  Vose  Bemis 

1864 

1869 

Thomas  Lang 

1878 

George  Cabot  Lee 

1879 

1878 

Annie  Louise  Richards 

1904 

1878 

6  JOSIAH  QUINCr 

1815 

1894 

George  Burroughs 

1815 

1899 

Henry  Burroughs,  Jr. 

1852 

I8I5 

Sarah  Burroughs 

1884 

1 842 

7  SAMUEL  ELIOT 

1815 

1874 

William  Havard  Eliot 

1821 

1895 

Nathaniel  Greene 

1832 

1815 

Nathaniel  Curtis,  Jr. 

1841 

1817 

Francis  Alger 

1842 

1852 

Frank  Wrisley 

1866 

1895 

Helen  Williams  Wrisley 

1876 

I90I 

8  JAMES  PERKINS 

1815 

1904 

Samuel  Cabot 

1831 

I8I5 

Francis  Skinner 

1839 

1876 

9  JOHN  C.  BROWN 

1815 

i88z 

John  Coflin  Jones 

1820 

1815 

Anna  P.  Jones 

1839 

1823 

Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  Guardian  1864 

1853 

George  Wesley  Pettcs 

1868 

126 


THE   BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 


Frances  Ann  Mosdey 

1874 

Ellen  Frances  Moseley 

1897 

Mary  Waldo  Davis 

1905 

10  THOMAS  PERKINS 

1815 

William  Powell  Perkins 

1829 

Nathaniel  Perez  Hamlen  and 

Miriam     Perkins     Loring, 

Trustees 

1898 

II  DANIEL  SARGENT 

1815 

John  Higginson  Cabot 

1820 

Amos  Binney 

1833 

Samuel  Woodbury  Swett 

1840 

Russell  Sturgis 

1846 

Charles  Russell  Codman 

1888 

12  JOSEPH  HEAD 

1815 

Moody  Kent 

1837 

New  Hampshire  Asylum  for 

the  Insane 

1867 

Arthur  Earl  Jones 

1869 

Ginn  and  Company 

1899 

13  THOMAS        HANDASrD 

PERKINS 

1815 

Stephen  Cabot 

1852 

Eben  Dyer  Jordan 

1866 

Eben   Dyer   Jordan,  Charles 

Henry   Taylor,   and  Rich- 

ard  Middlecott  Saltonstall, 

Trustees 

1904 

Gertrude  Augusta  Collier 

1907 

14  WILLIAM  PICKMAN 

1815 

William  Manning  Vaughan 

1857 

Sidney  Brooks 

1864 

Susan  Warner  Hardy 

1879 

Susan  Upham 

1904 

15  URIAH  COTTING 

,81s 

Ebenezer  Francis 

1815 

Elizabeth  Francis  Fay 

1859 

Elizabeth  Bowditch  Hammonc 

1896 

16  BENJAMIN  BUSSET 

1815 

George  Livermore 

1843 

William  Roscoe  Livermore 

1905 

17  THOMAS  COFFIN  AMORT 

1815 

Thomas  Coffin  Amory 

1818 

Thomas  Amory  Dexter 

1820 

Jeffrey  Richardson 

1822 

'William  Lambert  Richardson 

1879 

18  THOMAS      WENTWORTH 

STORROW 

1815 

Jacob  Tidd,  Jr. 

1817 

George  Minot  Dexter 

1828 

Samuel  Gideon  Williams 

1830 

Enoch  Martin 

1837 

Arthur  Scholfield 

1841 

Otis  Drury 

1854 

Calvin  Winfield  Lewis 

1884 

Frank  Ashley  Day 

1904 

Augustus  Peabody  Loring 

1906 

19  PETER      OXENBRJDGE 

THACHER 

1815 

Charles  Pelham  Curtis 

1828 

Margarett  Stevenson  Curtis 

1864 

Isabella  Pelham  Curtis 

1888 

Gustave  Magnitzky 

1897 

20  SAMUEL  TORREr 

1815 

Daniel  Pinckney  Parker 

1821 

Henry  Tuke  Parker 

1852 

Edwin  Percy  Whipple 

'85s 

Charlotte  BuUard  Whipple 

1901 

Louisa  Catherine  Perkins 

1906 

21  SAMUEL  DEXTER 

1815 

22  CHARLES  LOWELL 

1815 

Charles  Russell  Lowell 

1859 

Anna  Cabot  Jackson  Lowell 

1871 

Edward  Jackson,  Trustee 

1874 

Francis  V.  Balch,  Guardian 

1886 

Elizabeth  Balch 

1890 

23  JOHN  HANCOCK 

1815 

John  Hancock  Moriarty 

1862 

Clara  Erskine  Clement 

1874 

Hazen  Clement 

1894 

24  CORNELIUS  COOLIDGE 

1815 

Samuel  Gideon  Williams 

1821 

James  Allen 

1822 

Joseph  M.  Marsh,  Guardian 

1824 

James  Allen,  Jr. 

1826 

Ebenezer  Billings 

1828 

Robert  B.  Allen 

1830 

Charles  Allen 

1834 

George  Washington  Warren 

1836 

Edward  Sprague  Rand 

1839 

Edward  Sprague  Rand,  Jr. 

1864 

William  Frederick  Duff 

1876 

Charles  Brigham 

1891 

25  FRANCIS    JOHONNOT 

OLIVER 

1815 

26  OLIVER  PUTNAM 

1815 

Daniel  Parkman 

1827 

Samuel  A.  Bemis 

1827 

Amos  Adams  Lawrence 

1842 

Sarah  Lawrence  Brooks 

1887 

Ellen  Frothingham 

1901 

Leonard  Daniel  Ahl 

1902 

PROPRIETORS 


127 


27 

NATHAN  APPLETON 

1815 

Ralph  Randolph  Wormelcy 

1826 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 

James Blake 

1828 

liam   Amory,  and  Thomas 

John  Harrison  Blake 

1849 

Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees 

1862 

Clarence  John  Blake 

1894 

Thomas  Gold  Appleton 

1864 

38  JOHN  PRINCE,  Jr. 

1815 

Samuel  Arthur  Bent 

1884 

William  Howard  Gardiner 

1831 

a8  STEPHEN  HIGGINSON,  Jr. 

1815 

Samuel  Lothrop  Thorndike 

1882 

Francis  John  Higginson 

1828 

Albert  Thorndike 

1884 

Howard  Sargent 

1831 

39 

SAMUEL  PARKMAN 

1815 

Christiana  Keadie  Sargent 

1834 

Thomas  Davis 

1832 

Nathaniel  Ingersoll  Bowditch 

1834 

WiUiam  Davis  Bliss 

1850 

Elizabeth  Brown  Bowditch 

1862 

William    Julian  Albert    Bliss 

Elizabeth    Francis    Bowditch, 

and      Elizabeth      Bancroft 

Guardian 

1892 

Bliss 

1903 

29 

STEPHEN  HIGGINSON,  Jr. 

1815 

40 

KIRK  BOOTT 

1815 

George  Sullivan 

1816 

John  Wright  Boott 

1817 

Henry  Lee 

1817 

William  Boott 

1831 

Francis  Lee 

1821 

John  Wright  Boott 

1834 

Henry  Lee 

1830 

Kirk  Boott 

1850 

Samuel  Torrey  Morse 

1867 

Alfred  Hemenway 

1879 

30 

JOHN  RICHARDS 

1815 

41 

EDWARD  TUCKERMAN,Jr. 

1815 

Francis  Richards 

1826 

Edward  Tuckerman,  Jr. 

1839 

George  Henry  Richards 

1868 

42 

THOMAS  LINDALL  WIN- 

31 

STEPHEN  CODMAN 

1815 

THROP 

1815 

Henry  Codman 

1818 

George  Stillman  Hillard 

1843 

Charles  Henry  Isburgh 

1866 

Marquis  Fayette  Dickinson ,  Jr. 

1881 

Frank  Walter  Boles 

1897 

Mary  Anne  Ballou 

1883 

31 

SAMUEL  MAT 

1815 

43 

TIMOTHY  WILLIAMS 

1815 

Samuel  May 

1871 

Joshua  Huntington  Wolcott 

1842 

Edward  May 

1904 

Roger  Wolcott 

1888 

33 

JAMES  LLOYD 

1815 

Roger  Wolcott 

1901 

John  Borland 

1832 

44 

WILLIAM  SMITH  SHAW 

1815 

Alida  Livingston  Borland 

1876 

Joseph  Barlow  Felt 

1826 

Gordon  Abbott 

1900 

John  Sergeant  Barstow 

1864 

34 

JOHN  GORE 

1815 

William  Spooner  Smith 

1878 

Thomas  Perkins,  Guardian 

1819 

45 

WILLIAM  SAWYER 

1815 

John  Christopher  Gore 

1827 

Hannah  Farnham  Lee 

1859 

Arthur  Goar 

1861 

Mary  Gorham  Palfrey 

1871 

John  Christopher  Gore 

1861 

46  JUDAH  HATS 

1815 

Edwin  Faxon 

1869 

Boston  Athenaeum 

1822 

Charles  Edward  Faxon 

1898 

Thomas  Beale  Wales 

1823 

3S 

ALLAN  MELVILLE 

1815 

Arthur  Welland  Blake 

1868 

Charles  Russell  Codman 

1820 

Beatrice  Frances  Blake 

1891 

William  Gardiner  Prescott 

1863 

Beatrice  Blake  Nickerson 

1906 

Francis  Augustus  Osborn 

1866 

47 

JOHN  PARKER 

1815 

36  JOSEPH  COOLIDGE,  Jr. 

1815 

John  Parker,  Jr. 

1825 

Tasker  Hazard  Swett 

1 841 

Charles  Beck 

1845 

Elizabeth  Boyer  Swett 

1842 

Anna  L.  Moring 

1878 

WUliam  Bourne  Swett 

i86o 

Ernest  William  Bowditch 

1890 

Caroline  M.  Jones 

1888 

Margaret  Swann  Bowditch 

1891 

37 

EBENEZER  PREBLE 

1815 

48 

SAMUEL  DEVENS  HARRIS 

1815 

128 


THE  BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Samuel  Salisbury  1816 

Alexander  Parrit  1826 

Stephen  Codman  1847 

William  Sohier  Dexter  1862 

49  GARDINER  GREENE  1815 

John  Singleton  Copley  Greene  1835 

Samuel  Austin,  Jr.  1840 

Ezra  Wilkinson  1856 

Harriet  Gray  1884 

50  EDWARD  BLAKE,  Jr.  1815 

Samuel  Parkman  Blake  1851 

William  Sanford  Rogers  1861 

John  £.  Allston  1873 

Charles  William  Baker  1878 

Edward  Russell  1880 

J.  Herbert  Sawyer  1898 

51  NATHANIEL  GODDARD  1815 

Martin  Gay  1843 

Eleanor  A.  Gay  1853 

Richard  Hildreth  1854 

George  Dearborn  Oxnard  1856 

Gordon  Bartlet  1862 

Frank  Parker  Appleton  1868 

William  Channing  Appleton  1905 

51  SAMUEL  SALISBURT  1815 

Josiah  Salisbury  18 19 

Edward  Elbridge  Salisbury  1833 

Thomas  Minns  1859 

53  JOSEPH  TILDEN  1815 

George  W.  Tilden  1856 

John  Revere  1869 

Lewis  William  Tappan,  Jr.  1887 

Pauline  Revere  1887 

Lucretia  Watson  Revere  1889 

Frank  Ashley  Day  1904 

54  PETER  CHARDON  BROOKS  1815 

Peter  Chardon  Brooks  1849 
Susan  Oliver  Brooks,  Charles 
Francis    Adams,    Jr.,    and 
Peter     Chardon      Brooks, 

Executors  1881 

Lee,  Higginson  and  Company  1885 

Denman  Waldo  Ross  1885 

55  THOMAS  K.  JONES  18 15 

Samuel  James  Bridge  1832 

Bradford  Lincoln,  Jr.  1833 

Robert  Treat  Paine  1837 

Charles  Henry  Drew  1887 
Constantine    Foundoulald 

Hutchins  1904 

Nathaniel  Leonard  Amtter  1906 


56  NATHANIEL       RUSSELL 

STURGIS  1815 

Russell  Sturgit  1818 

Samuel  Henshaw  1845 

James  M.  Murdock  1861 

Lyman  Mason  1863 

Katie  Mussey  Mason  1895 

57  WILLIAM  INGALLS  18 15 

Caleb  Stimson  1824 

Caleb  Morton  Stimson  1841 

Charles  Frederick  Crehorc  1868 

Henry  Miles  Knowles  1898 

58  ISRAEL  MUNSON  1815 

Le  Baron  Russell  1844 

Richardson,  Hill  Company  1890 

Laura  Lucretia  Case  1890 

59  WILLIAM  RUFUS  GRAT  1815 

William  Gray  1831 

James  Freeman  1833 

Charles  Torrey  1836 

James  Henry  Hicks  1838 

Josiah  Parsons  Cooke  1842 

Mary  Pratt  Cooke  Nash  1 88 1 

60  EBENEZER     TURELL 

ANDREWS  X815 

William  Turell  Andrews  1830 

Robert  Codman  1881 

George  Tyson  1905 

Edmund  Dwight  Codman  1905 

61  THOMAS  GUSHING  18 15 

Benjamin  Marston  Watson  18 18 

John  Parker  Rice  1824 
Benjamin  William   Crownin- 

shield  1832 

George  Caspar  Crowninshield  1853 

Harriet   Sears    Crowninshield  1859 

Fanny  Crowninshield  Adams  1873 

Robert  Perkins  Bass  1894 

62  ISAIAH  THOMAS  1815 

Frederic  Tudor  1831 

William  Tudor  1870 

WiUiam  Storer  Eaton  1877 

Georgiana    Goddard    Eaton  1902 

63  THEODORE  LYMAN  1815 

Theodore  Lyman,  Jr.  1820 

Theodore  Lyman  1882 
Elizabeth     Russell     Lyman, 

Trustee  1898 

64  CALEB  LORING  181 5 

Charles  Greely  Loring  1836 

Charles  Greely  Loring  1872 


PROPRIETORS 


129 


Mary  Hopkins  Loring,  George 

Samuel  H.  Rich 

1827 

Augustus     Goddard,     and 

Francis  Brown  Hayes 

1846 

Augustus  Peabody  Loring, 

Sarah  A.  Swan 

1885 

Trustees 

1903 

Annie  Sawyer  Downs 

1889 

65  John  Pickens 

1815 

Edward  Stanwood 

1902 

Andrew  Dexter,  Jr.,  original  sub- 

73 MICAJAH  SAWrER 

1815 

scriber,   1807.   Transferred 

Thomas  Sawyer 

1824 

1809 

Henry  Fowle  Durant 

1865 

Henry  Licnow 

1826 

74  JOSEPH  HALL 

1815 

Hartley  Hezekiah  Wright 

1838 

Charles  Cunningham 

1848 

Charlotte  Wright 

1852 

William  Parker  and  Francis 

Richard  Black  Sewall 

1875 

Edward  Parker,  Trustees 

1872 

66  BENJAMIN  PICKMAN,  Jr. 

1815 

Frederic  Cunningham 

1874 

Clarke  Gayton  Pickman 

1821 

Stanley  Cunningham 

1891 

Peter  Paul  Francis  Degrand 

1839 

Frederic  Cunningham 

1904 

Charles  Torrey 

1844 

75  SETH  KNOWLES 

1815 

Ebenezer  Rockwood  Hoar 

1850 

William  Taylor 

1831 

George  Marshall  Preston 

.895 

Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis 

1837 

67  FRANCIS  CABOT  LOWELL 

r8i5 

John  Albree 

1850 

John  Lowell,  Jr. 

[821 

William  Parsons 

1850 

Jacob  Abbott 

1838 

Francis  Parsons 

1886 

Francis  Brown  Hayes 

1844 

Georgiana  Brackett  Parsons 

1886 

Lemuel  Stanwood 

[846 

Georgiana  Parsons 

1901 

Otis  Clapp 

1863 

76  WILLIAM  PRESCOTT 

1815 

George  Hayward 

1887 

William  Hickling  Prescott 

1827 

Josiah  Henry  Benton,  Jr. 

898 

William  Gardiner  Prescott 

1869 

68  NATHANIEL  AMORr 

1815 

Joshua  Montgomery  Sears 

1886 

Joseph  Linzee  Cunningham 

[822 

Pauline  Revere 

1886 

Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 

[822 

Lewis  William  Tappan,  Jr. 

1887 

Anna  Perkins  Rogers 

887 

EUerton  James 

1900 

69  BENJAMIN  WELD 

815 

77  THOMAS  HILL,  Jr. 

1815 

Charles  Barnard 

823 

Francis  Boott 

1817 

James  Munson  Barnard 

854 

Mark  Healey 

1848 

Lydia  Augusta  Barnard 

903 

Horace  Holley  Stevens 

1882 

70  JOHN  WARREN                     : 

815 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company 

1883 

Edward  Warren                         i 

833 

John  Reed 

1883 

Charlotte   Louisa   Ware   and 

Heloise  Edwina  Hersey 

1892 

Annie  Storrow  Ware              1 

879 

78  GEORGE   GARDNER   LEE 

1815 

Charlotte  Louisa  Ware              ] 

897 

David  Sears 

1816 

Thornton  Marshall  Ware          1 

904 

David  Sears 

1871 

71  JOSHUA  DAVIS                       1 

815 

Leverett  Saltonstall 

1873 

Robert  Farley                             1 

843 

Rose  Lee  Saltonstall,  Richard 

Stephen  Henry  Phillips              i 

847 

Middlecott  Saltonstall,  and 

John  Avery                                 ] 

858 

Philip  Levarett  Saltonstall, 

John  Avery                                 ] 

873 

Trustees 

1896 

William  Sewall  Gardner            1 

873 

79  JONATHAN  DAVIS 

1815 

Mary  Sewall  Gardner                1 

892 

Edward  Gardiner  Davis 

1829 

George  Russell  Agassiz              1 

902 

Pickering  Dodge 

1835 

72  BENJAMIN  RICH                  1 

815 

Jonathan  Ingersoll  Bowditch 

1836 

John  Bellows                              ] 

822 

Charlotte  Bowditch 

1889 

Benjamin  Rich,  Jr.                    1 

824 

Ingersoll  Bowditch 

1903 

130 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Charlotte  Bowditch 

1904 

80 

JOHN  HEARD,  Jr. 

1815 

Benjamin  K.  Hough 

1864 

Elizabeth  Hough 

1880 

James  Adams 

1881 

Arthur  Rotch 

1881 

Lisette  de  Wolf  Rotch 

1896 

William  Sohier  Bryant 

1897 

Charles  Sumner  Bird 

1903 

81 

SAMUEL  SALISBURY,  Jr. 

1815 

Nancy  Salisbury 

1850 

William  Warland  Clapp 

1891 

Caroline       Dennie       Clapp, 

Charles  Hastings  Allen,  and 

John  Davis  Long,  Trustees 

1897 

Charles  Hastings  Allen,  George 

Dennie  Clapp,  and  Grenville 

Howland  Norcross,  Trustees  1903 

82  STEPHEN  HIGGINSON 

1815 

Henry  Higginson 

1834 

Thomas  Butler  Pope 

1839 

John  Stevens 

1840 

William  Joseph  Hubbard 

1852 

83 

SAMUEL  G  PERKINS 

1815 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins 

1833 

Stephen   Higginson   Perkins 

1833 

Elizabeth  Welles  Perkins 

1878 

84  JOHN      TRECOTHICK 

APTHORP 

1815 

George  Bruce  Upton 

1849 

Louis  Antoine  Felix 

1906 

85 

TIMOTHY  BIGELOW 

1815 

John  Prescott  Bigelow 

1817 

Prescott  Bigelow 

185s 

Henry  Augustinus  Johnson 

1882 

Laurence  Heniy  Hitch  John- 

son 

1901 

Henry  Augustinus  Johnson 

1901 

86  ADAM  BABCOCK 

1815 

William  Payne 

1818 

William      Edward       Payne, 

Executor 

1831 

Edward  William  Payne 

1831 

Edward  Greely  Loring 

1832 

Richard  Clarke  Cabot 

1835 

Francis  Davis 

1845 

Jonathan  Amory  Dav>« 

1857 

Ann  Wainwright  Davis 

186s 

Helen  Sullivan 

1892 

87  ANDREW  CRAIGIE 

1815 

Daniel  Hastings 

1816 

John  Davis  Winslow 
Daniel  Hastings 
Charles  Pelham 
Matthew  B.  Hamilton 
Abraham  Firth 
Jennie  B.  Hartley 
Joseph  Albert  Walker 
William  Sloane  Kennedy 

88  CHARLES  DAVIS 

Josiah  Marshall 
Thomas  Motley 
Edward  Motley 
Ellen  Rodman  Motley 
Joseph  Charles  Storey 

89  RICHARD  C  DERBY 

Charles  Lyman 
Florence  Ljrman 

90  ISAAC  P  DAVIS 

William  S.  Tuckerman 
John  B.  Parker 
Charles  Elliot  Loud 

91  BENJAMIN  JOT 

Daniel  Austin 

Andrew  Preston  Peabody 

92  JONATHAN  MASON 

Robert  Bennet  Forbes 
George  Bancroft 
Nathaniel  Henry  Emmons 
Arthur  Brewster  Emmons 

93  JOSEPH  WARREN  REVERE 

Emily  Jane  Daland 

94  ABRAHAM  TOURO 

Charles  Taylor 

Teresa  Beatrice  Merriam 

95  RUSSELL  STURGIS 

Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital 
John  Belknap 
Edward  Belknap,  Trustee 
Henry  Belknap 
Ellen    Neville    Wheelwright 
Abby  Steams  Wheelwright 

96  ROBERT    HALLOWELL 

GARDINER 
Robert    Hallowell    Gardiner, 

Jr. 

William  Lowell  Putnam 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner 
Albert  Thomdike 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner 

97  THOMAS  BARTLETT 


PROPRIETORS 


131 


Thomas  Bartlett  Hall  1855 

Edward  Mortimer  Chapman     1903 

98  JONATHAN  PHILLIPS        1815 

Silas  Atkins  Bancroft  i86z 

Frank  Everett  Peabody  and 
Edward  Bancroft  Bayley, 
Trustees  1887 

Gertrude  Peabody  1892 

99  STEPHEN  JONES,  Jr.  1815 

John  Richards,  Jr.  before  1825 

Francis  Richards  1850 

Francis  Gardiner  Richards  1852 
Francis  Ashbumer  Richards  1888 
Ephraim  Martin  Nutting  1901 

100  Samuel  Welles  1815 

Peter  Parker  1816 

James  Walker  Austin  1873 

loi  James  Lamb  1815 

Robert  Lamb,  original  sub- 
scriber, 1807.  Transferred 
1 8 10  to  James  and  Thomas 
Lamb.  Thomas  Lamb  died 
before  18 15 
Thomas  Lamb  1822 

Horatio  Appleton  Lamb  1889 

102  ISAAC  PARKER  1815 

Daniel  Parkman  1828 

Cyrus  Alger  1828 

John  Prince  Bayley  1856 

William  Minot  and  William 

Minot,  Jr.,  Trustees  1884 

John  Kilbum  1895 

Henry  Whitman  Kilbum  1898 

103  William  Smith  Shaw  1815 
William   Ritchie,   original  sub- 
scriber in  1807.  Transferred 
1809 

George  Searle  1826 

Benjamin  Marston  Watson  1829 
Samuel  Jackson  Gardner  1833 

Jesse  Putnam  Richardson  1834 
Isaac  Parker  1836 

Richard  Clarke  Cabot  1849 

Mary  G.  Loring  1868 

Zenas  Snow  Arnold  1883 

Charles  Montraville  Green        1896 

104  Henry  Gardner  Rice  1815 
William    Wood,    original    sub- 
scriber, 1807.     Transferred 
1814 

Caleb  Adams  181 9 


Benjamin  Adams  1829 

James  Bowen  ^^59 

Eliza  Matilda  Bowen  1888 

John  Templeton  Bowen  1899 

105  Ralph  Inman  Reed  1815 
John  May,  Jr.,  paid   the    first 

instalment.  Transferred  1808 
Jacob  Gates  1816 

Boston  Athenaeum  1821 

Henry    Alexander    Scammell 

Dearborn  1822 

Gardiner  Leonard  Chandler, 

Jr.  1832 

Giles  Henry  Lodge  1835 

Mary  Elizabeth  Lodge  1889 

106  JOSEPH  HURD,  Jr.  1815 

William  Hurd  1842 

Francis    William    Hurd    and 

Joseph  Hurd  1862 

Francis  William  Hurd  1868 

107  WILLIAM    VINCENT 

HUT  CHIN  GS  18 1 5 

James  Trecothick  Austin  1820 

Ivers  James  Austin  1871 

Charles  Levi  Woodbury  1882 

Ellen    Carolina    de    Quincy 

Woodbury  1901 

108  N  EH  EM  I  AH  PARSONS        18 15 

Thomas  Wigglesworth  18 18 

Thomas  Wigglesworth  1855 

109  Nathaniel  Greenwood  Snel- 

LiNG  1815 

David  West,  Jr.,  original  sub- 
scriber, 1807.     Transferred 
1812 
George  Cheyne  Shattuck  1815 

George  Cheyne  Shattuck  Mori- 
son  1854 
George  Shattuck  Morison  1866 
Mary  Morison  1904 
no  JAMES  BOWDOIN  1815 
James  Bowdoin  1832 
WUliam  C.  Tyler  1835 
Edward  Blake  1835 
Edward  Dehon  Blake  1891 
Charies  Head                             1896 

111  GEORGE  HIGGINSON  18 15 

James  Perkins  Higginson  18 19 

Henry  Frederick  Higginson       1878 
John  Augustus  Higginson         1891 

112  HENRY  ANDREWS  1815 


132 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


Thomas  G.  Chase  1819 

Henry  Gardner  Rice  1820 

Samuel  Buckminster  Rice  1826 
Henry  Gardner  Rice  1827 

George  Middleton  Barnard  1853 
Susan  Livingston  Barnard  1891 
Mary  Winchester  Barnard        1893 

113  William  Whitwell  1815 
Dudley  Story   Bradstreet,   orig- 
inal      subscriber,        1807. 
Transferred  18 14 

John  Bumstead  18 17 

Lloyd  W.  Wales,  Executor  1867 
William  Story  BuUard  1868 

William  Norton  Bullard  and 
Stephen  Bullard,  Trustees  1897 

114  JOHN  CLARKE  HOWARD   1815 

John  Clarke  Howard  1841 

115  EBENEZER  LARKIN  1815 

Henry  Rice  1819 

Whitwell,  Bond  and  Com- 
pany 1829 
Henry  Rice  1835 
John  McLean  Bethune  1841 
George  Amory  Bethune  1873 
Pauline  Agassiz  Shaw  1887 

116  WILLIAM  OLIVER  1815 

Boston  Athenaeum  1821 

Rezin  Davis  Shepherd  1822 

Gorham  Brooks  1844 

Shepherd  Brooks  1858 

117  Benjamin  Whitwell  1815 
William  Story  paid  first  instal- 
ment.   Transferred  1 8 1 4,  to 
Benjamin,  administrator  of 
William  Whitwell 

Henry  Cabot  1818 

George  Bond  1820 

Benjamin  Franklin  White  1837 
Samuel  Whitwell  1845 

Frederick  Augustus  Whitwell  1899 
Caira  Robbins  1904 

118  Samuel  Gideon  Williams         1815 

Charles  Pelham  Curtis  1819 

Nathaniel  Bowditch  1824 

Henry  LigersoU  Bowditch  1839 
Olivia  Yardley  Bowditch  1892 

119  Richard  Sullivan  18 15 
John  Langdon  Sullivan,  original 

subscriber,  1807 
Richard  Sullivan  1879 


120  Francis  Johonnot  Oliver  1815 
David  S.  Eaton,  original   sub- 
scriber in  1807.  Transferred 
1812 

John  S.  Capt  1817 

121  JOHN  CODMAN  1815 

William  Appleton  1820 

Edwin  Forbes  Waters  1862 

Clara  Erskine  Waters  1896 

122  Thomas  Williams  18 15 

Francis  Henry  Williams  1834 

Frederick  Howes  1837 

Susan  Burley  1841 

Joseph  Sebastian  Cabot  1863 

Susan  Burley  Cabot  1880 

123  SAMUEL  JACKSON  PRES- 

COTT  1815 

John  Brown  18 18 

Boston  Athenaeum  1821 

Joseph  Coolidge  1822 

Joseph  Coolidge,  Jr.  1826 

Elijah  Loring  1834 

Abby  Matilda  Loring  1861 

Peter  Renton,  Guardian  1864 

John  Lowell,  Guardian  1865 

Abby  Rand  Loring  1877 

124  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS  1815 

Gustavus  Tuckerman  1827 

Henry  Harris  Tuckerman  1837 

Henry  Gardner  1837 

Benjamin  Worcester  1870 

125  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS  181 5 

Samuel  Hall  Walley  1822 

John  Welles  1827 

Arnold  Francis  Welles  1835 

Robert  Charles  Winthrop  1852 

George  Derby  Welles  1865 

Edward  Daniel  Hayden  1870 

George  Nathaniel  Putnam  1905 

George  Peabody  Gardner  1905 

126  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS  1815 

Edward  Phillips  1822 

William  Phillips  1853 

Arnold  William  Conant  1863 

Eben  Denton  1867 

Charles  Storrow  1875 

Theodore  Claudius  Pease  1892 

George  Howard  Fall  1894 

127  John  Thornton  Kirkland  1818 

James  Freeman,  Jr.  182S 

Henry  Harris  Tuckerman  1831 


PROPRIETORS 


US 


John  Homans  1844 
Charles      Dudley      Homans, 
George  Henry  Homans,  and 

John  Homans,  Trustees  1870 

Katharine  Amory  Homans  1906 

128  William  Cochran  1820 

Caleb  Andrews  1822 

Charles  Lowell  Andrews  1854 

John  Jeffries,  Jr.  1858 

Anna  Lloyd  Jeffries  1899 

William  Augustus  Jeffries  1900 

129  Samuel  Appleton  1822 

Franklin  Darracott  1854 

Francis  Sumner  Camith  1863 

Henry  Martyn  Saville  1864 

Antoinette  Hale  Saville  1885 

130  George  Searle  1822 

Washington  Parker  Gragg  1825 

Martin  Brimmer  1830 

Martin  Brimmer  1849 

Marianne  Brimmer  1897 
Francis  Clarke  Welch,  William 
Sohier   Dexter,  and   Philip 

Dexter,  Trustees  1907 

131  Lewis  Tappan  1822 

Charles  Bowen  1827 

John  Hancock,  Jr.  1827 

George  Hancock  1870 

Samuel  Cabot  1885 

132  Joseph  Putnam  Bradlee  1822 

Franklin  Haven  1843 

Edward  Belknap  Haven  1875 

Jane  Goodwin  Austin  1886 

Augustus  Dana  Manson  1892 

Florence  Ballou  Viaux  1897 

133  Thomas  Wigglesworth  1822 

Edward  Wigglesworth  1822 

George  Wigglesworth  1877 

134  Josiah  Bradlee  1822 

Frederic  Wainwright  Bradlee  1849 

William  Hilton  1865 

Augustus  Howe  Buck  1888 

Joseph  Richard  Taylor  1901 

Augustus  Howe  Buck  1903 

135  Daniel  Hammond  1822 

George  Hammond  1873 

Ellen  Hammond  1876 

John  Henry  Hardy  1885 

George  Rowland  Stoddard  1887 

Francis  Joseph  Moors  1889 

136  Asa  Whitney  1822 


Benjamin  Duick  Whitney  1831 

Cornelius  Conway  Felton  1838 

Benjamin  Duick  Whitney  1848 

James  H.  Foster  1851 

Caroline  Matilda  Barnard  1876 

137  Pliny  Cutler  1822 

Charles  Brown  1 841 

Joseph  Warren  Homer  1841 

Sidney  Homer  1852 
Thomas     Johnston     Homer, 
Warren    Emerson,    James 
Homer  Pierce,  and  William 

Homer,  Trustees  1878 
James     Homer    Pierce    and 
Joseph     Warren     Homer, 

Trustees  1890 

138  John  Hooper  1822 

Samuel  Hooper  1824 

Alice  Sturgis  Hooper  1878 

Joseph  Henry  Curtis  1884 

139  Richard  Devens  Tucker  1822 

William  Story  Bullard  1840 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Jr.  1847 

Elisabeth  Story  Gray  1899 

Susan  Welles  Shaw  1901 

140  Francis  Lee  1822 

Rufus  Wyman  1826 

Jeffries  Wyman  1843 

Susan  Wyman  1876 

Josephine  Forbush  Johnson  1899 

141  Thomas  Lee  1822 

Thomas  Lee  1887 

Clarence  Walker  Barron  1900 

142  George  Ticknor  1822 

William  Foster  Otis  1854 

George  William  Bond  1859 

Lawrence  Bond  1893 

143  John  Hubbard  1822 

Caleb  Reed  1845 
William  Prescott  Hunt  1855 
Margaret  S.  Eveleth  1858 
Uriah  Atherton  Boyden  i860 
Frank  Nichols  Mudge  1887 
John  Cordner  1887 
Francis  Clarke  Welch  and 
Charles  Pratt  Coffin,  Trus- 
tees 1897 

144  John  S.  Ellery  1822 

Samuel  W.  Waldron  1836 

Lemuel  Shattuck  1836 

Sarah  Baxter  1838 


134 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Lemuel  Sbattuck  1845 

Clarissa  Baxter  Sbattuck  i860 

Miriam  Stedman  Sbattuck  1883 

145  Jonathan  Amort  1822 

Jonatban  Amory  1830 

Henry  Grew  1831 

Zelotes  Hosmer  1836 

Henry  Roby  1837 
James   Frotbingbam   Hunne- 

well  1851 

146  Jesse  Putnam  1822 

Benjamin  W.  Putnam  1862 

Dupee,  Beck  and  Sayles  1869 

Elbridge  Gerry  Cutler  1870 

147  Charles  Jackson  1822 

Samuel  George  Snelling  1864 

WiUiam  Fletcber  Weld  1886 

Ellen  Homer  Weld  1893 

148  Samuel  Pickering  Gardner     1822 

Peter  Tbacher  Homer  1844 

Margaret  Homer  1887 

Margaret  Homer  Davis  1892 

149  Patrick  Tracy  Jackson  1822 

Lydia  Jackson,  Trustee  i860 

Elizabetb  H.  Webster  1865 

Artbur  Reed  1876 

150  Charles  Bradbury  1822 

Cbarles  Browne  1855 
Edward  Ingersoll  Browne  1879 
Francis    Clarke    Welcb    and 
Charles   Thomdike,  Trus- 
tees 1903 
Robert  Breck  Williams  1904 

151  Horace  Gray  1822 

William  Story  Bullard  1849 
William  Norton  Bullard  and 

Stepben  Bullard,  Trustees  1897 

152  Francis  Calley  Gray  1822 

William  Gray  1858 

William  Gray,  Jr.  1858 

Chester  Guild,  Jr.  i860 

Francis  Batcbeller  1877 

Susan  Burley  Cabot  1889 

153  John  Chipman  Gray  1822 

James  Beck  1864 

Edith  Doane  Beck  1875 

Charles  Edward  Wilson  1876 

154  Thomas  Wren  Ward  1822 

Cbarles  L.  Field  1858 

John  Sidney  Davenport  1867 

Augusta  Kimball  Horton  1876 


155  William  Sturgis  181X 

William  Hurd  1866 

Alexander  Strong  Wheeler         1866 

156  John  Bryant  1822 

Waldo  Higginson  1868 

Henry  Munson  Spelman  and 
Francis      Clarke     Welch, 
Trustees  1895 

157  Henderson  Inches  1822 

Henderson  Inches  1858 

Martin  Brimmer  Inches  1885 

John  Chester  Inches  1885 

Francis  Clarke  Welch,  George 
Brimmer  Inches,  and  Ber- 
nard Steams  Clark,  Trus- 
tees 1902 

158  Isaac  Winslow  1822 

Benjamin  Pollard  Winslow       1862 
Edward  Reed  1882 

John  Ome  Green  1885 

159  GoRHAM  Brooks  1822 

Peter  Cbardon  Brooks,  Jr.        1858 
Ellen  Brooks  1865 

Edward  Dearborn  Maynard     1884 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Ely  1888 

Elizabetb  Brewster  Ely  1891 

160  George  Hallet  1822 

Caleb  Cushing  1828 

161  Charles  Thorndike  1822 

Charles    Greely  Loring,  Ad- 
ministrator 1846 
Ezra  A.  Bourne,  Trustee  and 

Guardian  1851 

Charles  Edward  Cotting  1883 

Julius  Auboineau  Palmer  1883 

Oliver  Willard  Mink  1901 

162  Augustus  Thorndike  1822 

WiUiam  Cranch  Bond  Fifield   i860 
Lorin  Fuller  Deland  1889 

163  Benjamin  Guild  1822 

Eliza  GuUd  1861 

Edward  Chipman  Guild  1861 

Katharine  Rand  Mead  1892 

164  Edward  Brooks  1822 

Francis  Brooks  1878 

Edmund  March  Wheelwright   1887 

165  Ebenezer  Appleton  1822 

Alden  Bradford  Weston  1832 

Peters  and  Parkinson  1878 

Francis  Manning  Stanwood      1879 

166  Ebenezer  Roluns  1822 


PROPRIETORS 


135 


Joiin  Torrey  Morse,  Jr.,  and 
Eben  Rollins  Morse,  Ex- 
ecutors 1894 

Elihu  Goodman  Loomis  1894 

167  Abbott  Lawrence  1822 

William  Nye  Davis  1857 

Annah  Delano  1863 

James  D.  Thomson  1866 

Robert  Hooper,  Jr.  1866 

Joseph  Hurd  1867 

168  Marshall  Binney  Spring  1822 

169  Amos  Lawrence  1822 

William  Richards  Lawrence  1836 
Susan  Coombs  Lawrence  1885 

George  Brune  Shattuck  1886 

170  Israel  Thorndike,  Jr.  1822 

Edward  Greely  Loring  1844 

George  Washington  Warren  1844 
Helen  Talcott  Jones  1884 

George  Pemberton  Bangs  1884 

Robert    Hallowell    Gardiner, 

Trustee  1893 

William  Lowell  Putnam  1898 

Robert    Hallowell    Gardiner, 

Trustee  1898 

Albert  Thorndike  1903 

Robert    Hallowell    Gardiner, 

Trustee  1903 

171  William  Pratt  1822 

William   Parsons   Winchester  1845 
Eliza  Gill  Winchester,  William 
Sohier,  and  Charles  Berkley 
Johnson,     Trustees  1851 

William  Minot,  Jr.,  Trustee  1891 
Laurence  Minot   and  Joseph 

Henry  Russell,  Trustees        1901 
Simmons  Female  College  1903 

172  James  Hall  1822 

James  Trecothick  Austin  1841 

Susanna  Williams  1847 

Edward  Alexander  Williams  i860 
Sarah  Ann  Elizabeth  Wil- 
liams 1872 
Thomas  Williams  Williams  1875 
Charles  Merrick  Gay  1879 
Georgie  McClure  1894 
Georgie  Lee  _                              1897 

173  John  Tappan  1822 

John  Gallison  Tappan  1872 

Frederick  Herbert  Tappan  and 
Mary  Swift  Tappan  1888 


Elizabeth  Loring  Tappan  and 

Mary  Swift  Tappan  1901 

174  David  Weld  Child  1822 

Artemas  Ward  1835 

Henry  Artemas  Ward  1848 

Edward  Alexander  Strong  1866 

175  Robert  Gould  Shaw  1822 

John  Haven  Cheever  1855 

David  Williams  Cheever  1869 

176  Thomas  Cordis  1822 

Thomas  Aspinwall  1856 
Francis  Henshaw  and  Com- 
pany 1880 
Charles  Smith  Bradley  1880 
Fanny  L.  Francis  1889 
Nelson  Slater  Bartlett  1891 

177  John  Bellows  1822 

George  Alexander  Otis  1826 

John  Brazer  Davis  1827 

James  Murray  Robbins  1835 

Archibald  Murray  Howe  1887 

178  Abijah  FisK  1822 

Hercules  M.  Hayes  1824 

John  Williams  1829 

Hercules  M.  Hayes  1830 

Simon  Eliot  Greene  1830 

Samuel  Griswold  Goodrich  1831 

John  Henry  Jenks  1832 

Samuel  Griswold  Goodrich  1833 

John  Mackay  1840 

William  Davies  Sohier  1845 

William  Sohier  1872 

William  Davies  Sohier  1893 

179  Samuel  Dorr  1822 

Charles  Hazen  Dorr  1845 

George  Bucknam  Dorr  1894 

180  Samuel  Whitwell,  Jr.  1822 

Benjamin  Franklin  White  1837 

Charles  Royal  Bond  1839 
Thomas  William  Parsons,  Jr.  1840 

Horace  Wayland  Wadleigh  1897 

Mary  Evert  Goodwin  1897 

Mary  Evert  Nazro  190a 

Henry  Homblower  1902 

181  Frederic  William  Paine  1822 

Gardiner  Leonard    Chandler, 

Jr.  1835 

David  B.  Tower  1837 

Rufus  Choate  1839 

Mary  Ann  Palfrey  Russell  1865 

182  Francis  Stanton  1823 


136 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 


Joshua  Blake  1840 

Charlotte  Caldwell  Hubbard  1 867 

Francis  Stanton  Hubbard  1898 

183  Jonathan  Chapman  1822 

George  Chapman  1831 

Jonathan  Chapman  1834 

Ozias  Goodwin,  Trustee  1849 
Elizabeth  Phillips  Gray  and 

Elizabeth  Chapman  1885 

184  Lot  Wheelwright  1822 

William  Wilson  Wheelwright  1827 

Charles  Henry  Wheelwright  1835 

Edward  Blanchard.  Jr.  1838 

Elizabeth  Louisa  Nichols  1878 
Francis    Clarke    Welch     and 

Frederick  Nichols,  Trustees  1905 

185  John  Davis  Williams  1822 

George  Foster  Williams  1849 

Ellen  Victoria  Sears  1873 

George  Oliver  Sears  1900 

186  Charles  Torrey  1822 

Frederick  Augustus  Cobb  1829 
Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1838 
Francis  Boott  1841 
Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis  1843 
Francis  Bowen  1852 
Charles  Uriah  Cotting,  Trus- 
tee 1895 
Robert  Hallowcll  Gardiner, 
Trustee  1903 

187  Samuel  Torrey  1822 

Alexander  Cochrane  1882 

188  John  Odin  1822 

Reuben  Richards,  Jr.  1833 

George  Edward  Richards  1856 

Anna  Mitchell  Richards  1876 

189  David  Ellis  1822 

Samuel  B.  Barrel]  1839 

Alvan  Lamson  1843 

Artemas  Ward  Lamson  1865 

190  Samuel  Calley  Gray  1822 

Freeman  Allen  1852 

Henry  Freeman  Allen  1862 

Freeman  Allen  1902 

191  Gorham  Parsons  1822 

Theophilus  Parsons  1822 

George  Woodbury  Swett  1858 

Samuel  Woodbury  Swett  1870 

Henry  Nettleton  Sweet  1884 

Thomas  Minns  1887 

19a  James  Jackson  1822 


James  J.  Storrow,  Trustee  1868 
Elizabeth  Cabot  Putnam  and 

Anna  Cabot  Putnam  1883 

193  Edward  Cruft  1822 

Annah    Pickman    Cruft    and 

Harriet  Otis  Cruft  1866 

Harriet  Otis  Cruft  1889 

194  Peter  Roe  Dalton  1822 

Samuel  Turell  Armstrong  1826 

Abigail  Armstrong  1879 

William  Caleb  Loring  1882 

Charles  Barney  Cory  1884 

Paul  Barron  Watson  1889 

Mary  Alma  Coe  1890 

195  Edward  Everett  1822 

Helen  Cordis  Everett,  Guar- 
dian 1865 
Edward  Everett  1881 

196  William  Lawrence  1822 

Josiah  Dwight  Whitney  1850 

David  W.  Holmes  1855 

Stephen  Higginson  1866 

Agnes  Gordon  Higginson  1871 

Annie  Storrow  Higginson  1889 

197  Elbridge  Gerry  1822 

Daniel  Parkman  1828 

John  Parkman  1828 

Samuel  Gridley  Howe  1835 
Lee,  Higginson  and  Company  1880 

Robert  Hale  Bancroft  1880 

198  Benjamin  Wiggin  1822 

Moses  Whitney  1827 

Warren  Jacob  Whitney  1836 

Samuel  Downer,  Jr.  1841 
Frederick  Channing  Bowditch, 

Trustee  1896 

Malcolm  D'Wolf  Greene  1900 

Reginald  Chauncey  Robbins  1902 

199  Samuel  Atkins  Eliot  1822 

Charles  West  Cunningham  1858 

Lynde  C.  Ferris  1858 

Hawes  and  Henshaw  1880 

Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis  1880 

William  Burdick  Stevens  1882 

William  Burdick  Stevens  1893 

aoo  David  Henshaw  1822 

George  Winslow  1853 

Erving  Winslow  1865 

Edward  Fayson  Tenney  1883 

201  Samuel  Swett  1822 

George  H.  B.  HiU  1867 


^^^^^^?'5v-^  ^L-^^^^.y^C^^yy^cr 


PROPRIETORS 


m 


Josiah  Dwight  Whitney 

1868 

213 

Woodbridge  Strong 

1826 

Harcourt  Amory 

1889 

Henry  H.  lies 

1874 

202 

John  Dorr 

1822 

Sarah  Longley  Adams 

1876 

Theodore  Haskell  Don- 

1856 

Sarah  Longley  Converse 

1891 

George  Snell 

1870 

Edwin  Hamilton  Priest 

1894 

Charles  Allerton  Cushman 

1893 

214 

JosiAH  Foster  Flagg 

1826 

203 

Benjamin  Russell 

1822 

Samuel  Orlando  Mead 

1854 

Cancelled 

1887 

Rufus  Wyman 

1854 

204 

Daniel  Webster 

1822 

Elizabeth  Wyman 

1875 

Moses  Kimball 

1864 

Margaret  Curry  Wyman 

1881 

Helen  Frances  Kimball 

1895 

215 

Joshua  Henshaw  Hayward 

1826 

205 

Seth  Bass 

1822 

Thomas  Greaves  Caty 

1832 

George  Nathaniel  Faxon 

1849 

Mary  Perkins  Cary 

1866 

Mary  Josephine  Faxon 

1855 

Elizabeth  Cary  Agassiz 

1880 

Samuel  Baker  Rindge 

1881 

216 

John  Gorham  Coffin 

1826 

Frederick  Hastings  Rindge 

1882 

Ambrose  S.  Courtis 

1829 

Virginia  Stevens 

1888 

Thomas  Courtis 

1844 

Virginia  Cross 

189s 

James  Diman  Green 

1844 

206 

Jacob  Bigelow 

1826 

James  Chandler  Braman 

1856 

207 

William  Ingalls 

1826 

217 

George  Parkman 

1826 

Henry  Clark,  Administrator 

1853 

218 

George  Hayward 

1826 

Junius  Spencer  Morgan 

1853 

Mary  Ann  Hajrward 

1872 

Charles  Torrey 

185s 

Nathaniel       Dana       Carlile 

Samuel  Edmund  Sewall 

1856 

Hodges 

1881 

Lucy  Ellen  Sewall 

1889 

Mary  Osgood  Hodges 

1886 

George  Leverett  Stowell 

1890 

Lincoln  Ripley  Stone 

1889 

Robert  Thaxter  Swan 

1899 

219 

Walter  Channing,  Jr. 

1826 

208  Samuel  Atwood  Shurtleff 

1826 

Caleb    William    Loring,    Ex- 

Augustine Shurtleff 

1861 

ecutor 

1886 

Isabella  Councilman 

1901 

Virgil  Clarence  Pond 

1886 

209  John  Ware 

1826 

Philip  Coombs  Knapp 

1901 

Grenville    Temple   Winthrop 

220 

John  Gorham 

1826 

Braman 

1865 

Samuel  Kettell 

1839 

George  Henry  Torr 

1877 

William  Howard  Hinckley 

1856 

210 

Zabdiel  Boylston  Adams 

1826 

Katharine  Gordon  Hoffendahl 

1868 

James  Thomas  Fields 

1866 

221 

Horace  Bean 

1826 

James  Henry  Beal  and  Tho- 

Richard Fletcher 

1827 

mas  Prince  Beal,  Trustees 

1894 

Eben  Farrington 

1870 

211 

Enoch  Hale,  Jr. 

1826 

Charles  Frederick  Farrington 

1872 

George  Washington  Wales 

1852 

Charles  Chauncy  Burr 

1874 

Nathaniel  Henry  Emmons  and 

Charles  Wolcott  Burr 

1900 

Gardiner      Paine      Gates, 

Lucy  Williams  Burr 

1903 

Trustees 

1898 

222 

John  Dixwell 

1826 

Frank  Brewster 

1902 

Epes  Sargent  Dixwell 

1864 

212 

Edward  Reynolds,  Jr. 

1826 

William  Emerson  Cox 

1900 

Thomas  William  Parsons 

1836 

Josephine  Nickerson  Cox 

1906 

Alfred  Greenough 

1838 

223 

George  Washington  Otis,  Jr. 

1826 

Samuel  Dunn  Parker,  Guar- 

Grenville   Temple   Winthrop 

dian 

i8s8 

Braman 

1881 

Alfred  Greenough 

1863 

David  Howard  Tribou 

1902 

Ellen  Greenough  Parker 

1885 

224 

George  Bates 

1826 

■38 


THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Hermann  Jackson  Warner 

225  David  Osgood 

George  Stillman  Hillard 
Henry  Dwight  Hyde 

226  Anson  Hooker,  Jr. 

Thomas  J.  Whittemore 
Thomas  Sherwin 
Thomas  CoflBn  Amory,  Jr. 
Rebecca  Augusta  Amory 
James  Morris  Meredith 

227  Chandler  Robbins,  Jr. 

Samuel  R  Putnam 
Mary  Lowell  Putnam 
Georgina  Lowell  Putnam 

228  Thomas  Foster 

John  Foster 
James  Hayward 
Edmund  Sanford  Clark 
Richard  Manning  Hodges 
Edward  Farmer 

229  Charles  Wild 

Mary  Caroline  Atkinson 
Edward  Atkinson 

230  Amos  Farnsworth 

Charles  Knapp  Dillaway 
Robert  Henry  Eddy 
Eugene  Edgar  Partridge 
George  Lyman  Paine 

231  John  Collins  Warren 

James  Henry  Beal 
Boylston  Adams  Beal 

232  William  Johnson  Walker 

John  Parker  Rice 
Samuel  Lawrence 
Uriah  Atherton  Boyden 
Jackson  and  Curtis 
Samuel  A.  Miller 
Francis  Howard  Peabody 
Frank  Woodbury  Remick 

233  ASA   BULLARD 

Simon  Eliot  Greene 
Ammi  Bumham  Young 
James  Francis  Thomas 

234  Solomon  Davis  Townsend 

Solomon  Lincoln,  Jr. 
Robert  Shaw  Perkins 
William  Edward  Perkins 
John  Codman  Ropes,  Admin- 
istrator 
James  Edward  Radford  Hill 
Rosita  Lavalle  Richmond 


1852 

235  John  Randall 

1826 

1826 

Elizabeth  Randall 

1846 

1863 

John  Witt  Randall 

1868 

1870 

Francis  Ellingwood  Abbot 

1892 

1826 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot 

1903 

1830 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot,  Jr. 

1905 

1834 

236  John  Clark 

1826 

1846 

Richard  Cobb 

1829 

I89I 

Matthias  Plant  Sawyer 

1836 

1895 

Charles  Laches 

i860 

1826 

Thomas  Joseph  Lee 

1863 

1835 

Albert  Gallatin  Browne,  Jr. 

1866 

1875 

Richard  Leeds 

1870 

1899 

Susan  Huntington  Leeds 

1896 

1826 

237  Benjamin  Ropes  Nichols 

1826 

I83I 

John  Eugene  Tyler 

1859 

I84I 

Charles  Amos  Cummings 

1869 

1866 

Margaret  Kimball  Cummings 

1906 

1868 

238  Samuel  Hubbard 

1826 

1898 

James  Mascarene  Hubbard 

1870 

1826 

^39  William  Ellery  Channing 

1826 

1867 

William  Francis  Channing 

1849 

1880 

Charlotte  Louise  Inches 

1858 

1826 

Martin  Brimmer  Inches  and 

183s 

Edward     Dexter     Sohier, 

1836 

Trustees 

1873 

1888 

Richard  Ela  and  Alfred  Ela 

1875 

1902 

Francis  Snow  Hesseltine 

1881 

1826 

Charles  Whitney 

1883 

1858 

Edward  Lillie  Pierce 

1884 

1905 

Charles  Sumner  Pierce 

1898 

1826 

240  WiLLLVM  Parsons 

1826 

1835 

William  Parsons 

1838 

1835 

Theophilus   Parsons,   Guar- 

1841 

dian 

1863 

1887 

William  Parsons 

1865 

1887 

Miriam    Parsons    Hay    and 

1887 

Emma  Augusta  Parsons 

1889 

1905 

241  WiLLL^M  Sullivan 

1826 

1826 

Francis  Bassett 

1839 

1827 

Dwight  Braman 

1886 

1840 

Harry  Strawbridge  Maffitt 

1894 

1880 

May  Elizabeth  Maffitt 

1902 

1826 

Livingston  Cushing 

1905 

1862 

Ada  Thomas  Cushing 

1905 

1864 

242  Benjamin  Willis 

i8z6 

1878 

Benjamin  Willis 

1854 

Hamilton  Willis 

1872 

1880 

Samuel  Baker  Rindge 

1879 

1880 

Henry  Woods 

1880 

1900 

Annie  Louise  Woods 

1904 

PROPRIETORS 


139 


243 

Henry  SiGOURNrT 

1826 

Henry  Sigoumey 

1854 

244 

Alexander  Buss 

1826 

William  Grigg 

1828 

Nathaniel  Faxon 

1836 

Horace  Hopkins  Coolidge 

1861 

William  Fobes  Gavet 

1884 

James  Parker  Parmenter 

1894 

245 

William  Ropes 

1826 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1830 

Samuel  Leonard  Crocker,  Jr. 

i860 

James  D.  Thomson 

1867 

Charles  Henry  Bennett 

1872 

Henry  Taylor 

1874 

Samuel  Guild  Child 

1875 

Ellen  Loring 

1895 

246  Jonathan  Porter 

1826 

George  Jonathan  Porter 

1904 

247 

Abiel  Chandler 

1826 

George  Minot  Dexter 

1833 

Waiiam  Gibbs 

1834 

William  Richardson 

1847 

Horace  Richardson 

1857 

Frederic  Jesup  Stimson 

1892 

248 

Edmund  Dwight 

1826 

Edith  Luce 

1900 

Matthew  Luce  and  Laurence 

Minot,  Trustees 

1904 

249 

Robert  Waterston 

1826 

Helen  Ruthven 

1829 

Robert  Waterston 

1830 

George  Clement  Lord 

1872 

Francis  Bunker  Greene 

1905 

250 

Charles  John  Cazenove 

1826 

John  Eliot  Thayer 

1834 

Oliver  White  Peabody 

1858 

Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop, 

Frank  Everett  Peabody,  and 

Henry  Parkman,  Trustees 

1905 

251 

John  Davis 

1826 

Andrew  Alexander 

1848 

Elmer  Parker  Howe 

1889 

Elmer     Parker     Howe     and 

William   Arthur   Sargent 

1897 

252   JOSIAH    LORING 

1826 

Henry  Russell  Cleveland 

1842 

Sarah  Paine  Cleveland 

1844 

Samuel   Lothrop    Thomdike, 

William   Warren  Vaughan, 

and        Charles        Perkins 

Gardiner,  Trustees 

1907 

253  Benjamin  Loring 

George  Brooks  Young 
John  Collamore 
Helen  Collamore 

254  John  Randall 

James  Andrews 

Charles     Henry     Ferdinand 

Moring 
John  Goodnow 
John  Rogers 
Charles  Russell  Train 
Francis  Appleton  Foster 

255  John  Quincy  Adams 

Charles  Francis  Adams 
John  Quincy  Adams 
John  Howard  Packard 
Anna  Maria  Packard 

256  Thomas  Handasyd  Cabot 

Samuel  Cabot,  Jr. 
Daniel  Sharp  Ford 

257  John  Guardenier 

George  Howe 
Charles  Mixter 
Catharine  Hatch  Pierce 
Katharine  Collamore  Pierce 

258  Israel  Thorndike 

William  Joseph  Loring 
John  EUerton  Lodge 
Nathaniel  Amory 
Henry    Upham    Greene    and 

Belle  Greene 
Henry    Copley    Greene    and 

Belle  Greene 
Henry  Copley  Greene 
Philip  Cabot 
Henry  Copley  Greene 

259  George  Minot  Dexter 

George  Dexter 

260  John  Guardenier 

Joseph  Bell 

Jabez  Baxter  Upham 

Mahlon  Day  Spaulding 

261  Luther  Stearns  Cushing 

262  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  Jr. 

263  John  Guardenier 

John  Redman 
John  Bromfield 
Henry  Bromfield  Pearson 
James  Schouler 

264  Josiah  Bradlee,  Jr. 


1827 
1861 
1865 
1884 
1827 
1827 

1851 
1858 
1862 


1829 
1829 
1887 
J894 
1897 
1830 
1836 
1885 
1831 
1839 
1843 


1831 
1831 
1841 
1864 

1887 

1893 
1893 
1 901 
1901 
1842 
1884 
1842 

1843 
1853 


1843 
1893 
1845 
1845 
1846 
i8s2 
1864 
1844 


140 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


Frederick  Josiah  Bradlee  and 
Francis  Clarke  Welch,  Trus- 
tees 1902 

Francis  Boardman  Crownin- 
shield  Bradlee  1903 

265  Thomas  Beale  Wales  1844 

Henry  George  Spaulding  1868 

266  Robert  Hooper  1844 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company        1883 
John  Elbridge  Hudson  1883 

Oliver  Ames  1901 

267  John  Parker  1844 

Robert  William  Hooper  1845 

Ellen  Gumey  1885 

Ellen  Sturgis  Hooper  1888 

268  William  Edward  Coale  1844 

George  Oliver  George  Coale     1883 
Francis  Snow  Hesseltine  1884 

269  George     Cheyne    Shattuce, 

Jr.  1844 

Frederick  Cheever  Shattuck 
and  Charles  Uriah  Cotting, 
Trustees  1894 

Frederick  Cheever  Shattuck 
and  Alexander  Whiteside, 
Trustees  1903 

270  Thomas  Wren  Ward  1844 

John  Gallison  Ward  1844 

Thomas  Wren  Ward  1859 

Theodore  Hastings  i886 

Charles  Chauncy  Shackford      1886 
Robert  Swain  Peabody  1894 

271  Thomas  Wren  Ward  1844 

George  Cabot  Ward  1844 

Philippe  Wolff  1878 

John  Eliot  Wolff  1905 

272  Samuel  Fales  1844 

Charles  Henry  Parker  1850 

273  James  Sullivan  Amort  1844 

Augustine  Heard  Amory  1884 

Elizabeth  Tilden  Amory  1904 

274  Charles  Barnard  1844 

John  Parker  Tarbell  1854 

John  Franksford  Tarbell  1859 

John  Parker  Tarbell  1863 

Katharine  Amelia  Tarbell         1887 

275  John  Borland  1844 

James  Lloyd  1844 

John  Nelson  Borland  1849 

William  Gibson  Borland, 
Charles  Uriah  Cotting,  and 


John  Nelson  Borland,  Ti\i9' 

tees  1896 

Rebecca  Nelson  Jackson  1900 

276  Edward  Blanchard  1844 

Andrew  Cunningham  Wheel- 
wright 1853 
Norman  Winslow  Cabot  1903 
Andrew  Cunningham  Wheel- 
wright 1903 

277  George  Theodore  Lyman  1844 

James  Diman  Green  1859 

Addison  Child  1865 

Charles  Edward  Sampson  1881 

278  William  Amory  1844 

Francis  Inman  Amory  1889 

279  Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1844 

Charles  Coteswoith  Beaman  1875 

George  Herbert  Beaman  1883 

Nathaniel  Parsons  Beaman  1890 

280  George  Gardner  Lowell  1844 

Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1887 

Barrett  Wendell  1890 

Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1898 

281  George  Baty  Blake  1844 

John  Amory  Lowell  Blake  1906 

282  John  Wiley  Edmands  1844 

Alvah  Augustus  Burrage  1877 

283  Phineas  Upham  1844 

Benjamin  Leeds  1861 
Benjamin  Leeds,  Jr.  1866 
Frank  Shaw  1866 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Com- 
pany 1882 

284  Sidney  Bartlett  1^44 

Francis  Bartlett  1866 

Caroline  Bartlett  Sears  1901 

285  Samuel  Leonard  Abbot  1844 

Anna  Blake  Stone  1905 

286  Joseph  Balch  1844 

Anna  Loring  Balch  1850 

Francis  Vergnies  Balch  1882 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company  1883 

Charies  FoUen  Folsom  1883 

Edith  Doane  Beck  1884 

Arthur  Welland  Blake  1886 

Anne  Blake  1891 

287  John  Chipman  Gray  1844 

Horace  Gray,  Jr.  1848 
John    Chipman    Gray    and 

Russell  Gray,  Trustees  1903 

288  John  Chipman  Gray  1844 


PROPRIETORS 


141 


Francis  Augustus  Brooks  1849 

Edward  Horatio  Faucon  1852 

George  Higginson  1852 

Mary  Lee  Blake  1889 

William  Minot  and  Henry  Lee 

Higginson,  Trustees  1889 

Henry  Lee  Higginson  and 
James  Jackson  Storrow, 
Trustees  1901 

Mary  Lee  Blake  1904 

289  John  Chipman  Gray  1844 

Nathaniel  Hooper  1849 

Charles  Henry  Hamm  1865 

Josiah  Thomas  Vose, Trustee     1883 
Aimie  Adams  Stewart  1893 

Ellen  Minot  Folsom  1895 

Alice  Taft  Herrick  1902 

290  Abbott  Lawrence  1844 

James  Lawrence  1846 

James  Lawrence  1875 

291  Abbott  Lawrence  1844 

Timothy  Bigelow  Lawrence     1846 

Abbott  Lawrence,  Charles 
Henry  Parker,  and  Aaron 
Dean  Hubbard,  Trustees       1869 

Abbott  Lawrence,  George 
Silsbee  Hale,  and  William 
Sohier  Dexter,  Trustees        1885 

George  Silsbee  Hale,  William 
Sohier  Dexter,  and  Louis 
Curtis,  Trustees  1894 

Louis  Curtis,  William  Sohier 
Dexter,  and  Philip  Dexter, 
Trustees  1897 

Joseph  Thomas  Gilbert  1899 

292  Abbott  Lawrence  1844 

Abbott  Lawrence,  Jr.  1846 

Joseph  Stone  1894 

Minnie  Harris  Stone  1896 

Joseph  Stone  1903 

Julia  Edgar  Thacher  1906 

293  Amos  Lawrence  1844 

William  Richards  Lawrence      1853 
Frederic  West  Holland  1854 

Frederic  May  Holland  1895 

Frederick  Cheever  Shattuck      1899 

294  Amos  Lawrence  1844 

Jerome    Van     Crowninshield 

Smith  1849 

Edward  Sutton  Smith  1882 

James  Bourne  Ayer  1884 


295  Joshua  Huntington  Wolcott  1844 

Charles  Sumner  1845 

Charles  FoUen  Atkinson  1875 

296  Charles  Hamilton  Parker  1844 

Charles  Phelps  Huntington  1857 

297  OziAS  Goodwin  1844 

298  Benjamin      Ropes      Nichols, 

George  Williams  Lyman, 
and      Sarah      Pickering 

Pratt,  Executors  1844 

Sarah  Pickering  Pratt  1845 
Mary  Pratt,  Jr.,  and  Sarah 

Pickering  Pratt  1855 

Henry  Wilder  Foote  1862 

Henry  Wilder  Foote  1897 

299  Benjamin  Adams  1850 

Samuel  Hammond  Russell  1852 

Seth  E.  Brown  i860 

Lincoln  Flagg  Brigham  1861 

Frederick  Beck  1866 

Lucy  Doane  Beck  1873 

Sarah  Phillips  Beck  1884 

Frederick  Beck  1899 

Heman  Merrick  Burr  1905 

300  John  Bryant,  Jr.  1844 

Laurence  Minot,  John  Bryant 
Paine,  and  Charles  Jackson 

Paine,    Jr.,    Trustees  1904 

Laurence  Minot,  George 
Henry  Richards,  and  Francis 

Clarke  Welch,  Trustees  1904 

301  Jacob  Sleeper  1844 

Elizabeth  Sleeper  Davis  1889 

George  Clarendon  Hodges  1893 

302  Daniel  Pinckney  Parker  1844 

Henry  Tuke  Parker  1845 

Charles  Devens  1855 

Arthur  Lithgow  Devens  1878 

WilHam  Gordon  Means  1883 

George  Hinckley  Lyman  1894 

303  Henry  Baldwin  Stone  1844 

Isaac  Orr  Barnes  1850 

Gustavus  Vasa  Fox  1868 

James  Wilson  King  1879 

Mary  Sarah  Thomas  1882 

Mary  Sargent  Apthorp  1882 

Amy  Peabody  Lothrop  1891 

Amy  Lothrop  Coolidge  1898 

304  George  Washington  Coffin  1844 

William  Spooner  Coffin  1881 

Esther  Lathrop  Fiske  1891 


142 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Esther  Lathrop  Hammond        1894 

305  Caleb  Curtis  1844 

Henry  Clay  Weston  1865 

Evelyn  Weston  Curtis  1904 

306  Henry  Sidney  Waldo  1844 

Theodore  Parker  Adams  1880 

307  Thomas  Parkman  Cushing        1844 

Howard  Payson  Arnold  1865 

Agnes  Gordon  Balch  1870 

308  Samuel  R  Putnam  1844 

Robert  Boyd  Storer  1850 

Charlotte  Avery  Kennard  1871 

309  Charles  Amory  1844 

Edward  Linzee  Amory  1864 

310  WiLUAM  Lawrence  1844 

James  Bicheno  Francis  1856 

Charles  Robert  Cross  1893 

311  William  Lawrence  1844 

Benjamin  Daniel  Greene  1850 

312  William  W.  Stone  1844 

Charles  Torrey  1851 

Daniel  D.  Brodhead  1853 

Edward  Sprague  Rand  1854 

James  McKellar  Bugbee  1884 

313  Thomas  Wetmore  1844 

William  Joseph  Reynolds  1862 

Charles  West  Cunningham        1865 
Charles  Deane  1865 

Helen  Waterston  Deane  1890 

Francis  Alonzo  Peters  1890 

William  Allen  Hayes  1892 

314  Gardner  Colby  1844 

Henry  Harrington  Carter  1895 

315  Jonathan  French  1844 

John  Davis  Williams,  Arthur 
Lincoln,  and  Charles  Amory 
Williams,  Trustees  1902 

316  James  Ingersot.l  1844 

Alexander  Thomas  1852 

Rufus  Ellis,  Guardian  1874 

Rufus  Kimball  Thomas  1883 

317  Robert    Chamblet    Hooper    1844 

Adeline  Denny  Hooper,  Wil- 
liam Boott,  and  William 
Sohier   Dexter,   Trustees       1881 

Adeline  Denny  Hooper,  Wil- 
liam   Sohier  Dexter,    and 
Robert    Chamblet   Hooper, 
Trustees  1892 

Adeline  Denny  Hooper,  Wil- 
liam   Sohier    Dexter,  and 


Francis  Clarke  Welch,  Trus- 
tees 1899 

318  John  Wyman  Trull  1844 

John  Hunt  Welch  1849 

John  Trull  Heard  1853 

John  Theodore  Heard  1881 

Rosalie  Isabella  Heard  1906 

319  John  Davis  Williams  1844 

John  Davis  Weld  Williams  1849 

Henry  Bigelow  Williams  1874 

320  John  Davis  Williams  1844 

David  Weld  Williams  1849 

Arthur  Lincoln  1876 

Francis  Richard  Jones  1898 

321  John  Davis  Williams  1844 

David  Weld  Williams  1849 

Edwin  Lamson  1850 

Benjamin  Smith  Rotch  1868 

Abbott  Lawrence  Rotch  1886 

322  Stephen  Ball,  Jr.  1844 

Francis  McLennan  1876 

Charles  Lowell  Thayer  1879 

Harriet  L.  Thayer  1885 

John  Spencer  Clark  1886 

323  John  Prince  Thorndike  1844 

George  Quincy  Thorndike  1850 
.    Charles    Uriah    Cotting    and 
Francis  Clarke  Welch,  Trus- 
tees 1887 

Francis    Clarke    Welch    and 

Moses    Williams,   Trustees  1903 

324  Benjamin  William  Crownin- 

SHIELD  1844 

Edward    Augustus    Crownin- 

shield  1849 

Caroline  Maria  Crowninshield  i860 
Charles  Alfred  Welch  and  Wil- 
liam Payne  Blake,  Trustees  1899 
George  Augustus  Nickerson      1900 
William  Adams  Munroe  and 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner, 
Trustees  1901 

Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner 
and  Alfred  Bowditch,  Trus- 
tees 1903 

325  Daniel  Sargent  Curtis  1844 

Henry  Pelham  Curtis  1886 

326  Addison  Gilmore  1844 

George  Baty  Blake,  Guardian  1852 
George  Morey  1859 

Elisha  \\Tieeler  Willard  1869 


PROPRIETORS 


143 


Mary  Adams  Willard 
Charles  Sumner  Hamlin 

327  Francis  Henry  Appleton 

Francis  Henry  Appleton 

328  Samuel  Cabot 

James  Elliot  Cabot 
Charles  Mills  Cabot 

329  Charles  Fox  Hovey 

Richard  Cranch  Greenleaf 

330  Samuel  Batchelder 

John  Montgomery  Batchelder 
Isabella  Batchelder 

331  William  Rollins 

John  Steele  Tyler 
Robert  Amory 
Copley  Amory 
Charles  Fletcher  Dole 

332  Charles  Brown  Shaw 

Ellen  Twisleton  Parkman 

333  William  Blake 

Joshua  Richardson  Bigelow 
Charles  Willis  Jones 

334  John  James  Dixwell 

Elizabeth  Boardman  IngersoU 
Bowditch  Dixwell 

Charles  Pickering  Bowditch 
and  Alfred  Bowditch,  Trus- 
tees 

Charles  Hitchcock  Tyler 

335  George  Basil  Dixwell 

Charles  Sargent 
Charles  Sargent  Dixwell 

336  Joshua  Sears 

Susan  Warner  Hardy 
Sarah  Carlisle  Sears 

337  Joseph  Whitney 

Joseph  Cutler  Whitney 

National  Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany 

American  Bell  Telephone 
Company 

American  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Company 

338  Samuel  Frothingham 

Samuel  Frothingham,  Jr. 
Augustus  Howe  Buck 
George  Silsbee  Hale 
Ellen  Sever  Hale 
Richard  Walden  Hale 

339  David  Stoddard  Greenough 

Isaac  P.  Rand 


1906 

John  Lowell  Gardner,  Jr. 

1866 

1906 

John    Chipman    Gray    and 

1844 

George  Peabody  Gardner, 

I87I 

Trustees 

1899 

1844 

Lee,  Higginson  and  Company 

1899 

1855 

Arthur  Tracy  Cabot 

1899 

1904 

340 

Aaron  Hobart 

1844 

1844 

William  Story  Bullard 

1847 

1859 

Charles  Eliot  Norton 

1849 

1844 

Sara  Norton 

1904 

I88I 

34» 

George  Robert  Russell 

1844 

1892 

Sarah  Shaw  Russell 

1876 

1844 

Marian  Russell 

1888 

1856 

342 

George  Callender 

1844 

1868 

Henry  Stone  Hovey 

1863 

1870 

John  Torrey  Morse,  Jr.,  and 

1876 

Henry  Dutton  Degen,  Ex- 

1844 

ecutors 

1901 

1880 

Emma  Sawyer  McQuesten 

1902 

1844 

343 

William  Fiske  Whitney 

1844 

1867 

Dio  Lewis 

1868 

1882 

Peters  and  Parkinson 

1882 

1844 

Edward  Francis  Daland 

1882 

Alice  Daland  Chandler 

1888 

1877 

344 

Henry  Hall 

1844 

Matilda  Stewart  Buck 

1875 

Howard  Mendenhall  Buck 

1905 

1894 

34S 

William  Perkins 

1844 

1894 

Helen  Amory  Romans 

1888 

1844 

346 

Willard  Sayles 

1844 

1887 

Maria  Francoeur  Saylcs 

1848 

1890 

Henry  Sayles 

1858 

1844 

347 

Isaac  Livermore 

1844 

1859 

Franklin  Hall 

1858 

1879 

Lewis  Hall 

1884 

1844 

Henry  Lillie  Pierce 

^84 

1871 

Ida  Cushing  Underwood 

1898 

348  John  Adams  Blanchard 

1844 

1879 

Sarah  Harding  Blanchard 

1873 

349 

Francis  Fisher 

1844 

1880 

Benjamin  Franklin  Stevens 

1874 

350 

Charles  Storer  Storrow 

1844 

1900 

Lydia  Jackson  Dale 

1904 

1844 

351 

Hugh  R.  Kendall 

1844 

1863 

William  Hosmer  Shailer 

1853 

1873 

Kate  Frazar 

1865 

1884 

Waldo  Maynard 

1871 

1898 

Sarah  Smith  Fay 

1874 

1904 

Sarah  Bryant  Fay 

1888 

1844 

35^ 

James  Parker 

1844 

1852 

Charles  Sprague 

1878 

144 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Emily  Frances  Pratt  1894 

Emily  Frances  Bowen  1905 

353  Sumner  Hudson  1844 

Lyman  Perry  1848 

James  Tuttle  1850 

Maria  Louise  Brackett  i88z 

354  John  Stratton  Wright  1844 

Willard  C.  Van  Derlip  1875 

James  Wheeler  Edgerly  1879 

Baxter  Edward  Perry,  Horace 
Dwight  Chapin,  and  Sophro- 
nia  Edgerly,  Trustees  1895 

Walter  Edward  Andrews,  Hor- 
ace Dwight  Chapin,  and 
Sophronia  Edgerly,  Trus- 
tees 1897 

355  George  Gardner  1844 

Louis  Curtis,  Francis  Inman 
Amory,  and  Charles  Walter 
Amory,  Trustees  1885 

Helen  Maria  Gardner  1885 

Helen  Read  Curtis  1903 

356  Charles  Edward  Miller  1844 

George  Tyler  Bigelow  1874 

Lewis  Stackpole  Dabney  1879 

357  Gardner  Brewer  1844 

Caroline  Abigail  Brewer  1875 

Caroline  Croft  1888 

Anna  Sears  Amory  1889 

George  Francis  Weld  1902 

358  Benjamin  Greene  Wainwright  1844 

Famham  Plummer  1849 

Elizabeth  Chandler  Fletcher     1880 
Alice  Fletcher  1903 

359  Charles  Francis  Adams  1844 

John  Quincy  Adams  1854 

James  Means  1894 

360  John  Murray  Forbes  1844 

Robert  Forbes  Perkins  1873 

361  George  Francis  Parkman         1844 

362  Timothy  C.  Leeds  1844 

Charles  William  Moseley  1875 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot  1887 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot,  Jr.  1905 

363  Sampson  Reed  1844 

James  Reed,  Charles  Mont- 
gomery Reed,  David  Locke 
Webster,  and  Francis  Alex- 
ander Dewson,  Trustees        1880 

James  Reed  1881 

364  Andrew  Eliot  Belknap  1844 


James  Hubbard  Weeks  1859 

Joseph  N.  Sturtevant  1869 
Thomas  LeggettSturtevant  and 

Edward  Lewis  Sturtevant  1 88 1 
Charles  Benjamin  Read  Hazel- 
tine  1886 

365  John  Lowell  Gardner  1844 

Joseph  Peabody  Gardner  1856 

John  Lowell  Gardner  1882 

Joseph  Peabody  Gardner  1882 

William  Amory  Gardner  1887 

366  John  Lowell  Gardner  1844 

George  Augustus  Gardner  1856 

367  John  Lowell  Gardner  1844 

Thomas  Groom  1845 

368  George  Horatio  Kuhn  1844 

Martha  Anne  Clarke  1889 

George  Kuhn  Clarke  1891 

369  James  Bowdoin  Bradlee  1844 

Theodore  Chase  1883 
Lewis      Stackpole      Dabney, 

Trustee  1896 

Alice  Bowdoin  Chase  1903 

370  William  Gray  1844 

Jonathan  French  1859 
John  Davis  Williams,  Arthur 
Lincoln,  and  Charles  Amory 

Williams,  Trustees  1902 

371  Caleb  Eddy  1844 

Samuel  Barrett  1847 

Willard  Phillips  1848 

Alexander  Young  1866 

Samuel  Swan  Arnold  1871 

Francis  Lee  Higginson  1878 

Sarah  Vincent  Dexter  1891 
Albert    Lamb    Lincoln    and 
Francis      Clarke      Welch, 

Trustees  1906 

372  Francis  Low  1844 

Daniel  Swan  Gilchrist  1848 

Nathaniel  Greene  1849 

Daniel  Kimball  1851 

Screno  Dwight  Nickerson  1856 

Channing  Clapp  1885 
Schuyler     Sampson     Bartlett 
and  Frederic  Mather  Stone, 

Trustees  1904 

373  WiLUAM  Whiting  1844 

William  Goodwin  Russell  and 

Abraham   Firth,  Trustees  1878 

Harold  Whiting  1885 


PROPRIETORS 


H5 


Rose  Standish  Whiting  1896 

Elizabeth  F.  Nichols  1903 

Rose  Standish  Whiting  1903 

374  Benjamin  Seavxr  1844 

Charles  Milton  Seaver  1858 

Francis  Henry  Davenport 

375  Henry  Augustus  Page 

Eliza  Wales  Page  and  Gordon 

Prince  Page,  Trustees 
Henrietta    Page    and    Ellen 

Page  Hall 

376  Theodore  Metcalf 

Washington  Butcher  Thomas   1893 
Josiah  Henry  Benton,  Jr.  1898 

Anna  Phillips  Williams 

377  Lucius  Manlius  Sargent 

Susan  Mason  Lawrence 
Susan  Mason  Loring 

378  Nathan  Carruth 

Simon  Greenleaf 
James  Greenleaf 
Mary  Longfellow  Greenleaf 
Richard  Henry  Dana,  Trus- 
tee 
James  Henry  Lea 

379  Jabez  C.  Howe 

John  Green  Gary 
Mabel  Minot  Milliken 

380  Joseph  N.  Howe,  Jr. 

Charles  James  Morrill 
Mary  Glover  Morrill,  Annie 
Wyman  Morrill,  and  Charles 


1903 
1845 


1893 
1844 


1907 
1844 


1844 
1846 
1857 
1866 

1903 
1905 
1844 
1870 
1893 
1844 
1870 


Morrill  Baker,  Trustees 

381  George  Alfred  Whitney 

George  Alfred  Whitney 
Jstaies  Phineas  Whitney 
Charles  Franklin  Dunbar 
Charles  Alfred  King 
John  Wilkes  Hammond 

382  Jeffrey  Richj^dson 

Charles  Tallman  White 
Sarah  Brackett  White 

383  John  Douglas  Bates 

Mary  Bates 

384  Francis  Sumner  Carruth 

Charles  Homer 
Charies  Alfred  Welch,  Trus- 
tee 

385  Edward  Hutchinson  Robbins 

William  Henry  Swift 
William  Tennant  Hart 


1895 
1844 
1868 
1871 
1871 
1894 
1904 
1844 
1879 
1901 
1844 
1903 
1844 
1845 


1844 
1856 
1862 


Caroline  Samson  Kimball 

386  Abel  Kendall,  Jr. 

Ann  M.  Kendall 
Henry  Warren  Torrey 
William  Vail  Kellen 
Francis  Russell  Hart 

387  Charles  Sprague 

Ezra  Lincoln 
Charles  Uriah  Cotting 
Robert  Saltonstall 

388  William  Minot 

Francis  Minot 

Felix  Rackemann  and  Chris- 
topher Minot  Weld,  Trus- 
tees 

389  George  Barrell  Emerson 

Lincoln  Fletcher  Emerson 

390  John  D.  Gardner 

Jonathan  Peele  Dabney 
Thomas  Morong 
George  Young 
Henry  Augustus  Pevear 

391  William  Thomas 

Mary  Thomas  Guild 
Mary  Thomas  Gorham 
Alice  Taylor  Came  and  Cora 

Nickerson  Thorndike 
Cora    Nickerson    Thorndike 

and  Alice  Taylor  Maffitt 

392  John  Templeman  Coolidge 

John  Templeman  Coolidge,  Jr. 

393  John  Lamson 

Daniel  Sanderson  Lamson 
Boston  College 


1899 
1844 
1870 
1871 
1896 
1905 
1845 
1851 
1881 
1903 

1845 
1868 


1901 

1845 
1854 
184s 
1852 
1868 
1871 
1899 
1845 

1873 
1887 

1897 

1906 
1845 
1890 
1845 
1859 
1865 


394  Erastus     Brigham     Bigelow  1845 


1880 


395 


396 


397 


Harvey  Drury  Parker 

Ezra  Henry  Baker 
Andrew  Townshend  Hall 

Charles  Henry  Mills 

Charles  Benjamin  Barnes 
Charles  Lyman 

Peter  Paul  Francis  Degrand 

Samuel  Rogers  Spinney 

Joshua  Clapp  Stone 

Edmund  Trowbridge  Hastings  1861 

John  Joseph  May  1862 

Florence  May-Winsor  Chur- 
chill 
Francis  Caleb  Loring 

Samuel  William  Rodman 

Frederick  Uriah  Tracy 


1845 
1869 
1888 
1845 
1845 
1857 
i860 


1903 
1845 
1859 
i860 


146 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Caroline  Tracy  Hubbard 

1880 

Emily  Longfellow  and  Theo- 

Everett Monroe  Nelson 

189Z 

dore  Hoague 

1901 

Albert  Stone 

1896 

408  Benjamin  Bangs 

1845 

398 

Marshall  Spring  Perry 

1845 

Samuel  Bradstreet 

1859 

Charles  Loring  Young 

i88z 

John  Kimball  Rogers 

1865 

Robert  Hooper  Stevenson 

1901 

409 

Thomas  Greenleaf,   Trustee 

1845 

399 

Nathan  Cooley  Keep 

1845 

William  Greenleaf  Appleton, 

Annie  Bliss  Crocker 

1904 

Trustee 

1856 

400 

Francis  Boardman  Crownin- 

Thomas  Pember 

1857 

SHIELD 

1845 

Samuel  D.  Talbot,  Jr. 

1858 

Georgiana  Phipps  Munroe 

1878 

John  Dean 

1861 

Otis  Munroe 

1882 

Joseph  Augustus  Willard 

1883 

Sophia  Munroe 

1894 

Penelope  Frances  Coolidge 

1906 

Walter  Hovey  Dugan 

1895 

410 

Thomas  Greenleaf,  Trustee 

1845 

401 

Robert  Caldwell  Mackay 

1845 

William  Greenleaf  Appleton, 

Susan  Minns 

1887 

Trustee 

1856 

402 

JOSIAH    QUINCY,  Jr. 

1845 

Eliza  Appleton 

1871 

Southworth  Shaw 

1852 

John  M.  Stillman 

1887 

Henry  Southworth  Shaw 

1875 

George  Homans  Wetherell 

1892 

Alfred  Hubbard  Batcheller 

1877 

411 

Thomas  Greenleaf,  Trustee 

1845 

Robert  Batcheller 

1882 

Ezekiel  Price  Greenleaf 

1856 

403 

James  Johnson 

184s 

Amos  Prescott  Baker 

1887 

Josiah  H.  Cobb 

i860 

412 

Thomas  Greenleaf 

1845 

Gardner  S.  Langton 

i860 

Ebenezer  Woodward,  Trustee 

1856 

Elizabeth  Eaton 

1862 

Alanson  Tucker 

1870 

Edward  Dearborn  Maynard 

1884 

Thomas  Hammond  Talbot 

i88z 

Wilson  Jonas  Dodge 

1887 

Emma  Caroline  Foster  Keller 

Wilbur  Everett  Rowell,  Trus- 

and    Thomas     Hammond 

tee 

»9°5 

Talbot 

1885 

404 

Ebenezer  Chadwick 

1845 

Emma  Caroline  Foster  Keller 

1887 

Elizabeth  Chadwick 

1854 

Henry  Eldridge  Warner 

1894 

Sewall  Tappan 

1856 

413 

Francis  Calley  Gray 

1845 

Robert  Oliver  Fuller 

1879 

William  Gray 

1858 

405 

William  Cushing  Aylwin 

1845 

George  B.  Jones 

1859 

Charles  Felix  Aylwin 

1852 

Joseph  Rowe  Webster 

1859 

George  Orrin  Hovey 

1857 

Mary  Phillips  Webster 

1880 

John  Torrey  Morse,  Jr. 

1879 

414 

Nathan  Appleton 

1845 

Fanny  Hovey  Morse 

1898 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 

-506 Jeremiah  Mason 

1845 

liam  Amory,  and   Thomas 

Charles  Mason 

1849 

Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees 

1862 

Mary  Hemenway 

1863 

Thomas  Gold  Appleton 

1864 

Edith  Hemenway  Eustis 

189s 

Lee,  Higginson  and  Company 

1884 

407 

James  Paul 

1845 

Mariana  Cushing  Porter 

1885 

Otis  Daniell 

1847 

Dora  Narcissa  Spalding 

1901 

James   Chaplin   Fisk,   Sarah 

415 

Nathan  Appleton 

1845 

Frances  Daniell,  and  Emily 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 

Longfellow, Trustees 

1873 

liam   Amory,  and   Thomas 

Emily  Longfellow  and  Sarah 

Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees 

1862 

Frances  Daniell,  Trustees 

1886 

Mary  Mackintosh 

1864 

Emily  Longfellow  and  Amelia 

James  L.  Goodridge 

1864 

Daniell  Hockley 

1898 

Dupee,  Beck  and  Sayles 

1869 

PROPRIETORS 


147 


Edward  Holzapfel 
Sarah  Henshaw  Hunt 
William  Foster  Apthorp,  Trus- 
tee 
William  Foster  Apthorp 

416  Nathan  Appleton 

Thomas  Gold  Appleton 
Mary  Elliot 

417  Edward  Austin 

William  Austin 
Francis  Aldworth  Hooper 
George  Edward  Brown 
Morrill  Wyman,  Jr. 

418  Theodore  Chase 

George  Bigelow  Chase 
Maria  Godey  Bradlee 
Annie  Falkner  Manning 

419  Martin  Brimmer 

Nathaniel  Whiting 

Francis  Clarke  Welch,  Trustee 

420  John  Stearns 

John  Steams 
William  Putnam  Kuhn 
Albert  Rufus  Whittier 

421  Oliver  Eldredge 

Edward  Henry  Eldredge 
Amariah  Aulando  Taft 
Peters  and  Parkinson 
John  Larkin  Thomdike 

422  Charles  Frederick  Adams 

Emily  Matilda  Adams 
Emily  Matilda  Curtis 
Caleb  Agry  Curtis 
Amy  Curtis  and  Clara  Curtis 

423  Samuel  Appleton 

Noble  Maxwell 
Sidney  Brooks 
John  Goddard  Steams,  Jr. 

424  Robert  Gould  Shaw 

Francis  George  Shaw 
Minnie  Fenton  Greenough 
David  Stoddard  Greenough 
Mary  Elizabeth  Norcross 

425  Peter  Chardon  Brooks 

Abigail  Brooks  Adams 
Brooks  Adams 

426  Peter  Chardon  Brooks,  Jr. 

Susan  Oliver  Brooks,  Charles 
Francis  Adams,  Jr.,  and 
Peter  Chardon  Brooks,  Ex- 
ecutors 


1869 

Lee,  Higginson  and  Compan 

Y  1885 

1872 

Charles  Thorndike 

1885 

Augustus  Thorndike 

1 892 

1897 

427 

Daniel  Carpenter  Bacon 

1845 

•903 

Daniel  Gorham  Bacon 

1857 

1845 

Florence  Maria  Cushing 

1877 

1847 

428 

Charles  C.  Little  and  Com 

- 

1884 

PANY 

1845 

1845 

429 

Peter  Chardon  Brooks 

1845 

1854 

Gorham  Brooks 

1849 

1867 

Peter  Chardon  Brooks,  Jr. 

1852 

1877 

George  Abbott  Osbome 

1881 

1878 

Joseph  Bangs  Warner 

1881 

1845 

430 

Amos  Binney 

184s 

1865 

Henry  Prentiss  Binney 

1863 

1896 

Eliza  Cabot 

1864 

I90I 

Fiske  Warren 

1886 

1845 

Gretchen  Osgood 

1891 

1849 

Gretchen  Osgood  Warren 

1891 

1906 

Mary  Alden  Osgood 

1895 

1845 

John  Arthur  Fenno 

1907 

1865 

431 

Caleb  Chace 

1845 

1882 

Edward  Gilchrist 

1865 

1899 

WiUiam  Frederic  Matchett 

1870 

1845 

Laurence  Henry  Hitch  John- 

1863 

son 

1901 

1879 

Sarah  Amanda  Matchett 

1901 

1879 

43^ 

Jonathan  Chapman 

1845 

1879 

Francis  Bacon 

1849 

1845 

Elizabeth  Jane  Tuck 

1876 

1862 

Caroline  Tuck 

1884 

1878 

Beth  Baker 

1888 

1882 

Ruth  Cabot 

1889 

1903 

Ruth  Cabot  Paine 

1 891 

1845 

Henry  Bromfield  Cabot 

1901 

1854 

Ruth  Cabot  Paine 

1901 

1864 

433 

Jonas  Chickering 

1845 

1879 

Daniel  Denny 

1854 

1845 

Henry  Gardner  Denny 

i860 

1849 

Clarence  Holbrook  Denny 

1892 

1883 

434 

Edward  Codman 

1845 

1893 

Horatio  Chickering 

1862 

1898 

Lucy  Lee  Chickering 

1876 

1845 

William  Franklin  Cheney 

1883 

1849 

435 

COOLIDGE  AND  HaSKELL 

1845 

1870 

Jonathan  Brown,  Jr. 

1849 

1845 

James  Goldthwaite  Freeman 

1882 

436 

Charles  Pelham  Curtis,  Jr. 

1845 

Caroline  Gardiner  Curtis 

1906 

Margaret  Pelham  Russell 

1907 

I88I 

437 

Thomas  Dixon 

1845 

148 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Benjamin  Homer  Dixon  1850 

George  Parker  Kettell  1858 

Andrew  Nickerson  1865 

George  Abbot  James  1872 

438  John  Guardenier  1846 

Benjamin  Tyler  Reed  1850 

John  Hooper  Reed  1874 

Lucy  Ann  Woodbridge  1879 

John  Hooper  Reed  1883 

Daniel  Chauncey  Brewer  1889 

439  James  Davis,  Jr.  1845 

Henry  Winsor,  Jr.  1881 

Charles  Henry  Fiske  1882 

Charles  Henry  Fiske,  Jr.  1900 

440  Samuel  Atkins  Eliot  1845 

Enoch  Redington  Mudge  1858 

William  Burdick  Stevens  1881 

Marie  Louise  Joy  1882 

441  Edwards  and  Stoddard  1845 

Charles  Stoddard  and  Joseph 

Swain  Lovering  1847 

Joseph  Swain  Lovering  1854 

442  John  Earle,  Jr.,  and  Company  1845 

William  Pearce  Parrott  1849 
Collateral  Loan  Company  of 

Boston  1875 
Mrs.  William  Pearce  Parrott 

(Sophia  Marion  Parrott)  1876 

Louisa  Parrott  Russell  1897 

443  Stephen  Fairbanks  1845 

William  Oxnard  Moseley  1867 

John  Richardson  Hall  1885 

William  Bradford  Clark  1887 

Edward  Clarence  Turner  1899 

444  Samuel  Atkins  Eliot  1845 

Francis  Edwin  Faxon  1858 

Joshua  Cleves  Dodge  1867 

Henry  Augtistus  Gowing  1879 

Clara  Elizabeth  Gowing  1897 

Frank  Ashley  Day  1903 

445  Richard  Suluvan  Fay  1845 

William  Dudley  Pickman, 
Richard  SuUivan  Fay,  and 
William     Pickman      Fay, 

Trustees  1867 

Polly  Robbins  Hollingsworth  1885 

Rose  Hollingsworth  1901 

446  John  Gardner  1845 

Emily  Gardner  Perry  1888 

Clara  Greenleaf  Perry  1907 

447  Horace  Gray  1845 


Tristram  Barnard  Mackay  1849 
Hersey    Bradford    Goodwin, 

Trustee  1873 

Tristram  Barnard  Mackay  1875 

Frances  Mary  Mackay  1885 

George  Winslow  Thacher  1885 

Thomas  Chandler  Thacher  1904 

448  Prince  Hawes  1845 

Benjamin  Lincoln  1849 

Louisa  Ingersoll  Greenough  1884 

449  George  Hallet  1845 

Benjamin  Franklin  Wing  1845 
Emeline  Wing  1885 
Henry     Winchester    Cunning- 
ham 1901 

450  James  Henry  Hicks  1845 

Charles  Eliot  Ware  1849 

Mary  Lee  Ware  1887 

451  Robert  Gould  Shaw  1845 

Robert  Gould  Shaw,  Jr.  1849 

George  W.  T.  Riley  1874 

John  Wesley  Lindsay  1878 

452  Patrick  Tracy  Jackson  1845 

Lydia  Jackson,  Trustee  1848 

John  Harrod  Foster  1869 

Samuel  Savage  Shaw  1870 

453  Kimball,   Jewett  and   Com- 

pany 1845 

Eliphalet  Kimball  1849 

Augustine  Heard  1849 

George  Washington  Heard  1852 

Albert  Farley  Heard  1868 

George  James  Harris  1875 

Harriet  White  Kennedy  1894 

454  Henry  Lee,  Jr.  1845 

Elliot  Cabot  Lee  1899 

455  Laura  Derby  Welles,  Exec- 

utrix 1845 

Charles  Davenport  1852 

Daniel  Augustus  Patch  1868 

Charles  Lothrop  Smith  1877 

James  Murray  Howe  1901 

William  Pillsbury  Hale  1906 

456  Little,  Alden  and  Company  1845 

James  Lowell  Little  1852 

Grace  Atkinson  Oliver  1890 

George  Andrew  Bacon  1892 

George  Augustus  Sawyer  1901 

457  John  Amory  Lowell  1845 

Elizabeth  Rebecca  Lowell  1852 

Elisha  Pomeroy  Cutler  1874 


PROPRIETORS 


149 


Charles  Nathan  Barnard 

1892 

Reginald  Heber  Fitz 

1894 

458 

Robert  Means  Mason 

1845 

Ida  Means  Mason 

1879 

459 

James  Kellogg  Mills 

1845 

Susan  Bulfinch  Lyman 

1858 

Ellen  Adelaide  Goodwin 

1895 

460  Charles  Callahan  Perkins 

1845 

William  Nichols 

1873 

George  Read  Nutter 

1906 

461 

Edward    Newton    Perkins 

1845 

John  Weiss 

1859 

Charles  Henry  Newhall 

1880 

462 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1845 

John  Lowell 

1852 

Andrew  Robeson 

1868 

Mary  Arnold  Robeson 

1882 

Andrew  Robeson 

1889 

Arthur  Grimes  Stanwood 

1906 

463 

Samuel  Phipps 

1845 

Charles  Russell  Lowell 

i860 

Anna  Cabot  Jackson  Lowell 

1871 

Edward  Henry  Whorf 

1873 

Arthur  Frederic  Estabrook 

1875 

Edward  Henry  Whorf 

1875 

Frank  William  Hunt 

1875 

Samuel  Bradley  Noyes 

1876 

Charles  Pratt  Coffin 

1880 

Henry  Francis  Greenleaf 

1880 

464 

George  Pratt 

1845 

Edward  EUerton  Pratt 

1882 

Francis  William  Welch 

1907 

465 

Eayrs  and  Fairbanks 

1845 

Francis  Cogswell 

1861 

Alfred  Ely 

1874 

Francis  William  Small 

1882 

Frank  Otis  Small 

1903 

Edward  Preble  Motley 

1903 

466 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins 

1845 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins,  Jr 

.1849 

Holmes  Ammidown 

1856 

William  Frederic  Matchett 

1863 

Robert  I.  Lee 

1866 

Cyrus  Sargeant 

1866 

Cyrus  Sargeant,  Jr. 

1905 

467  George  R,  Sampson 

1845 

Langdon  Williams 

1865 

John  S.  Crisp 

1867 

John  Spencer  Clark 

1868 

Luther  Clark 

1870 

Theodore  Minot  Clark 

1887 

468  Robert  Gould  Shaw  1845 

Gardiner  Howland  Shaw  1849 

Charles  Heath  1855 

Edmund  Sanford  Clark  1884 

469  Francis  Skinner  AND  Company  1845 


Henry  Kenney  Horton 
Eleanor  Goddard  May- 

470  Josiah  Stickney 

Sidney  Brooks 
Emily  Sever 

471  Philo  Strong  Shelton 

Harvey  Jewell 

Charles    Uriah    Cotting    and 

Walbridge     Abner     Field, 

Trustees 
Charles    Uriah    Cotting    and 

Francis      Clarke      Welch, 

Trustees 
Charles  Edward  Cotting  and 

Francis      Clarke      Welch, 

Trustees 

472  Ignatius  Sargent 

Henrietta  Sargent 
Charles  Sprague  Sargent 

473  James  W.  Smith 

George  Oliver  Carpenter 
Grant  Walker 

474  Matthias  Plant  Sawyer 

George  Means  Mason 
Edward  Wyman 
William  Paige  Lawrence 
Augustus  Lord  Soule 
Maria  Goodwin  Soule 

475  John  L.  Tucker 

Samuel  King  Williams 
Samuel  Johnson  and  George 

Haswell  Peters,  Trustees 
Elizabeth    Salisbury    Nelson 

Goodall 
William  Powell  Mason 
Fanny  Peabody  Mason 

476  Adam    Wallace    Thaxter, 

Jr. 
Francis  Jewett  Parker 

477  John  Eliot  Thayer 

Nathaniel  Thayer 
Christopher  Toppan  Thayer 
William  Brewster 
Ethel  Randolph  Thayer 
Ezra  Ripley  Thayer 

478  Henry  Timmins 


1847 
1872 
1845 
1864 
1879 

1845 
1856 


1883 


1900 


1903 
1845 
1884 
1891 

1845 
1881 
1881 
1845 
1854 
1866 
1874 
1880 
1887 
1845 


1875 

1876 
1884 
1 901 

1845 
1863 
1845 


1885 
1900 
1904 
1845 


150 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


George  Henry  Timmins, 
Martin  Brimmer,  and 
Augustus  Thorndike  Perkins, 

Trustees  1864 

Cyrus  Moors  Warren  1865 

William  Ross  Warren  1893 

479  John  Collins  Warren  1845 

Jonathan  Mason  Warren  1858 

Edward  Page  1874 

James  Savage  Russell  1891 

Walter  Channing  Cabot  1891 

Henry  Bromfield  Cabot  1901 

Walter  Channing  Cabot  1901 

Henry  Bromfield  Cabot  1903 

Elizabeth  Rogers  Cabot  1903 

480  John  Welles  1845 

Jane  Welles  1856 

Isabella  Pratt  Shaw  1881 

Robert  Gould  Shaw  1882 

Warren  Everett  Eaton  1894 

481  John  Welles  1845 

Horatio  HoUis  Hunnewell  1847 

Rose  Standish  Nichols  1903 

William  Cobb  1907 

482  MosES  Blake  Williams  1845 

Silas  Emlyn  Stone  1868 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot  1887 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot,  Jr.  1905 

483  John  Simmons  and  Son  1845 

George  Abbott  Osborne  1873 

John  Murray  Forbes  1874 

James  Pierce  Steams  1899 

484  Lewis  William  Tappan  1845 

Amos  L.  Frothingham  1863 

Charles  Francis  Donnelly  1886 

485  Michael  Hodge  Simpson  1645 

H.C.Wainwright  and  Company  1885 

Francis  Vose  Parker  1885 

William  Orne  White  1886 

486  James  Savage  1845 

Emma  Rogers  1883 

487  John  Amory  Lqwell  1845 

Augustus  Lowell  1852 

Allen  Melancthon  Sumner  1874 

Ellen  Frances  Sumner  1902 

488  Charles  Francis  Adams  1850 

Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr.  1856 

489  Lemuel  Shaw  1845 

Lemuel  Shaw  1862 
Samuel  Savage  Shaw  and  John 
Oakes  Shaw,  Jr.,  Executors  1890 


Henry  Parkman  1890 

490  Holbrook,  Carter  and  Com- 

pany 1845 

William  Endicott,  Jr.  1868 

491  Samuel  Appleton  1845 

Mary  Appleton  1853 

Frances  Elmira  Bangs  1868 

Mary  Louisa  Bangs  1892 

Anna  Dummer  Bangs  1901 

492  Samuel  Appleton  1845 

Edward  Bangs  1853 

Anne  Outram  Bangs  1894 

Outram  Bangs  1900 

493  David  Sears,  Jr.  1845 

Emily  Esther  Sears  1874 

David  Sears  1874 

494  Peter  Chardon  Brooes  1845 

Francis  Boott  Brooks  1849 

Richard  Chamberlain  Nichols  1863 
Elizabeth  Luce  Nichols  1893 

Sarah  Hepsa  Nichols  1894 

495  Frederic  Richard  Sears  1845 

William  Burdick  Stevens  1882 

Caroline  Lucretia  Wesson         1892 
Florence  Gill  Ball  1895 

496  Mercantile  Library  Associa- 

tion 1845 

497  Knyvet  Winthrop  Sears  1845 

Charles  Uriah  Cotting  and 
Francis  Shaw,  Trustees         1891 

Charles  Edward  Cotting  and 
Francis  Shaw,  Trustees  1903 

498  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins        1845 

Charles  Perkins  Gardiner  1851 

499  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins      1845 

Augustus  Thorndike  Perkins     1851 

Susan     Hammond     Perkins, 
Frederic  Amory,  and  Herbert 
Dumaresq,  Trustees  1891 

Susan  Hammond  Perkins, 
Herbert  Dumaresq,  and 
Richard  Middlecott  Salton- 
stall.  Trustees  1892 

Herbert  Dumaresq,  Richard 
Middlecott  Saltonstall,  and 
Elizabeth  Greene  Perkins, 
Trustees  1894 

Harcourt  Amory,  Francis 
Clarke  Welch,  and  Eliz- 
abeth  Greene  Wadsworth, 
Trustees  190a 


A   /^      t^r'i'T.-^,  an..^         -^-^  "-^  c^C-C^ 


PROPRIETORS 


151 


500  Thomas    Handasyd    Perkins  1845 

Richard  Gary  1851 

Helen  Eugenia  Gary  1904 

501  Charles  Amory  1850 

John  Louis  Glarke  1850 

Charles  Amory  1855 

Copley  Amory  1867 

Henry  Pickering  Walcott  1870 

502  Charles  Amory  1850 

Edward  Linzee  Amory  1898 

503  William  Amory,  Jr.  1850 

Solomon  Lincoln  1886 

504  Nathan  Appleton  1850 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam  Amory,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson    Coolidge,    Trus- 
tees 1862 
Mary  Mackintosh  1864 
Henry  Allen  Rice  1864 
Delano  Alexander  Goddard  1869 
Lawson  B.  Stone  1870 
Elijah  Brigham  Phillips  1880 
Henry  Ayling  Phillips  1906 

505  Robert  Appleton  1850 

Nathan  Matthews  1852 

Charles  Mayo  Ellis  1855 

Helen  Thomas  Ellis  1878 

Arthur  Dirwell  1879 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company  1883 

Edward  Jackson  Holmes  1883 

Henrietta  Goddard  Holmes  1884 

Walter  Scott  Fitz  1889 

Henrietta  Goddard  Fitz  1903 

506  Samuel  Appleton  1850 

Thomas  Tracy  Bouv^  1854 

Charles  H.  Wheelwright  i860 

Susan  Candler  1867 

William  Latham  Candler  1880 

Nathaniel  Gushing  Nash  1884 

507  Samuel  Appleton  1850 

Nathaniel  Curtis,  Jr.  1854 

Madeleine  Curtis  Mixter  1875 

508  Samuel  Appleton  1850 

Caleb  Gould  Loring  1854 

Joseph  Willard  1856 

John  Henry  Hardy  1893 

509  Samuel      Appleton      Apple- 

ton  1850 

Nathan  Matthews  1855 

Albert  Matthews  1896 

510  William  Appleton,  Jr.  1850 


Francis  Clarke  Welch,  WU- 
liam  Appleton,  and  James 

Morris  Meredith,  Trustees  1904 

511  Abigail  Armstrong  1850 

Barney  Cory  1872 

Adele  Grainger  Thayer  1884 

William  Lowell  Putnam  1898 

Adele  Grainger  Thayer  1898 

Albert  Thomdike  1903 

Adele  Grainger  Thayer  1903 

512  Samuel  Austin  1850 

William  A.  Rea  1851 

Henry  Rice  1861 

Dexter  Townsend  Mills  1868 

Nathaniel  Appleton  Shute  1868 

Mary  E.  Holbrook  1871 

Helen  Winnifred  Shute  1873 

George  Hylands  Campbell  1889 

Robert  Carter  Pitman  1890 

Alice  Brown  1899 

513  George  Williams  Lyman  1854 

Philip  Howes  Sears  1858 

514  Ebenezer  Bacon  1850 

Eleanor  A.  Clark  1895 

Josiah  Henry  Benton,  Jr.  1897 
Edward  Brinley  Adams  and 

Katharine  Faneuil  Adams  1906 

515  James  Fowle  Baldwin  1850 

George  Rumford  Baldwin  1 871 

Catherine  Rumford  Griffith  1888 

516  George  Pemberton  Bangs  1850 

Jerome  George  Kidder  1855 

Elisha  Hathaway  1883 

Sarah  W.  Hathaway  1887 

Augustus  Peabody  Gardner  1889 

517  James  Bayley  1850 

Harriet     King    Bayley     and 

Caroline    Lacoste    Bayley  1852 

Elizabeth  Symmes  Bayley  1889 

518  Charles  Beck  1850 

John  H.  Comer  1867 

Isaac  Smith  Cruft  1868 
Caroline  Elizabeth  Ward  and 

Anita  Saltonstall  Ward  1891 

519  Joseph  Bell  1850 

Joseph  Mills  Bell  1853 

Helen  Choate  Bell  1902 

520  John  Adams  Blanchard  1850 

George  Henry  Blanchard  1854 

Laura  Smith  Blanchard  1873 

Laura  Duncan  1890 


152 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


521  John  W.  Blodget  1850 

Caleb  William  Loring  1856 

Katharine  Peabody  Loring        1898 

52a  Jonathan  Ingersoll  B0WDITCH1850 
Charies  Pickering  Bowditch      1876 

523  DwiGHT   BOYDEN  185O 

Charies  Alfred  Welch  1855 

Francis  Clarke  Welch  1897 

524  JosiAH  Bradlee  1850 

George  Blankern  Cary  1850 

Oliver  Ames  i88i 

525  JosiAH  Bradlee  1850 

James  Bowdoin  Bradlee,  Jr.  1 8  5 1 
Mary  May  Bradlee  i860 

Lewis  Stackpole  Dabney  and 

Laurence  Minot,  Executors  1904 
Lewis  Stackpole  Dabney  and 

Laurence  Minot,  Trustees     1904 

526  JosLAH  Bradlee  1850 

Frederick  Hall  Bradlee  1851 

William  Minot,  Jr.  1889 

Laurence  Minot  and  Robert 
Hallowell  Gardiner,  Trus- 
tees 1 901 

527  Elijah  Dana  Brigham  1850 

Mary  Wheeler  Bowles  1869 

Frances  Elizabeth  Bowles  1906 

528  Francis  Augustus  Brooks         1850 

Charles  Butler  Brooks  1904 

529  Peter  Chardon  Brooks  1850 

Sarah  Anne  Chever  1865 

James  Freeman  Clarke  1870 

Anna  Huidekoper  Clarke  1888 

Lilian  Freeman  Clarke  1897 

530  Henry  Bryant  1850 

Edward  Dexter  Sohier  and 
William  Minot,  Jr.,  Trustees  1870 

William  Minot  and  Francis 
Clarke  Welch,  Trustees         1889 

Francis  Clarke  Welch  and 
James  Jackson  Storrow, 
Trustees  1895 

John  Codman  Ropes  and 
Francis  Clarke  Welch, 
Trustees  1897 

Francis  Clarke  Welch  and 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d, 
Trustees  1 900 

531  William  Story  Bullard  1850 

Stephen  Hopkins  Bullard  1852 

Elizabeth  Lyman  Bullard  1873 


Ellen  Twisleton  Bullard  1897 

532  Benjamin  Burgess  1850 

Charles  Frederic  Sawyer  1865 

Estes  Howe  1866 

William  Taggard  Piper  1878 

533  Frederick  Howes,   Executor  1850 

William  Burley  Howes  1850 

Elizabeth  Howes  1880 

Susan  Buriey  Cabot  1893 

534  Joseph  Burnett  1850 

John  Adams  Bates  Cutter  1853 

Joseph  Burnett  1854 

James  Madison  Beebe  1856 

Esther  Elizabeth  Beebe  1876 

Edward  Pierson  Beebe  1886 

535  Thomas  Oliver  Hazard  Perry 

Burnham  1850 

Agnes  Fairbanks  Willard  1892 

536  Theophilus  Burr  1850 

Theophilus  Burr  1864 

Charles  Townsend  Hubbard  1865 
Charies  Wells  Hubbard    and 
Frederic    Walker    Lincoln, 

Jr.,  Trustees  1887 

Charies  Wells  Hubbard  1891 

537  Thomas  Greaves  Cary  1850 

Robert  Howard  Cary  1859 

Gamaliel  Bradford  1868 

538  Ebenezer  Chadwick  1850 

Elizabeth  Chadwick  1854 

John  Warren  James  1856 
Julia    Bradford    Huntington 

James  1863 

Russell  Green  Fessenden  1898 

539  Walter  Channing  1850 

Nathaniel  Francis  1852 

Anson  Joseph  Stone  1867 

Alden  Speare  1882 

William  Edwards  Huntington  1896 

540  RuFus  Choate  1850 

Dwight  Foster  1865 

541  Benjamin  Cutler  Clare  1850 

Robert  Fariey  Clark  1867 

B.  P.  Chamberiain  1868 

John  Arthur  Alley  1870 

Augustine  Jones  1875 
Francis  Henshaw  and  Com- 

pany  1883 

James  Arthur  Beebe  1883 

542  Charles  Russell  Codman  1850 

Samuel  William  Rodman  1863 


PROPRIETORS 


153 


Charles  Merriam  1866 

Robert  Gould  Shaw  1871 

Hannah  Buck  Shaw  1875 

Robert  Gould  Shaw  1895 

543  Edward  Codman  1850 

Edward  Wainwright  Cod- 
man  1859 

Nellie  Shannon  Blake  Apple- 
ton  1905 

544  George  Washington  Coffin  1850 

James  Chrystie  Rogers  1851 

Benjamin  Franklin  Burgess  1857 
William      Bradford      Homer 

Dowse  ,  1884 

545  William  Edward  Coffin  1850 

Charles  Stephen  Lynch  1856 

John  Calvin  Dodge  1875 

546  Joseph  Hall  Cotton  1850 

Arria  Cotton  1873 
William    CofEn   Cotton   and 
Frank     Barnard     Cotton, 

Executors  1904 

547  Caleb  Loring  Cunningham  1850 

Edward  Cunningham  1858 

Hester  Cunningham  1903 

Frances  Cary  Cunningham  1903 

548  Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis  1850 

Edward  Jackson  1854 

549  William    Whitwell    Green- 

ouGH  1850 

Charles  Pelham  Greenough  1889 

550  Thomas  Buckminster  Curtis  1850 

Caroline  Wells  Healey  Dall  1872 

Abraham  Firth  1878 

Henry  Bernard  Carpenter  1882 

Bancroft  Chandler  Davis  1891 

551  Thomas  Parkman  Cushing  1850 

Edmund  Munroe  1853 

Dupee,  Beck  and  Sayles  1869 

John  Wait  Draper  1869 

Christopher  Rhodes  Eliot  1885 

552  Samuel  Turner  Dana  1850 

Mary  Elizabeth  Dana  1878 

Winthrop  Ames  1884 

553  Edmund  W.  Dana  and  Stephen 

W.  Dana  1850 

Richard  Frothingham,  Jr.  1854 
Thomas  GoddardFrothingham, 

Administrator  188 1 

Benjamin  Loring  Young  1881 

554  George  Darracott  1850 


John  Turner  Welles  Sargent  1853 

George  Edward  Brown  1878 

Helen  Augusta  Dodge  1879 

James  Gilchrist  1881 

Joshua  Montgomery  Sears  1884 

Margaret  Manning  Choate  1884 

Margaret  Manning  Bowditch  1891 

555  Frederick  W.  Davis  1850 

Samuel  Thomas  Snow  1863 
Anna     Frances     Odin     and 

Harriet  Louisa  Odin  1886 

556  Otis  Turner  1850 

Peter  Paul  Francis  Degrand  1855 

Francis  Howard  Peabody  1857 

Charles  Lowell  Andrews  1862 
Wallis  Stuart  Chase,  Guard- 

dian  1878 

Enoch  StafiFord  Johnson  1884 

Isaac  Tucker  Burr,  Jr.  1903 

557  William  Dehon  1850 

Joshua  William  Davis  1866 

558  Franklin  Dexter  1850 

559  John  R.  Dow  and  Company  1850 

John  D.  Gardner  and  Com- 
pany 1851 
Thomas  Tolman  1852 
Mary  Lowell  Stone  1876 
Emma  F.  Munroe  1890 

560  Levi  A.  Dowley  1850 

Clarence  William  Jones  1858 

Francis  Parkman  Hurd  1859 

Edith  Welch  1885 

Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d  1898 

561  Daniel  Draper  1850 

Ada  Augusta  Draper  1867 

Mary  Eliza  Devlin  1888 

562  Eayrs  and  Fairbanks  1850 

William  Mountford  1861 

Frederick  Alexander  Lovering  1877 

563  Edward  Everett  1850 

William  Everett  1865 

564  George  Nathaniel  Faxon  1850 

Henry  M.  Leeds  1867 

Andrew  Fiske  1882 

565  Harrison    Fay  1850 

James  Harrison  Fay  1858 

Arabella  Rice  1864 

Alice  Wentworth  Parker  1873 

566  William  C.  Fay  1850 

Jacob  Albert  Dresser  1862 

Francis  Apthorp  Foster  1895 


154 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


567  Fay  and  Farwells  1850 

Thomas  F.  Curtis  1867 

William  Bordman  Richards  1870 

William  Reuben  Richards  1888 

568  Albert  Fearing  1850 

Francis  Vose  Parker  1871 

Caroline  W.  Tebbetts  1871 

William  Carr  Tebbetts  1877 

Elizabeth  Wildes  Robins  1894 

569  Charles  Bucknam  Fessenden  1850 

Edward  Belknap  Haven  1857 

Thomas  Dwight  1865 

George  Golding  Kennedy  1866 

570  Richard  Fletcher  1850 

Joel  Prentiss  Bishop  1870 

John  Long  Graves  1898 

571  William  B.  Fosdick  1850 

Octavia  E.  F.  Brinton  1884 

Elijah  George  1884 

572  Jonathan  French  1850 

John  Davis  Williams,  Arthur 
Lincoln,  and  Charles  Amory 

Williams,  Trustees  1902 

573  Nathaniel  Langdon  Froth- 

INGHAM  1850 
Thomas  Bumstead  Frothing- 

ham  1863 

Edmund  Dwight  1880 

Arnold  Augustus  Rand  1880 

Jennie  Lathrop  Rand  1880 

Roderick  Stebbins  1901 

574  Addison  Gage  1850 

Helen  Elizabeth  Hopkins  1886 

575  William  Howard  Gardiner  1850 

Caroline  Louisa  Gardiner  1882 

Mary  Caroline  Cabot  1889 

576  Henry  Joseph  Gardner  1850 

Helen  Clarissa  Gardner  1893 
Erastus  Foote  and  The  Mer- 
chants'   Loan    and    Trust 
Company      of      Chicago, 

Trustees  1900 

Charles  Pickering  Bowditcb  1900 

Lucy  Rockwell  Balch  1900 

577  John  Lowell  Gardner  1850 

Henry  Barney  Smith  1851 

Edmund  Burke  Otis  1861 

Sarah  S.  Dunn  1875 
James       Anson       Lawrence 

Whittier  1878 

Harriet  D.  Reid  1886 


Eben  Wright  1888 

578  OziAS  Goodwin  1850 

Richard   Chapman  Goodwin  1854 

579  MosES  Grant  1850 

Moses  Pierce  Grant  1856 

James  Y.  McClintock  1876 

James  Macmaster  Codman  1881 

580  John  Chifman  Gray  1850 

William  Channing  Appleton  1863 

Mary  Ann  Louisa  Appleton  1892 

Helen  Messinger  Murdoch  1906 

581  Thomas  Gray  1850 

Cassius  Darling  1854 

Enoch  Stafford  Johnson  1S64 

Benjamin  Faxon  Field  1878 

Guy  Norman  1895 

Horace  Williams  Fuller  1895 

Elise  Ballou  Dale  1900 

582  Andrew  Townshend  Hall  1850 

Lydia  Young  Hall  1877 

Hales  Wallace  Sutcr  1881 

583  Henry  Hall  1850 

Quincy  Tufts  185* 

William  Tufts  Brigham  1874 

Frederick  George  Bemis  1886 

John  Wheeler  Bemis  1891 
Harris  Brackett  Steams  and 
James      Walker      Austin, 

Trustees  1906 

584  Henry  S.  Hallet  1850 

Harrison  Otis  Briggs  1869 

William  Rodolph  Griffiths  1882 

William  Burnett  Wright  1884 

George  Litch  Roberts  1891 

585  Peter  Harvey  1850 

John  Cauldwell  Sharp  1863 

Helen  Sharp  1891 

586  Franklin  Haven  1850 

Franklin  Haven,  Jr.  1853 

587  William  Hayden  1850 

John  Hartshorn  1852 

Charles  Bunker  1854 

John  Alden  Loring  1854 

John  Osgood  Loring  1898 

588  William  Augustus  Hayden  1850 

David  Hyslop  Hayden  1876 

William  Cross  Williamson  1890 

589  George  Hayward  1850 

George  Hayward,  Jr.  1853 

Uriel  Crocker  1858 

Uriel  HaskeU  Crocker,  Trustee  1888 


PROPRIETORS 


155 


Sarah  Haskell  Crocker  1890 

590  Augustine  Heard  1850 

Edward  Olcott  Shepard  1869 

Frances  Lewis  Wilson  1874 
William       Sturgis       Hooper 

Lothrop  1898 

591  Peter  Thacher  Homer  1850 

Gerard  Curtis  Tobey  1880 

592  George  Howe  1850 

George  Dudley  Howe  1873 

Alice  Greenwood  Howe  1905 

593  Samuel  Johnson  1850 

Charlotte  Abigail  Johnson  1869 

Herbert  Gales  Pratt  1888 

Sarah  Maud  Scott  1895 

594  Horatio  Hollis  Hunnewell  1850 

Jane  Welles  Sargent  1881 

595  James  Ingersoll  1850 

George  Morgan  Browne  1851 

Wendell  Gumey  Corthell  1893 

Margaret  Chapin  Bazeley  1900 

596  Charles  Jackson  1850 

Charles  Cushing  Paine  1854 
Helen  Paine,  Marianne  Paine, 

and  Sarah  Cushing  Paine  1874 

597  Charles  Jackson,  Jr.  1850 

Susan  Cabot  Jackson  1871 

Marian  Cabot  Jackson  1890 

Arthur  Lawrence  1893 

598  Anna  P.  Jones  1850 

John  Coffin  Jones  1851 

Anna  P.  Jones,  Guardian  1863 
James       Jackson       Storrow, 

Guardian  1865 

Joseph  Cutler  Jones  1870 

William  Frederic  Freeman  1870 

Harriet  Elizabeth  Freeman  1889 

599  George  B.  Jones  1850 

George  William  Gordon  1851 
Samuel      Appleton      Browne 

Abbott,  Administrator  1882 

Katherine  Parker  Gordon  1887 

600  George  Horatio  Kuhn  1850 

Francis  Henry  Brown  1865 

601  Abbott  Lawrence  1850 

William  Alfred  Jlovey  1857 

William  H.  Thompson  1874 

Ida  Agassiz  Higginson  1882 

602  Abbott  Lawrence  1850 

Charles  Torrey  1857 

Daniel  Hearll  Treadwell  1859 


John  Pearse  Treadwell  1906 

Emily  Marshall  Treadwell  1907 

603  Abbott  Lawrence  1850 

Thomas  Gaffield  1857 

Maria  Wade  Gaffield  1906 

604  Samuel  Kirkland  Lothrof  1850 

Mary  Buckminster  Lothrop  1890 

605  Samuel  Lawrence  1850 

William  Brown  Spooner  i860 

William  Mister  1865 

Mary  Ann  Mister  1885 

606  Amos  Lawrence  1850 

Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1853 

Hetty  Sullivan  Lawrence  1877 

Hetty   Sullivan   Cunningham  1895 

607  James  Lawrence  1850 

William  Tappan  Eustis  1851 

George  Smith  Burton  1874 

Daniel  Low  Winchester  1877 

608  Samuel  Lawrence  1850 

George  Lawrence  1854 

Frederick  Almy  1872 

William  Henry  Wardwell  1872 

William  Theodore  Wardwell  1872 

Samuel  Wallis  Winslow  1883 

Joseph  Henry  Gray  1886 

609  William  Richards  Lawrence  1850 

Joseph  Scholfield  1851 

Alfred  Thomas  Turner  1890 

Francis  Alonzo  Peters  1901 

610  James  Lee,  Jr.  1850 

John  Dandridge  Henley  Luce  1878 

611  Thomas  Lee  1850 

William  WUson  Baker  1868 

George  Dennie  1869 

Edmund  Sanford  Clark  1872 

Henry  Melville  Whitney  1883 

612  Sargent  Smith  Littlehale  1850 

Ednah  Dow  Littlehale  Cheney  1876 

Augusta  Rebecca  Curtis  1905 

613  Giles  Henry  Lodge  1850 

Walter  Baker  1851 
Eleanor    Jameson    Williams 

Baker  1854 

Ellen  Minot  Folsom  1891 

Horace  Baster  Stanton  1905 

614  Henry  Cabot  1850 

Anna  Cabot  Lodge  1870 

Henry  Cabot  Lodge  1879 

615  Ammi  Cutter  Lombard  1850 

Joseph  Beale  Glover  1852 


156 


THE   BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 


William  Wilder  Wheildon  1863 

Thomas  Quincy  Browne,  Jr.  1892 
Herbert     Wheildon     Cotton 

Browne  1903 

616  Israel  Lombard  1850 

Amos     Lawrence     Edmands 
and  Augustus  Peabody  Lor- 

ing,  Trustees  1904 

617  Elisha  Thacher  Loring  1850 

Ellen  Healey  Childe,  Guardian  1 870 

John  Healey  Childe  1879- 

Henry  Clark  Sibley  1899 

618  Francis  Caleb  Loring  1850 

Pelham  Warren  Hayward  1851 

George  Partridge  Hayward  1863 

James  Elliot  Cabot  1864 

Thomas  Crane  Wales  1870 

Charles  Head  1883 

WiUiam  Allan  Wilde  1896 

619  Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1850 

Ellen  Frothingham  1875 

Paul  Revere  Frothingham  1902 

620  Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1850 

William  Henry  Swift  1875 

Otis  Everett  1900 

621  Francis  Cabot  Lowell  1850 

Henry      Frederick      Tesch- 

emacher  1876 

Hubert      Engelbert      Tesch- 

emacher  1905 

Charles  Howard  Bailey  1907 

622  John  Amort  Lowell  1850 

Francis  Tucker  Washburn  1872 

Samuel  Jennison  1873 

Katharine  A.  Jennison  1900 

623  John  Amory  Lowell  1850 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman  1859 

EfHe  Wood  Palmer  1873 

Julius  Auboineau  Palmer  1893 

Ethel  M.  Cheney  1894 

624  John  Amory  Lowell  1850 

Sarah  Putnam  Lowell  1859 

Andrew  Gerrish  Webster  1874 

James  Henry  Whitman  1882 

625  John  Amort  Lowell  1850 

Susan  Cabot  Sohier  1852 

Sophie  W.  Dana  1873 

Albert  Fleetford  Sise  1876 

Edith  Sise  1906 

626  George  Theodore  Ltman  1850 

James  Cutler  Dunn  1859 


Harriet  Stillman  Hayward  1862 

Harriet  Stillman  Winslow  1892 

627  George  Williams  Ltman  1850 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman  1851 

628  Magoun  and  Son  1850 

Charles  Parker  Lombard  1865 

Joseph  Randolph  Coolidge  1867 

Joseph  Randolph  Coolidge,  Jr.  1899 

629  William  Powell  Mason  1850 

George  Dexter  1865 

Ephraim  Collins  Davis  1883 

630  John  M.  Mayo  1850 

Abby  W.  Pulsifer  1856 
Mrs.     Gridley     James     Fox 
Bryant      (Louisa     Bryant 

Bryant)  1858 

Walter  Ellis  1891 

631  Charles  Merriam  1850 

Charles  Merriam,  Francis 
Jaques,  Arthur  Ware  Mer- 
riam, and  James  Henry  Beal, 

Trustees  1866 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company  1891 

Thornton   Kirkland   Lothrop  1893 

632  Charles  Henrt  Mills  1850 

Hales  Wallace  Suter  1851 

John  Wallace  Suter  1876 

633  Charles  Henrt  Mills  1850 

Henry  William  Domett  1851 

Charles  Henry  Minot  1851 

Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop  1891 
Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop, 

Jr.  1898 

634  Charles  Henrt  Mili^  1850 

John  Q.  A.  Williams  1858 

Charles  Henry  Dalton  1863 

635  George  Williams  Ltman  1854 

Charles  William  Eliot  1858 

636  James  Kellogg  Mills  1850 

Samuel  Baker  Walcott  1851 

Martha  Pickman  Walcott  1856 

Charles  Folsom  Walcott  1880 

Charies  Walcott  1888 

637  Lawrence  Nichols  1850 

George  Foxcroft  Haskins  1863 
Trustees  of  the  House  of  the 

Angel  Guardian  1884 

George  Frederick  Farley  1885 

Loomis  and  Lane  1886 

Erastus  Frank  Baker  1886 

Charles  Paine  Horton  1888 


PROPRIETORS 


157 


638  Nathaniel  H.  Osgood  1850 

Mary  Channing  Eustis  1852 

639  James  William  Paige  1850 

Abbott  Lawrence,  Jr.  1869 

Harriette  Story  Lawrence  1889 

Harriette  Story  Foster  1893 

640  Daniel  Pinckney  Parker  1850 

Henry  Tuke  Parker  1852 

William  Nye  Davis  1852 

Samuel  Bass  King  1853 

Samuel  Crocker  Cobb  1854 

Gustavus  Arthur  Hilton  1892 

George  Nixon  Black  1904 

641  John  Brooks  Parker  1850 

Annie  Bartlett  Parker  1870 

Charles  Albert  Parker  1878 

William  Tennant  Hart  1880 

Willard  Taylor  Perrin  1897 

642  William  Flagg  Parrott  1850 

Augustus  Edwin  Bachelder  1869 

Thomas  Whittemore  1907 

643  Arthur  Lithgow  Payson  1850 

James  Diman  Green  1857 

Thomas  Cushing  1858 

Sarah  Mason  1868 

Hasket  Derby  1880 

644  George  Peabody  1850 

George  Augustus  Peabody, 
William  Crowninshield  En- 
dicott,  George  Augustus 
Gardner,  and  William  Powell 

Mason,  Trustees  189a 

William  Norton  Bullard  1897 

645  John  H.  Pearson  1850 

David  Miller  Balfour  1852 

Robert  Norcross  Wallis  1897 

Josiah  Henry  Benton,  Jr.  1898 

Charles  Putnam  Searle  1903 

646  Charles  Callahan  Perkins  1850 

Henry  Clark  Sibley  1886 

Mary  Dana  Hicks  1890 

647  Edward  Newton  Perkins  1850 

Benjamin  Franklin  Nourse  1859 

Edmund  Fowle  Bradlee  1863 

Josiah  Putnam  Bradlee  1875 

Helen  Curtis  Bradlee  1887 

Elizabeth  Lyman  Henshaw  1898 

648  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  1850 

Robert  Bennet  Forbes,  Jr.  1851 

Pliny  Merrick  1858 

Daniel  Waldo  Lincok  1868 


Benjamin  White  Whitney  1874 

Walter  Hastings  1875 

Henry  Ware  Holland  1882 
Robert  Charles  Winthrop,  Jr.  1884 

Elizabeth  Winthrop  1906 

649  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  1850 

George  Cabot  Perkins  1851 

George  N.  Dana  1869 

Caroline  M.  Dana  1884 

Lee  Max  Friedman  1901 

650  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  1850 

Louis  Cabot  1851 

Edward  Clarke  Cabot  1857 

Louis  Cabot  1866 

651  Lyman  Perry  1850 

Isaac  Warren  Danforth  1854 
Robert  S.  Covell,  Trustee  1889 
Joseph  Ballister  Russell,  Trus- 
tee 1894 
Moses  Williams  1898 

652  Edward  Dyer  Peters  1850 

James  Henry  Barnes  1858 

Alfred  Ellingwood  Giles  1867 

Henry  Staples  Potter  1904 

James  Arnold  Lowell  1904 

653  William  Dudley  Pickman  1850 

Caroline  Pickman  1891 

William  Fisher  Wharton  1899 

654  Samuel  Stillman  Pierce  1850 

Clement  Hugh  Hill  1881 

Hamilton  Hill  1899 

Mary  Douglas  Bates  1906 

655  William  Hickling  Prescott  1850 

Peleg  Whitman  Chandler  1851 

Horace  Parker  Chandler  1891 

656  Josiah  Phillips  Quincy  1850 

657  James  Read  and  Christopher 

Champlin  Chadwick  1850 
James   Read    Chadwick   and 

James  Read  1868 

James  Read  Chadwick  1871 

John  Mason  Little  1905 

658  Lewis  Rice  1850 

Percival  Spurr  Howe  1899 

Louis  Curtis  1906 

659  Henry  Bromfield  Rogers  1850 

Daniel  Denison  Slade  1853 

Denison  Rogers  Slade  1897 

660  William  Ropes  1850 

John  Codman  Rop>es  1869 

William  Ropes  Trask  1900 


158 


THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


66i  George  R.  Sampson  1850 

Catherine  Stevens  1863 

Henry  Lee  Higginson  1906 

662  William  Sawyer  1850 

Hannah  Famham  Lee  1859 

Juha  Bryant  1864 

George  Henry  Richards, 
Laurence  Minot,  and  Francis 
Clarke  Welch,  Trustees  1903 

663  David  Sears  1850 

William  Cabell  Rives,  Jr.         1852 

664  William  Washburn  1850 

665  Timothy  Farrar  1850 

Anna  B.  Crane  1875 

Louisa  Lee  Sargent  1889 

666  Horatio  Bigelow  1850 

Joseph  Smith  Bigelow,  Trus- 
tee 1891 

667  Nathaniel  Jeremiah  Bradlee  1850 

Peters  and  Parkinson  1876 

Seth  James  Thomas  1876 

George  Fillmore  Swain  1897 

668  Gardiner  Howland  Shaw        1850 

Charles  Russell  Codman  1863 

Gardiner  Howland  Shaw  1864 

Cora  Lyman  Shaw  1867 

669  Robert  Gould  Shaw  1850 

Benjamin  Franklin  White  1851 
John  Ham  Williams  Page  1858 
Francis  Minot  Weld  i860 

670  Robert  Gould  Shaw  1850 

William  Batchelder  Greene       1852 

671  QuiNCY  Adams  Shaw  1850 

Francis  Parkman  1853 

Charles  Pickering  Bowditch 
and  Francis  Clarke  Welch, 
Trustees  1895 

672  Robert  Gould  Shaw,  Jr.  1850 

Charlotte  Bartlett  Hallowell 
and  Emily  Hallowell  1874 

673  Michael  Hodge  Simpson  1850 

H.  C.  Wainwright  and  Com- 

pany  1885 

Frank  Ernest  Simpson  1885 

674  Francis  Skinner  1850 

William  S.  Lincoln  1851 

William  Leavitt  Lincoln  1863 

Arnold  WiUiam  Conant  1867 

George  Browning  Wilbur  1869 

675  Jarvis  Slade  1850 

Charles  Folsom  Cof5n  i860 


Charles  Pratt  Coffin  1904 

676  Richard  Soule  1850 

Edwin      Augustus      Warren 

Harlow  1876 
Robert  Henry  Harlow  1903 
Rufus  Babcock  Tobey,  Con- 
servator 1904 

677  Paran  Stevens  1850 

Frederick  Henry  Stimpson  1853 

Susan  Storer  Stimpson  1876 

Katharine  Frances  Dustan  1905 

678  Joshua  Thomas  Stevenson  1850 

Jennie  Porter  Mills  1878 

Henry  Charles  Thacher  1886 

Martha  Bray  Thacher  1901 

679  Henry  Parkman  Sturgis  1850 

Mrs.  Henry  Parkman  Sturgis 
(Elizabeth      Ome      Paine 

Sturgis)  1871 

Edwin  Dexter  Wadsworth  1890 

680  Henry  Jacob  Bigelow  1850 

William  Sturgis  Bigelow  1891 

681  Lewis  William  Tappan  1850 

Silas  Peirce  1866 

Edward  Clarke  Cabot  1867 

Louisa  Sewall  Cabot  1901 

682  Enoch  Train  1850 

Frederic  Walker  Lincoln,  Jr.  1857 

Louis  Revere  Lincoln  1901 

John  Allyn  1903 

683  Nathaniel  Thayer  1850 

Sarah  Harris  Mills  1865 

John  William  Day  1891 

Heman  White  Chaplin  1899 

Alice  Upton  Pearmain  1903 

684  William  Thomas  1850 

Peter  Butler,  Jr.  1852 

Sigoumey  Butler  1882 
William  Famsworth,  Executor  1900 

Charles  Pickering  Bowditch  1900 

Katharine  Bowditch  Codman  1900 

685  Charles  Torrey  1850 

John  Colby  Abbott  1851 

Frederick  William  Thayer  1854 

Maria  Wilder  Thayer  1870 

William  Roscoe  Thayer  1885 

Mary  Robbins  Little  1897 

686  Frederic  Tudor  1850 

Henry  James  Tudor  1854 

Fanny  Hortense  Tudor  1865 

George  Scott  Winslow  1894 


^ 


PROPRIETORS 


159 


687  WiixiAM  Underwood  1850 

Sara  Hale  Siedhof  1879 

Charles  Shorey  Butler  1901 

688  Thomas  Beale  Wales  1850 

Frederick  Lothrop  Ames  1869 

Mary  Shreve  Ames  1901 

689  Samuel  Gray  Ward  1850 

Charles  Henry  Bennett  1878 

Charles  Goddard  Weld  1882 

690  Thomas  Wren  Ward  1850 

Catherine  ScoUay  1858 

Sullivan  Whitney  1863 

William  Dade  Brewer,  Jr.  1891 

George  Richard  Blinn  1898 

691  George  Washington  Warren    1850 

Harriet  Atwood  Warren  1873 

Joseph  Warren  Merrill  1888 

Hannah  Brown  Merrill  1890 

692  Aaron  Davis  Weld  1850 

Benjamin  Preston  Clark  1886 

693  William  Fletcher  Weld  1850 

Caroline  Langdon  Weld  1880 

Jonathan  Edwards  Harlow  1903 

694  John  Welles  1850 

Susan  Jones  Welles  1856 

Jane  Welles  1871 

Jane  Peele  Hunnewell  i88i 

Walter  Hunnewell  1901 

695  Alden  Bradford  Weston  1850 

Ezra  Weston  1850 

Henry  Grew  1854 

Edward  Sturgis  Grew  1892 

696  Charles  OcTAVius  Whitmore  1850 

Charles  John  Whitmore  1886 
Sarah  Olcott  Murdock  Whit- 
more 1898 
William  Edward  Putnam  1903 

697  David  Rice  Whitney  1850 

698  Edward  Wigglesworth  1850 

Edward  Wigglesworth,  Jr.  1874 

699  James  Christie  Wild  1850 

Catharine  HaU  Wild  1886 
Charles   Pickering  Bowditch, 

Trustee  1892 

700  Solomon  Wildes  1850 

Josiah  Quincy,  Jr.  1853 

Frederic  Stanwood  1883 

Melvin  Ohio  Adajis  1884 

701  Charles  Wilkins  1850 

Samuel  Kurd  Wallcy  1858 

James  Ellison  1864 


Ellen  Minerva  Shumway  1880 

Edward  Griffin  Porter  1897 

Ellen  Carruth  1900 

Timothy  John  Mahoney  1906 

702  John  Hubbard  Wilkins  1850 

George  Hughes  1864 

Harriet  Mighill  Harding  1881 

703  David  Weld  Williams  1850 

William  Harrington  Mann  1856 

Sarah  Jane  Houghton  1884 

William  Stevens  Houghton  1887 

Clement  Stevens  Houghton  1891 

704  George  Foster  Williams  1850 

Ezra  Farnsworth  1870 

Alice  Farnsworth  1892 

705  John  Earl  Williams  1850 

James  Tucker  Fisher  1851 
Thomas  Joseph  Lee  1856 
Samuel  Devens  1858 
Charles  Torrey  i860 
John  Bronson  Meer  1874 
Artemas  Wiswall  Gates  1889 
Arthur  Wiswall  Gates-Fair- 
banks 1890 
Samuel  Jones  Fowler  1902 
George  Bridge  Leighton  1907 

706  Willis  and   Company  1850 

Abel  Goodrich  Farwell  1852 

Hamilton  Willis  1853 

Henry  Willis  1856 

Samuel  Dennis  Warren  1874 

Susan  Cornelia  Warren  1888 

Samuel  Dennis  Warren  1903 

707  William  Sohier,  Trustee  1850 

WiUiam  Minot,  Jr.,  Trustee  1891 
Laurence  Minot   and  Joseph 

Henry  Russell,  Trustees  1 901 

Simmons  Female  College  1903 

708  Joshua  Huntington  WoLCOTT  1850 

Henry  Allen  Rice  1850 

Richard  Baker,  Jr.  1852 
Ellen  Maria  Baker,  Charles 
Uriah  Cotting,  and  Alexander 

Strong  Wheeler,  Trustees  1893 

709  Selectmen      of     Templeton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen^um  1907 

Katharine  Brewer  Shillaber  1907 

710  Selectmen   of   Templeton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen^um  1907 


i6o 


THE  BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


711  Selectmen  or  Templeton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athenaum  1907 

712  Selectmen   of   Temfleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen^um  1907 

713  Selectmen     of     Templeton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen/eum  1907 

714  Selectmen      of      Littleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

715  Selectmen      of      Littleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen^um  1907 

716  Selectmen      of      Littleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athenaeum  1907 

717  Selectmen      of      Littleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athen^um  1907 

718  Selectmen      of      Littleton, 

Massachusetts  1854 

Boston  Athzn^um  1907 

719  Mary  Ellen  Russell  1854 

Dora  Walton  Russell  1903 

720  Samuel  Bass  King  1854 

Edwin  Leonard  i860 

Charles  Edward  Inches  1902 

Alice  Clapp  Vaillant  1902 

721  Charles  Barnard  1854 

George    Middleton    Barnard 
and  James  Munson  Barnard, 
Trustees  1870 

George    Middleton    Barnard 
and  Samuel  Barnard,  Trus- 
tees 1872 
Arthur  Briggs  Denny                 1885 
712  Nathan    Appleton,    William 
AppletonjAnd  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors [of  Samuel  Appleton]  1854 
Zelotes  Hosmer                          1854 
John  James  Clarke                    1862 
Joseph  Story  Fay                       1863 
Joseph  Story  Fay,  Jr.                1900 
723  Nathan    Appi,eton,   William 
Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors                                  1854 
George  Bemis                           1854 
Frederick  George  Bemis           1879 


Sarah  Wyman  Whitman  1884 

George  Vasmer  Leverett  1906 

724  Nathan    Appleton,    Williau 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
Simon  Willard  1854 
John  Ware  WiUard  1896 

725  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
William  Brigham  1854 
John  Pickering  Lyman              1879 

726  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
Henry  Grafton  Clark                 1854 
James  Jackson  Storrow             1874 
Alfred  Adolphus  Glasier            1897 

727  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
InGERSOLL  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
William  Courtis  1854 
Henry  Dawes  1862 
Benjamin  Cushing  1863 
Edward  Dyer  Peters,  Jr.           1896 

728  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
John  Bumstead  Fessenden  1854 
George  Frederick  Wilde  1871 
Joseph  Blanchard  Crosby  1884 
Joseph  A.  Torrey  1887 
Joseph  Blanchard  Crosby  1890 
Joseph  Cornelius  Smith             1900 

729  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and. Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 
John  Henry  Eastbum  1854 
Caroline  Hubbard  Blatchford  1875 
Mary  Edgcumbe  Blatchford  1897 
Arthur  Dehon  Hill  1906 

730  Nathan    Appleton,    William 

Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 
ecutors 1854 


PROPRIETORS 


i6i 


William  Jenkins  Niles 

1854 

731 

Nathan    Appleton,    William 
Appleton,  and  Nathaniel 
Ingersoll  Bowditch,  Ex- 

ecutors 

1854 

Ephraim  Whitman  Gurney 

1854 

Charles  Franklin  Dunbar 

1888 

William  Harrison  Dunbar 

1904 

732 

Henry  Ware  Wales 

1854 

Eleanor  Bacon  Emmons 

1904 

733 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

John  Lowell 

1867 

734 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Eliot  Channing  Clarke 

1881 

735 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Augustus  Lowell 

1882 

Amy  Lowell 

1901 

736  John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Katharine  Bigelow  Lowell 

1882 

Augustus  Lowell 

1895 

Katharine  Roosevelt 

1901 

737 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Elizabeth  Putnam  Sohier 

1882 

Alice  De  Vermandois  Clarke 

1886 

Eliot    Channing   Clarke   and 

William     Davies     Sohier, 

Trustees 

1902 

738  John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Susan  Cabot  Sohier 

1867 

Elizabeth  Putnam  Sohier 

1894 

739 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman 

1867 

Ella  Lyman 

1891 

Ella  Lyman  Cabot 

1896 

740 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Augustus  Lowell 

1867 

Percival  Lowell 

1882 

Kenneth  Macdonald 

1904 

Percival  Lowell 

1904 

741 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Elizabeth  Rebecca  Lowell 

1867 

Charles    Lowell    and   Abbott 

Lawrence     Lowell,     Trus- 

tees 

1905 

Arthur  Lyman    and   William 

Lowell  Putnam,  Trustees 

1906 

742 

John  Amory  Lowell 

1854 

Sarah  Putnam  Lowell 

1867 

John  Amory  Lowell  Blake 

1900 

743 

George  Orrin  Hovet 

1854 

Jacob  WendeU,  Jr. 

1856 

744 


745 


746 


747 


748 


749 


750 


751 


752 


753 


754 


755 


756 


757 


Barrett  Wendell  1898 

Charles  Beck  1854 

James  Clarke  Davis  1878 

Jonathan  Ingersoll  Bowditch  1878 

Henry  Pickering  Bowditch  1889 

Thomas  Wren  Ward  1854 

William  Downes  Austin  1858 

Catherine  Downer  Austin  1861 

Elven  Dean  Hall  1865 

Kate  Lillian  Dewey  1896 

Anne  Scott  Murphy  1903 

Samuel  Gray  Ward  1855 

Jonas  Harrod  French  1878 

Harriet  Adelaide  Whitney  1892 

John  Borland  1854 

Melancthon  Woolsey  Borland  1854 

William  Alfred  Paine  1890 

Henry  Wainwright  1854 

James  Henry  Davenport  1868 

Mary  Pauline  Davenport  1888 

William  Powell  Mason  1854 

Jeannie  Ursula  Dupee  1873 

John  Lawrence  1874 

William  Richards  Lawrence  1854 

Peter  Paul  Francis  Degrand  1854 

Henry  Purkitt  Kidder  1857 

Elizabeth  Huidekoper  Kidder  1890 


Francis  Kittredge  Fisher 

Walter  Howard  Sweet 

Fiske  Warren 
Eliza  Brimmer 

Martin  Brimmer  Inches 

George  Brimmer  Inches 
Charles  Stoddard 

Samuel  Johnson 

Arthur  Stoddard  Johnson 
Adeline  Davis 

George  Francis  Fabyan 
MosES  Little  Hale 

George  Punchard 

Moses  Little  Hale 

Cyrus  King  Hale 

Josiah  Little  Hale 
Samuel  Russell  Payson 

Mrs.  Samuel  Russell  Payson 
(Hannah  Gilbert  Payson) 

John    Carver    Palfrey    and 
Gilbert     Russell     Payson, 
Trustees 
Paschal  Paoli  Pope 

Isaac  Danforth  Farnsworth 


1854 
1874 
1891 
1854 
i860 
1898 
1854 

1893 
1899 

1854 
1885 
1854 
1862 
1865 
1868 
1874 
1854 

1854 


1895 
1854 
1868 


II 


1 62 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


William  Frederick  Jones  1888 

Frederic  Amory  1892 

758  Rebecca  W.  Dearborn  1854 

Samuel  Worcester  Bates  1868 

Chauncey  Smith  1870 

Caroline  Marshall  Smith  1895 

759  Paschal  Paoli  Pope  1854 

William  Henderson  Bordman     1868 
Peters  and  Parkinson  1877 

Mary  Lynde  Cochrane  1879 

760  William  Pi  card  1854 

Samuel  Eliot  1859 

Emily  Marshall  Morison  1906 

761  Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould  1854 

Lucretia  Dana  Gould  1864 

Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould         1885 
Albert  Henry  Davenport  1897 

Frederick  Albert  Davenport 
and  Wilmot  Roby  Evans, 
Trustees  1906 

762  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam Amory,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees  1862 

William  Sumner  Appleton        i'864 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy,  John 
Chipman  Gray,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Jr., 
Trustees  1904 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy, 
Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge, 
Jr.,  and  Henry  Wheeler, 
Trustees  1905 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy,  Henry 
Wheeler,  and  Edward  Web- 
ster Hutchins,  Trustees         1907 

763  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam Amory,  and   Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees  1862 

William  Sumner  Appleton         1864 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy,  John 
Chipman  Gray,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Jr., 
Trustees  1904 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy, 
Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge, 
Jr.,  and  Henry  Wheeler, 
Trustees  1905 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy, 
Henry  Wheeler,  and  Edward 


Webster    Hutchins,    Trus- 
tees 1907 

764  William  Sumner  Appleton       1854 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy,  John 
Chipman  Gray,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Jr., 
Trustees  1904 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy, 
Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge, 
Jr.,  and  Henry  Wheeler, 
Trustees  1905 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy,  Henry 
Wheeler,  and  Edward 
Webster  Hutchins,  Trustees   1907 

765  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam  Amory,  and   Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,    Trus- 
tees 1862 
Nathan  Appleton                       1864 
Eliza  IngersoU  Bowditch           1877 
Jonathan  IngersoU  Bowditch    1881 
Lucy  Bowditch  Stone                1889 

766  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Nathan  Appleton,  Jr.  1857 

Alfred  Bowditch  1877 

767  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam  Amory,  and   Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees  1862 
Nathan  Appleton  1864 

Henry  Dorr  Sullivan  1865 

Thomas  Russell  Sullivan  1889 

768  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam Amory,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees  1862 

Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow, 
Guardian  1864 

Charles  Appleton  Longfellow  1865 

Alexander  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow, Jr.,  Trustee  1893 

Alexander  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow 1905 

769  Nathan  Appleton  1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 
liam Amory,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees  1862 

Henry  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow, Guardian  1864 

Ernest  Wadsworth  Longfellow  1866 


PROPRIETORS 


163 


770 

Nathan  Afplzton 

1854 

781 

Albert  Fearing 

1854 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 

John  Morehead  Clark 

1871 

Ham   Amory,  and   Thomas 

Mary  Blanchard  Linder 

1898 

Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees 

1862 

782 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 

1854 

Horace  Holley  Stevens 

1865 

Ann  Wigglesworth 

1855 

Eben  S.  Stevens 

1868 

Mary  C.  Buckingham 

1891 

George  Henry  Appleton 

1871 

Alfred  W.  Cutting,  Guardian 

1899 

Robert  Sedgwick  Watson 

1876 

Alfred  W.  Cutting 

1900 

William  Henry  Pulsifer 

1890 

E.  H.  Gay  and  Company 

1903 

Arthur  Wendell  Wood 

1906 

Arthur  Lord 

1903 

771 

Nathan  Appleton 

Franklin  Howard  Story,  Wil- 

1854 

783 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 
Thomas  Wigglesworth,  Trus- 

1854 

liam   Amory,  and   Thomas 

tee 

1855 

Jefferson  Coolidge,  Trustees 

1862 

Mary  Wigglesworth 

1861 

John  Chandler  Bancroft 

1865 

Jane  Norton  Grew 

1882 

William  Lowell  Putnam  and 

784 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 

1854 

Wilder    Dwight    Bancroft, 

Jane  Grew 

1855 

Trustees 

1901 

Thomas  Wigglesworth 

1869 

Wilder  Dwight  Bancroft 

1906 

78s 

Samuel  Appleton  Appleton 

1854 

772 

David  Sears,  Jr. 

1854 

Amos  William  Stetson 

1862 

Emily  Esther  Sears 

1874 

William  Howe  McElwain 

1904 

Henry  Francis  Sears 

1874 

786  William  Amory 

1854 

773 

George  Callender 

1854 

Charles  Walter  Amory 

1866 

Timothy  Bigelow 

1862 

787  Jonathan  Ellis 

1854 

Amelia  Sargent  Bigelow 

1874 

James  Clarke  White 

1868 

Edward  Farmer 

1876 

788  George  Richards  Minot 

1854 

George  Lothrop  Bradley 

1882 

William       Minot,       George 

Eda  Adams  Woolson 

1895 

Richards  Minot,   and  Wil- 

774 

George  Francis  Pareman 

1854 

liam  Minot,  Jr.,  Trustees 

1885 

775 

William  Warren  Tucker 

1854 

William  Minot,  Trustee 

1897 

Susan  Elizabeth  Tucker 

1886 

Charles  Sedgwick  Rackemann 

Lawrence  Tucker 

1887 

and  James  Jackson  Minot, 

776  Edmund    Ernst    Leopold 

Trustees 

1901 

SCHLESINGER     BeNZON 

1854 

789  Jacob  Bigelow 

1854 

George  Parsons  King 

1869 

Herman  Brimmer  Inches 

1854 

John  Phelps  Taylor 

1884 

Charles  Edward  Inches 

1890 

Josiah  Henry  Benton,  Jr. 

1886 

James  Henry  Whitman 

1901 

James  Ford  Rhodes 

1890 

790 

RuFus  Ellis 

1854 

777 

Edward  Cruft 

1854 

Arthur  Blake  Ellis 

189s 

Samuel  Breck  Cnift 

1854 

Gertrude  Stanton  Ellis 

1903 

George  Theodore  Cruft 

1899 

791 

Edward  Reynolds  Hall 

1854 

778  Eben  Caldwell  Stanwood 

1854 

792 

Elizabeth  Gair  Bradlee 

1854 

Samuel  Hall,  Jr. 

1868 

Elizabeth  Gair  Abbot 

1856 

Mary  Elizabeth  Hall 

1873 

Hamlin  Rand  Harding 

1886 

Prescott  Famsworth  Hall 

I907 

William  Plumer  Fowler 

1886 

779 

James  Davis,  Jr. 

1854 

Charles  Anthony  Morss 

1887 

Louise  Brooks 

1881 

John  Wells  Morss 

1898 

Frederick  Brooks 

1893 

793 

Lucy  Hall  Bradlee 

1854 

780 

Joshua  Henshaw  Hatward 

1854 

794 

Josiah  Bradlee 

1854 

John  Henry  Jenks 

1858 

Frederic  Stone 

1854 

Henry  Fitch  Jenks 

1882 

Mary  Ingalls  Hooper 

1872 

164 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Eunice  Hooper  1874 

Samuel  Hooper  Hooper  1891 

795  JosiAH  Bradlee  1854 

Randolph  Marshall  Clark  1855 

Henry  Willard  Williams  1874 

Charles  Herbert  Williams  1879 

John  Edward  Addicks  1887 

Stephen  Norman  Bond  1894 

Benjamin  Edward  Bates  1904 

796  JosiAH  Bradlee  1854 

John  De  Wolfe  Smith  1854 

John  Gray  Rogers  i860 

John  Rogers  1879 

Andrew  Sigoumey  Bird  1879 

Edward  Vanderhoof  Bird  1894 

797  JosLAH  Bradlee  1854 

Charles  Torrey  1854 
Lydia  E.  E.  Greene  1854 
Benjamin    Greenleaf    Board- 
man  1859 
Eliza  Dennie  Boardman  1887 

798  JosiAH  Bradlee  1854 

Edward  Wheelwright  1854 
Isaphene  Moore  Wheelwright  1900 


799  JosiAH     Bradlee 

Henry  Van  Brunt 
Annie  Williams  Whitney 
Mary  Whitney 

800  Jared  Sparks 

William  Eliot  Sparks 
Mary  Crowninshield  Sparks 
Lizzie  Sparks  Pickering 
Frederick  Strong  Moseley 

801  Mrs.   William   Pratt    (Mary 

Pratt) 
Mary  Pratt,  Jr.,  and  Sarah 

Pickering  Pratt 
Mary  Pratt 
Curtis  Guild,  Jr. 

802  Mrs.   William   Pratt    (Mary 

Pratt) 
Mary  Pratt,   Jr.,  and   Sarah 

Pickering  Pratt 
Sarah  Pickering  Pratt 
Mary  Pratt 
Reuben  Sherburne 

803  Mrs.   William    Pratt    (Mary 

Pratt) 
Mary  Pratt,  Jr.,  and   Sarah 

Pickering  Pratt 
Robert  Marion  Pratt 


1854 
1855 
1859 
1871 
1854 
1882 
1887 
1887 


1854 

1855 
1865 
1882 

1854 

1855 
1865 
1867 
1882 

1854 

1855 
1865 


804 


Charles  Henry  Miller,  Jr.         1878 
Arthur  Hazard  Dakin  1906 

George   Washington   Wales  1854 


Gardiner  Paine  Gates 

1854 

John  Parkinson 

1905 

805 

Thomas  Beale  Wales 

1854 

Charles  Theodore  Carruth 

1871 

806 

John  Wiley  Edmands 

1854 

Benjamin  Gilbert  Gay 

1877 

Matthew  Clark 

1883 

Willam  Alexander  Macleod 

1897 

807  Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge 

1854 

808  Charles  Hook  Appleton 

1854 

John  Appleton  Bumham  and 

Franklin    Gordon    Dexter, 

Trustees 

1879 

Marian  Alice  Appleton 

1884 

Alice  Appleton  Meyer 

1887 

809 

Frankun  Gordon  Dexter 

1854 

810 

Charles  Amory 

1854 

John  Singleton  Copley  Greene 

1854 

Mary  Abby  Greene 

1873 

Charles  Albert  Whittier 

1873 

James  H.  Chadwick 

1874 

Joseph  Veazie 

1877 

Alice  R.  Veazie 

1897 

George  Edward  Cabot 

1905 

811 

Mary  Anne  Wales 

1854 

Loren  Griswold  DuBois 

1894 

8X2 

Elizabeth  Wales  Emmons 

1854 

George  Foster 

1871 

Augustus  Floyd  Webster 

1874 

Edward  Henry  Whorf 

1876 

Augustus  Floyd  Webster 

1878 

813 

Joseph  Iasigi 

1854 

Eulalie  Iasigi 

1878 

Causten  Browne 

1884 

Thomas  Wentworth  Higginson 

1886 

Cornelia  Warren 

1891 

814 

James  Leeds 

1854 

John  Chipman  Gray,  Jr. 

1875 

815 

Edward  Montagu  Cary 

1854 

816  Thomas  Austin  Goddard 

1854 

John  Adams  Bates  Cutter  1869 
William  Henshaw  Horton,  Jr.  1875 
John  Templeton  Bowen  1880 
Robert  Ralston  Newell,  Trus- 
tee 1881 
Frances  Boott  Newell  1883 
Jane  Hancox  Newell  1885 
Jane  Newell  Moore  1895 


SAayr^    J^Tt/ncia  .JLdoAyiJ 


PROPRIETORS 


i6s 


817  Thomas  Goddard  1854 

John    Tisdale    Bradlee    and 
Thomas  Edward  Chamberlin, 

Trustees  1896 

818  Daniel  Franklin  Child  1854 

Henry  Walker  Frost  i860 

Anna  Blake  Shaw  1893 

819  Hugh  R.  Kendall  1854 

Benjamin  Frank  Kendall  1856 

Moses  Bradstreet  Wildes  1868 

Sidney  Williams  Burgess  1888 

George  West  Jackson  1899 

Calvin  Proctor  Sampson  1907 

820  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 

Benjamin  Franklin  Atkins  1854 

Harriet  Louisa  Atkins  1885 
Richard  Chamberlain  Nichols, 

Attorney  1887 

Sarah  Hepsa  Nichols  1893 

Arthur  Howard  Nichols  1897 

821  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 
James  McGregor  1855 
Robert  Roberts  Bishop  1876 
H.  C.  Wainwright  and  Com- 
pany 1 88 1 
Charles  Smith  Bradley  1881 

822  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 

George  Washington  Crockett  1855 

William  Albert  Crockett  i860 

823  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 

Alexander  Wadsworth  1855 

Adelaide  Elizabeth  Wadsworth  1898 

824  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 

Supply  Clap  Thwing  1855 

Edward  Britton  Townsend  1879 

William  Downes  Austin  1884 

Josephine  S.  Dorr  1890 

Henrietta  Niles  Lockwood  1891 

825  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1854 

John  Colby  Abbott  1855 

Melvin  Eugene  Rice  1894 

826  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr.  1845 

Gardiner  Howland  Shaw  1855 

Cora  Lyman  Shaw  1867 


827 

Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr. 

1854 

Arthur  Webster  Tufts 

1855 

Annie  Hooker  Tufts 

1894 

828  Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr. 

1854 

Jonathan  Brown  Bright 

i8s5 

Honora  Winthrop  Minot 

1897 

Henry  William  Daniell 

1899 

Elizabeth  Phipps  Train 

1907 

829 

Executors  of  Robert  Gould 

Shaw,  Sr. 

1854 

Charles  B.  Dana 

1854 

John  Newton  Turner 

1863 

Nathaniel  Dana  Turner 

1868 

Helen  Turner 

1893 

Andrew  McFarland  Davis 

1903 

830 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Julia  Lyman 

1880 

831 

George  Williams  Lyman 

J8s4 

Arthur  Lyman 

1880 

Arthur  Theodore  Lyman 

1903 

Arthur  Lyman 

1904 

832 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Herbert  Lyman 

1880 

833 

George  Willl\ms  Lyman 

1854 

Sarah  Pratt  Sears 

1880 

834 

George  Willl^ms  Lyman 

1854 

Sarah  Pratt  Sears 

1880 

83s 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Annie  Lyman  Sears 

1880 

836  George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Lydia  Williams  Paine 

1880 

Robert  Treat  Paine 

1898 

Robert  Treat  Paine,  Jr. 

1900 

837  George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Lydia  Williams  Paine 

18S0 

Robert  Treat  Paine 

1898 

Lydia  Lyman  Cummings 

1900 

838 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Edith  Paine 

1880 

Edith  Paine  Storer 

1885 

839 

George  Williams  Lyman 

1854 

Robert  Treat  Paine,  Jr. 

1864 

840 

Sidney  Bartlett 

1854 

Francis  Winthrop  Palfrey 

1888 

Eugene  Bigelow  Hagar 

1890 

841 

George  Horatio  Kuhn 

1854 

William  Putnam  Kuhn 

1870 

George  Kuhn  Clarke 

1897 

842 

Thomas  Carter  Smith 

1854 

i66 


THE    BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Frances  Barnard  Smith  1881 
Hannah  Smith  and  Elizabeth 

Hall  Smith  1885 

Elizabeth  Hall  Smith  1899 

843  Charles  W.  Cartwright  1854 

James  Henry  Thatcher  Adams  1873 
Mary  Anne  Catharine  Liver- 
more  1873 
Agnes  Atherton  Livennore  1907 

844  £b£N£zer  Dale  1854 

Ebenezer  Dale  1872 

Lucy  Kimball  1876 

Lemuel  Cushing  Kimball  1878 

David  Pulsifer  Kimball  1879 

845  Theron  Johnson  Dale  1854 

Edward     Augustus     White 

Hammatt  1874 

Grace  Meserve  Coolidge  1878 

846  Henrt  Ufham  1854 

John  Appleton  Bumham  and 
George   Phinehas   Upham, 

Trustees  1876 

Henry  Upham  1881 

Frances  Elizabeth  Jackson  1883 

Jackson  and  Curtis  1889 

Charles  Cabot  Jackson  1889 

847  Gardner  Brewer  1854 

Thomas  Mayo  Brewer  1855 

Sally  Rice  Brewer  1881 

Lucy  Stone  Brewer  1904 

848  George  Langdon  Pratt  1854 

Henry  David  Austin  1868 

William  Eben  Stone  1880 

849  James  Hayward  1854 

Tilly  Brown  Hayward  1866 

George  Frederick  Farley  1881 

Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich  1884 

850  Seth  Wyman  Fowle  1854 

Robert  Ligalls  Burbank  i860 

William  L.  Beal  1861 

George  Stark  1872 

Daniel  Augustus  Patch  1880 

Henry  Clay  Little  1882 

John  Francis  Stark  1901 

851  Francis  Skinner  AND  Company  1854 

Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop  1874 

852  Charles  Uriah  Cotting  1854 

Daniel  Davies  1857 

Charles  Albert  Whittier  1877 

Murray  Roberts  Ballou  1885 

Maturin  Murray  Ballou  1886 


Lucy  Goodwin  Wadsworth  1898 

853  Andrew  Towns h end  Hall  1854 

Alexander  Hamilton  Vinton  1856 

John  Cheney  Potter  1859 

James  Edward  Root  1865 

Susan  Tillinghast  Kimball  1878 
Marcus  Morton  Kimball  and 
WiUiam    Browne    Kehew, 

Trustees  1900 

854  William  Hamett  Milton  1854 

Richard  Sweet  Milton  1880 

Zenas  Snow  Arnold  1905 

John  Page  Woodbury  1907 

855  James  Lodge  1854 

Mary  Greenwood  Lodge,  Ex- 
ecutrix 1870 
Beck  Brothers  1870 
Cyrus  Woodman  1870 

856  Isaac  Thacher  1854 

George  Thacher  1886 

Sarah  Cushing  Paine  1896 

The  First  Church  in  Boston  1896 

857  William  Ropes  1854 

Joseph  Samuel  Ropes  1869 
William  Ropes  Trask,  Execu- 
tor 1904 
Alison  Bixby  Hill  1904 

858  James  Sturgis  1854 

Dexter  David  Bowman  1878 

Harriet  Maria  Bowman  1899 

Ethel  Bowman  1907 

859  Adam  Wallace  Thaxter  1854 

WiUiam  Cowper  Peters  1862 

Josephine  Ellicott  1889 

860  Blake,  Howe  and  Company  1854 

Blake  Brothers  and  Company  1859 

861  Glidden  and  Williams  1854 

John  Murray  Glidden  1872 

John  Henry  Hardy  1891 

Abner  Post  1891 

862  Abner  Kingman  1854 

Greely  Stevenson  Curtis  1881 

Harriot  Curtis  1897 

863  Henry  Lawrence  1854 

Frederick  Almy  1872 

Charles  Abner  Phelps  1872 

864  Joseph  Whitney  1854 

Ellerton  Pratt  Whitney  1871 

865  William  Benjamin  Bacon  1854 

866  Levi  Benjamin  Meriam  1854 

Charles  Greenleaf  Wood  1869 


PROPRIETORS 


167 


Benjamin  Preston  Clark, 
Trustee  1904 

867  EujAH  Dana  Brigham  1854 

Daniel  Little  Furber  1869 

Charles  Willard  Turner  1888 

Norwood  Penrose  Hallowell      1891 

868  Richard  Baker,  Jr.  1854 

Ellen  Maria  Baker,  Charles 
Uriah  Cotting,  and  Alexan- 
der Strong  Wheeler,  Trus- 
tees 1893 

869  Francis    Boardman    Crown- 

inshield  1854 

Benjamin    William    Crown- 

inshield  1857 

Benjamin    William     Crown- 

inshield  1904 

870  William  Flagg  Parrott  1854 

Andrew  Bigelow  1869 

Edwin  Wright,  Trustee  1878 

Edward  Greely  Loring  1887 

Louisa  Caroline  Palfrey  1890 

Louisa  Palfrey  Norman  1897 

871  George  Bruce  Upton  1854 

George  Bruce  Upton,  Jr.  1865 

John  Whittemore  Farwell         1905 

872  William  Shimmin  1854 

Charles  Franklin  Shimmin        1857 
Mary  Harriot  Shimmin  1894 

Blanche  Shimmin  1905 

873  William  Goodwin  Russell       1854 

Thomas  Russell  and  Marion 
Russell  1896 

874  Isaac  Livermore  1854 

Silas  Atkins  Quincy  1861 

William  Franklin  Dana  1887 

875  Cyrus  Alger  1854 

Charles  Hickling  1856 

Edward  Hickling  Bradford         1878 

876  Francis  Alger  1854 

Cyrus  Augustus  Bartol  1859 

Elizabeth  Howard  Bartol  1901 

877  Edward  C.  Bates  1854 

Josiah  H,  Cobb  1867 

Catharine    Lawrence   Apple- 
ton  1868 
Anne  Parker  Appleton  1878 

878  Charles  Coffin  Little  1854 

John  D.  Parker  1870 

Joseph  Stone  1870 

Oliver  Ditson  1881 


Charles  Healy  Ditson,  Reuben 
Edson  Demmon,  and  Charles 
Francis  Smith,  Trustees  1890 

879  George  Henry  Timmins  1854 

Benjamin  Barnard  Appleton     1875 
Jane  Williams  Appleton  188 1 

Dester     N.     Richards     and 

Edward  C.  Brooks,  Trustees  1884 
Charles  Brooks  Appleton  1889 

John  Emory  Hoar  1889 

David  Blakely  Hoar  1903 

880  George  Barrell  Emerson        1854 

881  Charles  Linzee  Tilden  1854 

882  John  Gore  Torrey  1854 

John  Revere  1869 

Micajah  Pratt  Clough  1900 

883  Nathaniel  Goddard  1854 

Peters  and  Parkinson  1875 

Joseph  Cook  1878 

884  George  Walker  Weld  1854 

Isabella  Melissa  Weld  1907 

Isabella  Hazen  Dana  1907 

885  Richard  T.  Sprague  1854 

George  Darius  Sargent  1881 

Mrs.  George  Darius  Sargent 

(Adelaide  Joanna  Sargent)  1892 

886  John  Lowell  Gardner  1854 

William  Henry  Slocum  1885 

Sarah  Elizabeth  Slocum  1901 

Laura  Slocum  and  Anna  Diz- 

well  Slocum  1902 

Helen    Slocum    Brewer    and 

Anna  DixweU  Slocum  1 90Z 

887  George  Ticknor  1854 

John  Wells  1873 

Mary  Eliot  Fariey  1883 

888  Robert  Charles  Winthrop      1854 

Robert  Charles  Winthrop,  Jr.    1878 
Elizabeth  Winthrop  1906 

889  Augustus  Flagg  1854 

Charles  Jackson  Paine  1868 

890  John  L.  Payson  1854 

891  OcTAVius   Brooks   Frothing- 

HAM  1854 

Caroline  Elizabeth  Frothing- 

ham  1895 

Elizabeth  Frothingham  Parker  1900 

892  Moses  Field  Fowler  1854 

Hattie  L.  Stevens  1869 

Albert  Augustus  Pope  1890 

John  Parsons  18  98 


i68 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


893  Augustine  Heard  1854 

George  Otis  Shattuck  1872 

Ellis  Loring  Dresel  1897 

894  Andrew  Townshend  Hall  1854 

Lydia  Young  Hall  1877 

Joshua  Montgomery  Sears  188 1 

895  Joseph  Coolidge  1854 

Charles  John  Whitmore  i88o 
Sarah  Olcott  Murdock  Whit- 
more 1898 
Emma  Story  White  1903 

896  Joseph  Warren  Revere  1854 

William  Ellis  Endicott  1887 

897  John  Welles  1854 

Hollis  Hunnewell  1872 

Mabel  Russell  Sturgis  1895 

898  John  Welles  1854 

Jane  Hubbard  Hunnewell  1881 

899  John  Welles  1854 

Henry  Sargent  Hunnewell  1881 

900  Adolphus  Davis  1854 

James  W.  Davis  1862 

Joseph  Beale  Glover  1863 

Jennie  Glover  Moseley  1897 

901  Calvin  W.  Clark  1854 

902  Junius  Spencer  Morgan  1854 

John  Pierpont  Morgan  1854 

George  Bartlett  1855 

Henry  Bromfield  Pearson  1865 

William  Edward  Townsend  1865 

Catherine  M.  Bissell  1866 

Benjamin  Franklin  Nourse  1868 

Alice  Helen  Buck  1875 

Herbert  Magoun  1891 

903  Benjamin  Welles  1854 

Benjamin  Samuel  Welles  i860 

Henry  W.  Wellington  1865 

Charles  Fairchild  1871 

904  Benjamin  Welles  1854 

Russell  Sturgis,  Jr.,  Guardian  1 87 1 

905  Benjamin  Welles  1854 

John  Osborne  Sargent  1870 
James  Otis  Sargent  and  John 

Duncan  Bryant,  Trustees  1 893 
John    Duncan    Bryant    and 
Arthur    Lincoln    Howard, 

Trustees  1906 

906  Powell  Mason  Parcman  1854 

David  West  Cunningham  i860 

Oscar  Gassett  1861 

George  William  Baldwin  1864 


907  John  Phelps  Putnam  1854 

Frederick  Dexter  1869 

Charles  Allen  1896 

908  David  Sears  1854 

Frederick       Sears        Grand 

d'Hauteville  1871 

909  David  Sears  1854 

Harriet  Sears  Crowninshield  1871 

Caspar  Crowninshield  1873 
Charles    Uriah    Cotting    and 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d, 

Trustees  1897 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  2d,  and 
Charles    Edward    Cotting, 

Trustees  1903 

Louisa  Farnham  Cobb  1905 

910  David  Sears  1854 

Harriet   Sears   Crowninshield  1871 

Cora  Crowninshield  1873 

Cora  Crowninshield  Boyden  1890 

911  David  Sears  1854 

Frederick  Richard  Sears  1871 

Horace  Holley  Stevens  1882 

Ellen  Maria  Abbott  1883 

912  David  Sears  1854 

Frederick  Richard  Sears  1871 

Horace  Holley  Stevens  1882 

R.  L.  Day  and  Company  1883 

William  Parsons  Atkinson  1883 

913  David  Sears  1854 

Grace  Winthrop  Rives  1871 
Thomas  Pelham  Curtis   and 

Stephen  Bradford  Davol  1897 

914  David  Sears  1854 

Knyvet  Winthrop  Sears  1871 

Mary  Crowninshield  Sears  1891 

915  David  Sears  1854 

Grace  Winthrop  Rives  1871 

Edward  Clark  Lunt  1897 

Augustus  Hemenway  1898 

916  David  Sears  1854 

Anna  Sears  Amory  1871 

Ellis  Loring  Motte  1880 

Mary  Sophia  Walker  1893 

Joseph  Willard  1897 

917  David  Sears  1854 

Anna  Sears  Amory  1871 

John  Lewis  Bremer  1880 

Mary  Rice  Bremer  1896 

918  Thomas  Parkman  Cushing  1854 

Ebenezer  Francis  Parker  1865 


PROPRIETORS 


169 


Eleanor  Stanley  Parker  1899 

919  James  Savage  1855 

Emma  Rogers  1883 

920  OcTAvius  Pickering  1855 

Henry  Pickering  1864 

921  Justin  Winsor  1855 

James  Atkins  Noyes  1894 

922  William  RouNSEviLLE  Alger  1854 

Grenville  Rowland  Norcross  1905 

Alice  Woodward  Brown  1905 

Alice  De  Normandie  1906 

923  Samuel  Miller  Quincy  1854 

Josiah   Phillips    Quincy    and 
Josiah  Quincy,  Administra- 
tors 1888 
Henry  MuUiken  1888 
Samuel  Bradford  Dana  1906 

924  Edmund  Quincy,  Jr.  1854 

Clara  Maria  Melvin  1894 

925  Henry  Parker  Quincy  1854 

Mary  Adams  Quincy  1899 

926  Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1854 

Howard  Stockton  1879 

927  Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1854 

Charles  Hale  1863 

Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1868 

Amory  Appleton  Lawrence  1869 

928  Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1854 

Charles  Folsom  1856 

Amos  Adams  Lawrence  1873 

William  Lawrence  1873 

929  William  Lincoln  1854 

Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis  1858 

Walter  Curtis  1876 

Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis  1877 

Seth  Carlo  Chandler,  Jr.  1879 

Ethel  Maria  Hill  1894 

Ethel  Hill  Crane  1897 

930  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

Marianne  Brimmer  1897 
Francis  Clarke  Welch,  William 
Sohier  Dexter,  and  Philip 

Dexter,  Trustees  1907 

931  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

Emily  Mary  Niles  1896 

932  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

George  Saltonstall  Silsbee  1896 

John  Melville  Gould  1899 

Edward  Louis  Osgood  1901 

933  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

Francis  Lee  Higginson  1896 


934 

Martin  Brimmer 

185s 

Charles  Card  Smith 

1896 

935 

Martin  Brimmer 

1855 

Andrew  Belcher  Almon 

1864 

Mary  Walcott  Almon 

1905 

936 

Martin  Brimmer 

1855 

Franklin  W.  Pitcher 

1864 

Quincy  Adams  Shaw 

1873 

937 

Martin  Brimmer 

185s 

William  Gray  Brooks 

1858 

Otis  Everett  Weld 

1875 

Catherine  Elizabeth  Richard- 

son  1899 

938  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

Elias  Hasket  Derby  1858 

Eloise  Lloyd  Derby  1882 

Lucy  Derby  1885 

Charles  Amory  Williams  1898 

939  Martin  Brimmer  1855 

Edward  Dexter  Sohier  1857 

Charles  Alfred  Welch  and 
Charles  Uriah  Cotting, 
Trustees  1889 

Francis  Clarke  Welch  and 
Charles  Alfred  Welch,  Trus- 
tees 1903 

940  Francis  Bassett  1855 

Elisha  Bassett  1856 

Francis  Josiah  Humphrey         1876 
Louisa  Conway  Felton  1883 

941  John  Reed  Brewer  1855 

Wilmon  Whilldin  Blackmar 
and  Fannie  Reed  Brewer, 
Trustees  1893 

Amy  Lowell  1903 

Elizabeth  Seccombe  1904 

942  Henry  Weld  Fuller  1855 

Edmund  Farwell  Slafter  1857 

Carlos  Slafter  1907 

943  Charles  Gordon  1855 

Frank  William  Hunt  1874 

Charles  Greenough  Chase         1874 
Walter  Greenough  Chase  1902 

944  David  Stoddard  Greenough    1855 

Edmund  Sanford  Clark  1869 

Francis  Augustus  Brooks  1872 

Francis  Vose  Parker  1875 

Lydia  Goodwin  Russell  Allen  1891 

945  Isaiah  B.  Libbey  1855 

Samuel  Mitchell  Child  1899 

Ellen  Minerva  Shumway  19CO 


170 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


946  Robert  Means  Mason  1855 

Ellen  Francis  Mason  1879 

947  Benjamin  White  Nichols  1855 

948  Lyman  Nichols  1855 

Lyman  Nichols  1879 

949  Robert  Williams  1855 

Arthur  Williams  1865 

Antoinette  O.  Williams  1877 

Horace  Holley  Stevens  1877 

John  Charles  Phillips  1878 
William    Sohier    Dexter    and 

George  Blagden,  Trustees  1885 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner  and 

Philip  Dexter,  Trustees  1905 

950  John  Chipman  Gray  1855 

Jacob  Willard  Pierce  1856 

951  Giles  Henry  Lodge  1855 

Isaac  Osgood  1857 

Edward  John  Biddle  1866 

Josiah  H.  Cobb  1869 

John  Barber  Winslow  1870 

Andrew  Robinson  Winslow  1890 

952  Willl\m  p.  Pierce  1855 

Samuel  Hatch  1870 

Samuel  Baker  Rindge  1875 

Frederick  Hastings  Rindge  1885 

953  Alexander  Hamilton  Rice  1855 

Cora   Lee  Rice  and  Everett 

Cephas  Bumpus  1902 

954  Isaac  Rich  1855 

Trustees  of  Boston  University  1884 

955  William  D.  Swan  1855 

John  Dickinson  1861 

James  Henry  Thatcher  Adams  1 873 

Robert  WilUamson  Lovett  1876 

John  Dyson  Lovett  1889 

Mary  Elizabeth  Lovett  1890 

Elizabeth  Moorfield  Lovett  1895 

956  Strong  Benton  Thompson  1855 

John  Heath  Whitney  1867 

Arthur  Leslie  Sweetser  1889 

957  Edmund  Pitt  Tileston  1855 

Abel  Camp  Martin  1866 

Adela  Barnes  1886 

Adela  Barnes  Ware  1890 

958  Edmund  Pitt  Tileston  1855 

Charles  Stratton  Dana  1873 

959  Edmund  Pitt  Tileston  1855 

Eustace  Carey  Fitz  1873 

Emma  Jenny  Fitz  1898 

960  George  Washington  Warrkn  1855 


George  Willis  Warren  i860 

Harriet  Atwood  Warren  1889 

Elizabeth  Birdseye  Merritt  1892 

961  George  Alfred  Whitney  1855 

James  Phineas  Whitney  1868 

Francis  Amory  1871 
George  Augustus  Goddard  and 

Francis  Amory  1887 

962  David  Whiton  1855 

Hugh  Montgomery  1858 

William  Montgomery  1883 

Charles  Augustus  Burditt  1898 

963  John  Hubbard  Wilkins  1855 

William  Rogers  1864 

Anna  Lothrop  Rodman  1870 

Laurence  Minot,  Trustee  1905 

964  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Ephraim  Peabody  1855 

Anna  Peabody  Bellows  1892 

965  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

George  Putnam  1855 

George  Putnam,  Jr.  1858 

966  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Ebenezer  Francis  Thayer  1855 
James  Henry  Blake,  Jr.  1865 
R.  L.  Day  and  Company  1892 
Charles  Frederic  Farlow  1892 
Elizabeth  Goodridge  Hough- 
ton 1893 

967  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Jr.  1874 

968  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 

Blake,  Trustees  1884 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 

Rensselaer  Thayer,  Trustees  1890 

Emily  Greene  Balch  1890 

969  Jphn  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 
Nathaniel     Thayer,     Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 

Blake,  Trustees  1884 
Nathaniel     Thayer,     Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 
Rensselaer  Thayer,  Trustees  1890  ' 

John  Armitage  Staunton  1893 

Francis  Adams  White  1895 


PROPRIETORS 


171 


WiUiam  Howard  White  1898 

970  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 
Blake,  Trustees  1884 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 
Rensselaer  Thayer,  Trustees  1890 

Nathaniel  Thayer  Kidder  1893 

971  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 
Blake,  Trustees  1884 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 
Rensselaer  Thayer,  Trustees  1890 

Alfred  Lawrence  Ripley  1893 

972  John  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 
Blake,  Trustees  1884 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 
Rensselaer  Thayer,  Trustees  1890 

Frederic  Haines  Curtiss  1894 

973  JoHi*  Eliot  Thayer  1855 

Nathaniel  Thayer  1858 

Nathaniel  Thayer,  Charles 
Merriam,  and  James  Henry 
Blake,  Trustees  1884 

Nathaniel     Thayer,     Charles 
Merriam,  and  Eugene  Van 
Rensselaer    Thayer,   Trus- 
tees 1890 
John  Chase  Randall  1894 
Mary  Lyon  Cheney                  1896 

974  John  Chifman  Gray  1855 

William  Rotch  Robeson  1856 

Anna  Rodman  Robeson  1893 

Charles  Smith  Purinton  1896 

Gilbert  Hawkes  1896 

975  John  Chipman  Gray  1855 

Levi  Bartlett  1856 

Henry  Clay  Angell  1865 

976  John  Chipman  Gray  1855 

Edward  Henry  Green  1856 

Nathan  Matthews,  Jr.  1872 

977  John  Chipman  Gray  1855 


George  Scott  Winslow 

1856 

John  Andrew  Henshaw 

1856 

Mabel  Warren  Henshaw 

1898 

978  Edward  Willl\m  Hooper 

1855 

Mary  Bryant  Sprague 

1901 

Mary  Bryant  Brandegee 

1904 

979  William  Sturgis 

1855 

Samuel  Elwell  Sawyer 

1859 

Thomas  E.  Dorr 

i86z 

Mrs.  Richard  Price  Hallowell 

(Anna  Davis  Hallowell)  1865 

980  William  Sturgis  1855 

John  Benjamin  Hench  1864 

Waldo  Ogden  Ross  1882 
Ellen     Haven     Ross,     John 
Hamilton  Ross,  and  Henry 

Francis  Ross,  Trustees  1901 

981  William  Sturgis  1855 

William  Augustus  Kimball  1864 

Henry  Sahonstall  1866 

William  Sheafe  1869 

William  Sheafe,  Jr.  1880 

982  William  Sturgis  1855 

Joseph  Cotton  Hovey  1864 

Ellen  Rodman  Motley  1875 

983  William  Sturgis  1855 

James  Ormsbee  Murray  1864 

James  Haughton  1871 

Austin  Daniel  Kilham  1876 

Susan  Chadwick  Kilham  1889 

984  William  Sturgis  1855 

Georgiana  E.  Cooley  1859 

William  Henry  HiU  1863 

Edith  White  Hill  1888 

Edith  Hill  Blaney  1894 

985  William  Sturgis  1855 

Andrew  Bigelow  1859 

Edwin  Wright,  Trustee  1878 

John  Tucker  Prince  1878 

986  William  Sturgis  18^5 

Nathan  Adams  Tufts  1859 

Samuel  Hastings  1874 

George  Russell  Hastings  1882 

Elizabeth  Crocker  Lawrence  i888 

Harriet  Smith  Walker  1893 

Mary  Sophia  Walker  1899 

Robert  Marion  Pratt  1904 

987  William  Sturgis  1855 

William  Sturgis  Hooper  1856 

John  Boies  Tileston  1887 

Mary  Wilder  Tileston  1898 


172 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


988  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

William  Ferdinand  Gary  1855 

Nancy  Perkins  Gary  1880 

Grace  Morris  Kuhn  1889 

989  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

William  Ferdinand  Gary  1855 

Nancy  Perkins  Gary  1880 

Ellen  Grey  Gary  1889 

William  Lowell  Putnam  1898 

Ellen  Grey  Gary  1898 

990  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary  1855 

Mary  Perkins  Gary  1866 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary  1880 

Gharles  Pelham  Gurtis,  Jr.  1889 

991  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

William  Howard  Gardiner  1855 

Edward  Gardiner  Gardiner  1883 

992  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Israel  Whitney  1856 

Henry  Whitney  Lamb  1899 

993  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Alice  Gertrude  Grozier  1 898 

994  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Thomas  Greaves  Gary  1855 

Mary  Perkins  Gary  1866 

Sarah  Gray  Gary  1880 

Emma  Forbes  Gary  1898 

995  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

William  Howard  Gardiner  1855 

Samuel  Lothrop  Thomdike  1876 

996  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Samuel  Gabot  1855 

Walter  Channing  Gabot  1857 

Henry  Bromfield  Gabot  1901 

Walter  Ghanning  Gabot  1901 

Elizabeth  Rogers  Gabot  1903 

997  Executors         of        Thomas 

Handasyd  Perkins  1855 

Gharles  FoUen  1855 

John  Higginson  Cabot  1873 


Frederick  Pickering  Gabot  1906 

998  Henry  Melville  Parker  1855 

Francis  L  Lee  1857 

Harriet  Welch  Phillips  1868 

Edward  Glark  Lunt  1891 

999  Frederick  Tudor  1855 

Elizabeth  Tudor  1889 

Nellie  Louise  Sargent  1889 

1000  Frank  William  Andrews  1856 
looi  John        Barnard        Swett 

Jackson  1856 

Henry  Jackson  1882 

1002  John  Ghifman  Gray  1856 

Russell  Gray  1881 

1003  John  Ghipman  Gray  1856 

George  Shattuck  Gushing  1865 

George  Marston  Gushing  1898 

1004  John  Ghipman  Gray  1856 

John  Appleton  Burnham  1857 

William  Appleton  Burnham  1884 

William  Frederick  Jones  1896 

1005  John  Ghipman  Gray  1856 

George  Brooks  Bigelow  1857 

Samuel  Bigelow  1879 

William  Richardson  Dupee  1879 

Jeannie  Ursula  Dupee  1898 

Ursula  Dupee  Burrage  1902 

1006  John  Ghipman  Gray  1856 

Perkins    Institution     for    the 

Blind  1864 

1007  Joseph  Hobson  Phipps  1856 

Edward  Sawyer  1867 

1008  Algernon  Goolidge  1856 

1009  Edward  Jackson  Lowell  1856 
loio  George  Winslow  1856 

William  Henry  Winslow  1859 

Joseph  B.  Morss  1863 

John  Goffin  Jones  Brown  1883 

1011  Georgiana  Lowell  1856 

1012  Executors  of  James  Brown  1856 

James  Alexander  Dupee  1857 

John  Bacon  i860 

Samuel  Snow  1897 

Gonstance  Snow  1903 

1013  Executors  of  James  Brown  1856 

Edward  Austin  1857 

Thomas  Reed  Wheelock  i  899 

Frederic  Stan  wood  1902 

1014  Executors  of  James  Brown  1856 

Samuel  Langley,  Jr.  1857 

Mary  Sumner  Langley  1892 


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PROPRIETORS 


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1015  James  Pxrrt  Brown  1856 

Adams  Sherman  Hill  1870 

1016  Francis  Edward  Parker  1856 

Mary  Caroline  Tyler  i836 

Edward  Farmer  1893 

Perkins  Bass  1895 

Henry  Walton  Swift  1901 

1017  Master        of     the      Latin 

School  1856 

1018  Master  OF  THE  Engush  High 

School  1856 

1019  Samuel  Austin  1856 

Edward  Austin  i860 
Henry  Austin  188 1 
Henry  Winchester  Cunning- 
ham 1881 
Thomas  Andrew  Watson  1883 

1020  Chandler  Robbins  1856 

Hamlin  Rand  Harding  1866 

Emma  A.  Lane  1884 

Georgianna  West  Perry  1886 

1021  William  Turell  Andrews  1856 

John  Taylor  Clark  1856 

Daniel  Collamore  Heath  1882 

1022  William    Turell    Andrews  1856 

Edward  Reynolds   Andrews  1856 

William  ScoUay  Whitwell  1880 
Francis       Blake,      William 
Tudor,  and  Joseph  Pearson 

Oliver,  Trustees  1892 

Mary  Hubbard  Whitwell  1900 

Francis  Bacon  Sears  1903 

1023  Charles  Eliot  Norton  1856 

Arthur  George  Sedgwick  1868 

Eliot  Norton  1880 

Thomas  Emerson  Proctor  1881 

Emma  Howe  Proctor  1895 

1024  Charles  Callahan  Perkins  1857 

Charles  Bruen  Perkins  1903 

1025  Edward  Newton  Perkins  1857 

Eliza  Callahan  Cleveland  1901 

1026  JosiAH  QuiNCY  1857 

Robert  Cassie  Waterston  1859 
Robert       Waterston     Lord, 

Administrator  1904 

Allston  Burr  1904 

1027  JosiAH  QuiNCT  1857 

Eliza  Susan  Quincy  1861 

Josiah  Quincy  1887 

Francis  Abraham  Gray,  Jr.  1888 

Helen  W.  Gray  1889 


Jonathan  Abbott  Lane  1894 

Lucius  Page  Lane  189S 

Benjamin  Clarke  Lane  1903 

1028  JosiAH  QuiNCY  1857 

Helen  Frances  Quincy  1861 

Lewis  William  Tappan,  Jr.  1876 

Olivia  Buckminstcr  James  1900 

1029  JosiAH  QuiNCY  1857 

Abby  Phillips  Quincy  1864 

Mabel  Quincy  1887 

1030  JosiAH  Quincy  1857 

Mary  Sophia  Quincy  1864 

Helen  Quincy  1887 

1031  Edmund  Quincy  1857 

Sarah  Rhea  Bowditch  1878 

1032  Edward  Blake  1857 

William  Payne  Blake  1867 

1033  Thomas  Motley,  Jr.  1857 

William  Henry  Greeley  1877 

Moorfield  Storey  1890 

1034  William  Hickling  Prescott  1857 

William  Henry  Greeley  1862 

Francis  Vergnies  Balch  1874 

Levi  Lincoln  Thaxter  1878 

Roland  Thaxter  1885 

Eda  Adams  Woolson  1900 

1035  William  Hickling  Prescott  1857 

Jonathan  Preston  1862 

Emily  West  Preston  1876 

William  Gibbons  Preston  1892 

1036  Clarke  Gayton  Pickman  1857 

George  Walker  i860 

Charles  A.  Stevens  1867 

George  Ropes  1876 

John  Armitage  Staunton  1896 
Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge, 

Jr.  1898 

1037  John  Pickering  Putnam  1857 

John  Pickering  Putnam,  Jr.  1875 

Charles  Ammi  Cutter  1879 

Anna  Williams  Huntington  1880 

Margaret  Huntington  1905 

1038  WiLLL\M  Dwight  1857 

George  Washington  Morse  1879 

Loomis  and  Lane  1887 

John  Chapin  Lane  1894 

George  Edward  Cabot  1899 

Ellen  Britton  Townsend  1904 

Edward  Britton  Townsend  1906 

Paul  Barron  Watson  1906 

1039  Francis  Caleb  Loring  1857 


174 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Otis  Norcross  1872 

Lucy  Ann  Norcross  1883 

Grenville  Howland  Norcross  1903 

1040  William  Gray,  Executor  [of 

Francis  Calley  Gray]  1857 
William  Gray  1858 
Nathaniel  Ingersoll  Bowditch  1859 
Elizabeth  Brown  Bowditch  1881 
Elizabeth  Bowditch  Ham- 
mond 1892 
Charles  Pickering  Bowditch, 

Executor  1892 

William  Lowell  Putnam  1894 

1041  William    Gray,    Executor  1857 

William  Gray  1858 

Leverett  Saltonstall  1859 

William  Minot,  Jr.  i860 

Abbott  Lawrence  Lowell  1894 

1042  William  Gray,  Executor  1857 

William  Gray  1858 

Francis  Henry  Gray  1859 

Hedwiga  Regina  Gray  1880 

Francis  Calley  Gray  1885 

Morris  Gray  1904 

1043  William  Gray,  Executor  1857 

William  Gray  1858 
George     William     Webster 

Dove  1886 

Perkins  Bass  1891 

Karl  Adams  1901 


1044  William  Gray,  Executor  1857 

William  Gray  1858 

Jonathan  French  1859 
John  Davis  Williams,  Arthur 
Lincoln,  and  Charles  Amory 

Williams,  Trustees  1902 

1045  Andrew  Eliot  Belknap  1857 

Robert  Trueman  1859 

Theodore  William  Snow  1859 

Charles  M.  Delano  i860 

William  B.  Steams  1861 

James  Alexander  Dupee  1862 

Henry  Dorr  Dupee  1887 

Mary  Isabella  Dupee  1888 

1046  Charles  Henry  Mills  1857 

Arthur  Lithgow  Devens  1859 

James  Clarke  Davis  1873 

Alice  Worthington  Davis  1905 

1047  Joseph  Swett  Coolidge  1857 

John  Foster  1887 

Alpheus  Holmes  Hardy  1897 

1048  Joseph  Swett  Coolidge  1857 

Edward  Knowles  Butler  1887 

1049  Charles     William     Storey, 

Executor  1858 

Elizabeth  Brimmer  Inches  1858 

William  Barry  Wood  1875 

EUen  Nichols  Wood  1888 

Ellen  Nichols  Hall  1889 


ALPHABETICAL   LIST 

The  asterisk  (*)  denotes  shares  noiv  held  by  the  persons  to  whose  names 
they  are  annexed;  the  other  numbers  denote  sha.ies Jormerly  so  held  which 
have  now  passed  into  other  hands. 


Abbot,  Edwin  Hale  235,  362,  482 

Abbot,  Edwin  Hale,  Jr.  *3S*>  362*, 

482* 

Abbot,  Elizabeth  Gair  792 

Abbot,  Francis  EUingwood  235 

Abbot,  Samuel  Leonard  285 

Abbott,  Ellen  Maria  911* 

Abbott,  Gordon  33* 

Abbott,  Jacob  67 

Abbott,  John  Colby  685,  825 

Abbott,    Samuel    Appleton  Browne, 

Administrator  599 

Adams,  Abigail  Brooks  425 

Adams,  Benjamin  104,  299 

Adams,  Brooks  4^5* 

Adams,  Caleb  104 
Adams,  Charies  Francis       255,  359,  488 

Adams,  Charles  Francis  488* 

Executor  54, 426 

Adams,  Charies  Francis,  2d  560* 

Trustee  530*>  9^9 

Adams,  Charies  Frederick  422 

Adams,  Edward  Brinley  514* 

Adams,  Emily  Matilda  422 

Adams,  Fanny  Crowninshield  61 

Adams,  James  80 
Adams,  James  Henry  Thatcher  843,  955 

Adams,  John  Quincy  255 

Adams,  John  Quincy  255,  359 

Adams,  Kari  1043* 

Adams,  Katharine  Faneuil  514* 

Adams,  Melvin  Ohio  700* 

Adams,  Sarah  Longley  213 

Adams,  Theodore  Parker  306* 

Adams,  Zabdiel  Boylston  210 

Addicks,  John  Edward  795 


Agassiz,  Elizabeth  Gary 

215* 

Agassiz,  George  Russell 

71* 

Ahl,  Leonard  Daniel 

26* 

Albree,  John 

75 

Aldrich,  Thomas  Bailey 

849* 

Alexander,  Andrew 

251 

Alger,  Cyrus 

102,  875 

Alger,  Francis 

7,876 

Alger,  William  Rounseville 

922 

Allen,  Charies 

24 

Allen,  Charies 

907* 

Allen,  Charles  Hastings,  Trustee  81* 

Allen,  Freeman  190 

Allen,  Freeman  190* 

Allen,  Henry  Freeman  190 

Allen,  James  24 

Allen,  James,  Jr.  24 

Allen,  Lydia  Goodwin  Russell  944* 

Allen,  Robert  B.  24 

Alley,  John  Arthur  541 

Allston,  John  E.  50 

AUyn,  John  682* 

Almon,  Andrew  Belcher  935 

Almon,  Mary  Walcott  935* 

Almy,  Frederick  608,  863 

American   Bell  Telephone  Company  337 

American  Telephone  and  Telegraph 

Company  337* 

Ames,  Frederick  Lothrop  688 

Ames,  Mary  Shreve  688* 

Ames,  Oliver  266* 

Ames,  Oliver  524* 

Ames,  Winthrop  552* 

Ammidown,  Holmes  466 

Amory,  Anna  Sears  357 

Amory,  Anna  Sears  916,  917 

Amory,  Augustine  Heard  273 
Amory,  Charles            309,  501,  502,  810 


176 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Amory,  Charles  Walter 

Trustee 

Amory,  Copley 
Amory,  Edward  Linzee 
Amory,  Elizabeth  Tilden 
Amory,  Francis 
Amory,  Francis 
Amory,  Francis  Inman 

Trustee 

Amory,  Frederic 

Trustee 

Amory,  Harcourt 

Trustee 

Amory,  James  Sullivaa 
Amory,  Jonathan 
Amory,  Jonathan 
Amory,  Nathaniel 
Amory,  Nathaniel 
Amory,  Rebecca  Augusta 
Amory,  Robert 
Amory,  Thomas  CoflBn 
Amory,  Thomas  CofEn 
Amory,  Thomas  Coffin 
Amory,  William 


786* 
355 
33'»  501 
309*,  502* 
273* 
961 
961* 
278* 

355 
757* 

499 
201* 

499* 
273 

145 
H5 
68 

258 

2Z6 

33' 

17 

17 

226 

278,  786 


Trustee       27,  414,  415,  504,  762, 

763,765,  767,768,769,  770,  771 

Amory,  William,  Jr.  503 

Amster,  Nathaniel  Leonard  55* 

Andrews,  Caleb  128 

Andrews,  Charles  Lowell  128,  556 

Andrews,  Edward  Reynolds  1022 

Andrews,  Ebenezer  Turell  60 

Andrews,  Frank  William  looO* 

Andrews,  Henry  112 

Andrews,  James  254 
Andrews,  Walter  Edward,  Trustee     354* 
Andrews,  William  Turell     60, 1021,  1022 

Angell,  Henry  Clay  975* 

Appleton,  Anne  Parker  877* 

Appleton,  Benjamin  Barnard  879 

Appleton,  Catharine  Lawrence  877 

Appleton,  Charles  Brooks  879 

Appleton,  Charles  Hook  808 

Appleton,  Ebenezer  165 

Appleton,  Eliza  410 

Appleton,  Francis  Henry  327 

Appleton,  Francis  Henry  327* 

Appleton,  Frank  Parker  51 

Appleton,  George  Henry  770 

Appleton,  Jane  Williams  879 

Appleton,  Marian  Alice  808 


Appleton,  Mary  491 

Appleton,  Mary  Ann  Louisa  580 

A('pleton,  Nathan  27,  414,  415,  416,  504, 

762,763,765,766,767,768,769,770,771 

Executor   722,  723,  724,  725,  726, 

727,  728,  729,  730,  731 
Appleton,  Nathan  765,  766,  767 

Appleton,  Nellie  Shannon  Blake  543* 

Appleton,  Robert  505 

Appleton,  Samuel    129,    423,  491,  492, 
506,  507,  508 
Appleton,  Samuel  Appleton  509,  785 

Appleton,  Thomas  Gold         27,  414,  416 
Appleton,  William  121 

Executor   722,  723,  724,  725,  726, 

727,  728,  729,  730,  731 
Appleton,  William  510 

Trustee  510* 

Appleton,  William  Channing  580 

Appleton,  William  Channing  51* 

Appleton,  William  Greenleaf,  Trustee 

409,  410 
Appleton,  William  Sumner  762,  763,  764 
Apthorp,  John  Trecothick  84 

Apthorp,  Mary  Sargent  303 

Apthorp,  William  Foster  415* 

Trustee  415 

Armstrong,  Abigail  194,  511 

Armstrong,  Samuel  Turell  194 

Arnold,  Howard  Payson  307 

Arnold,  Samuel  Swan  371 

Arnold,  Zenas  Snow  103,  854 

Aspinwall,  Thomas  176 

Atkins,  Benjamin  Franklin  820 

Atkins,  Harriet  Louisa  820 

Atkinson,  Charles  Follen  *95* 

Atkinson,  Edward  Z29* 

Atkinson,  Mary  Caroline  229 

Atkinson,  William  Parsons  912* 

Austin,  Catherine  Downer  745 

Austin,  Daniel  91 

Austin,  Edward  417,  1013,  1019 

Austin,  Henry  1019 

Austin,  Henry  David  848 

Austin,  Ivers  James  107 

Austin,  James  Trecothick  107,  172 

Austin,  James  Walker  loo* 

Austin,  James  Walker,  Trustee  583* 

Austin,  Jane  Goodwin  132 

Austin,  Samuel  49,  512,  1019 

Austin,  William  417 


PROPRIETORS 


^n 


Austin,  William  Downes  745 

Austin,  William  Downes  824 

Avery,  John  71 

Avery  John  71 

Ayer,  James  Bourne  294* 

Aylwin,  Charles  Felix  405 

Aylwin,  William  Gushing  405 

B 

Babcock,  Adam  86 

Bachelder,  Augustus  Edwin  642 

Bacon,  Daniel  Carpenter  427 

Bacon,  Daniel  Gorham  427 

Bacon,  Ebenezer  514 

Bacon,  Francis  432 

Bacon,  George  Andrew  456 

Bacon,  John  1012 

Bacon,  William  Benjamin  865* 

Bailey,  Charles  Howard  621* 

Baker,  Amos  Prescott  411* 

Baker,  Beth  432 

Baker,  Charles  Morrill,  Trustee  380* 

Baker,  Charles  William  50 
Baker,  Eleanor  Jameson  Williams  613 
Baker,  Ellen  Maria,  Trustee      708*,  868* 

Baker,  Erastus  Frank  637 

Baker,  Ezra  Henry  394* 
Baker,  Richard,  Jr.                      708,  868 

Baker,  Walter  613 

Baker,  William  Wilson  611 

Balch,  Agnes  Gordon  307* 

Balch,  Anna  Loring  286 

Balch,  Elizabeth  22* 

Balch,  Emily  Greene  968* 
Balch,  Francis  Vergnies              286,  1034 

Guardian  22 

Balch,  Joseph  286 

Balch,  Lucy  Rockwell  576* 

Baldwin,  George  Rumford  515 

Baldwin,  George  William  906* 

Baldwin,  James  Fowle  515 

Balfour,  David  Miller  645 

Ball,  Florence  Gill  495* 

Ball,  Stephen,  Jr.  322 

Ballou,  Mary  Anne  42* 

Ballou,  Maturin  Murray  852 

Ballou,  Murray  Roberts  852 

Bancroft,  George  92 

Bancroft,  John  Chandler  771 

Bancroft,  Robert  Hale  197* 


Bancroft,  Silas  Atkins  98 

Bancroft,  Wilder  Dwight  771* 

Trustee  771 

Bangs,  Anna  Dummer  491* 

Bangs,  Anne  Outram  492 

Bangs,  Benjamin  408 

Bangs,  Edward  492 

Bangs,  Frances  Elmira  491 

Bangs,  George  Pemberton  170 

Bangs,  George  Pemberton  516 

Bangs,  Mary  Louisa  491 

Bangs,  Outram  49^* 

Barnard,  Caroline  Matilda  136* 
Barnard,  Charles                    69,  274,  721 

Barnard,  Charles  Nathan  457 

Barnard,  George  Middleton  112 

Trustee  721 

Barnard,  James  Munson  69 

Trustee  721 

Barnard,  Lydia  Augusta  69* 

Barnard,  Mary  W.  1 12* 

Barnard,  Samud,  Trustee  721 

Barnard,  Susan  Livingston  112 

Barnes,  Adela  957 

Barnes,  Charles  Benjamin  39S* 

Barnes,  Isaac  Orr  303 

Barnes,  James  Henry  652 

Barrell,  Samuel  B.  189 

Barrett,  Samuel  371 

Barron,  Clarence  Walker  141* 

Barstow,  John  Sergeant  44 

Bartlet,  Gordon  51 

Bartlett,  Francis  284 

Bartlett,  George  902 

Bartlett,  Levi  975 

Bartlett,  Nelson  Slater  176* 
Bartlett,  Schuyler  Sampson,  Trustee  372* 
Bartlett,  Sidney                             284,  840 

Bartlett,  Thomas  97 

Bartol,  Cyrus  Augustus  876 

Bartol,  Elizabeth  Howard  876* 
Bass,  Perkins                             1016,  1043 

Bass,  Robert  Perkins  61* 

Bass,  Seth  205 

Bassett,  Elisha  940 
Bassett,  Francis                             241,  940 

Batchelder,  Isabella  330* 

Batchelder,  John  Montgomery  330 

Batchelder,  Samuel  330 

Batcheller,  Alfred  Hubbard  402 

Batcheller,  Francis  152 


178 


THE  BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Batcheller,  Robert 

402* 

Bates,  Benjamin  Edward 

795* 

Bates,  Edward  C. 

877 

Bates,  George 

224 

Bates,  John  Douglas 

383 

Bates,  Mary 

383* 

Bates,  Mary  Douglas 

654* 

Bates,  Samuel  Worcester 

758 

Baiter,  Sarah 

144 

Bayley,  Caroline  Lacoste 

517 

Bayley,  Edward  Bancroft,  Trustee        98 

Bayley,  Elizabeth  Symmes  517* 

Bayley,  Harriet  King  517 

Bayley,  James  517 

Bayley,  John  Prince  102 

Bazeley,  Margaret  Chapin  595* 

Beal,  Boylston  Adams  231* 

Beal,  James  Henry  231 

Trustee  210*,  631 

Beal,  Thomas  Prince,  Trustee  210* 

Beal,  William  L.  850 

Beaman,  Charles  Cotesworth  279 

Beaman,  George  H.  279 

Beaman,  Nathaniel  Parsons  279* 

Bean,  Horace  221 
Beck,  Charles                          47,  518,  744 

Beck,  Edith  Doane  153,  286 

Beck,  Frederick  299 

Beck,  James  153 

Beck,  Lucy  Doane  299 

Beck,  Sarah  Phillips  299 

Beck  Brothers  855 

Beebe,  Edward  Pierson  534* 

Beebe,  Esther  Elizabeth  534 

Beebe,  James  Arthur  541* 

Beebe,  James  Madison  534 

Belknap,  Andrew  Eliot  364,  1045 

Belknap,  Edward,  Trustee  95 

Belknap,  Henry  95 

Belknap,  John  95 

Bell,  Helen  Choatc  519* 

Bell,  Joseph  260,  519 

Bell,  Joseph  Mills  519 

Bellows,  Anna  Peabody  964* 

Bellows,  John  72,  177 

Bemis,  Charles  Vose  5 

Bemis,  Frederick  George  583,  723 

Bemis,  George  723 

Bemis,  John  Wheeler  583 

Bemis,  Samuel  A.  26 

Bennett,  Charles  Heniy  245,  689 


Bent,  Samuel  Arthur  27* 
Benton,  Josiah  Henry,  Jr.  67*,  376,  514, 
645,  776 
Benzon,    Edmund    Ernst     Leopold 

Schlesinger  776 

Bethune,  George  Amory  115 

Bethune,  John  McLean  115 

Biddle,  Edward  John  951 

Bigelow,  Amelia  Sargent  773 

Bigelow,  Andrew  870,  985 

Bigelow,  Erastus  Brigham  394 

Bigelow,  George  Brooks  1005 

Bigelow,  George  Tyler  356 

Bigelow,  Henry  Jacob  680 

Bigelow,  Horatio  666 

Bigelow,  Jacob  206*,  789 

Bigelow,  John  Prescott  85 

Bigelow,  Joseph  Smith,  Trustee  666* 

Bigelow,  Joshua  Richardson  333 

Bigelow,  Prescott  85 

Bigelow,  Samuel  1005 

Bigelow,  Timothy  85,  773 

Bigelow,  William  Sturgis  680* 

Billings,  Ebenezer  24 

Binney,  Amos  11,  430 

Binney,  Henry  Prentiss  430 

Bird,  Andrew  Sigoumey  796 

Bird,  Charles  Sumner  80* 

Bird,  Edward  Vanderhoof  796* 

Bishop,  Joel  Prentiss  570 

Bishop,  Robert  Roberts  8zi 

Bissell,  Catherine  M.  9m 

Black,  George  Nixon  640II' 
Blackmar,  Wilmon  Whilldin,  Trustee  941 

Blagden,  George,  Trustee  949 

Blake,  Anne  286* 

Blake,  Arthur  Welland  46,  286 

Blake,  Beatrice  Frances  46 

Blake,  Clarence  John  37* 

Blake,  Edward  50 

Blake,  Edward  no,  1032 

Blake,  Edward  Dehon  no 

Blake,  Francis,  Trustee  1022 

Blake,  George  Baty  281 

Guardian  326 

Blake,  James  37 
Blake,  James  Henry  966 
Trustee  968,  969, 970,  971,  972, 

973 
Blake,  John  Amory  Lowell        281*,  742* 

Blake,  John  Harrison  37 


PROPRIETORS 


179 


Blake,  Joshua  182 

Blake,  Mary  Lee  288* 

Blake,  Samuel  Parkmaa  50 

Blake,  William  333 

Blake,  William  Payne  1032* 

Trustee  324 

Blake  Brothers  and  Company  860* 

Blake,  Howe  and  Company  860 

Blanchard,  Edward  276 

Blanchard,  Edward,  Jr.  184 

Blanchard,  George  Henry  520 

Blanchard,  John  Adams  348,  520 

Blanchard,  Laura  Smith  520 

Blanchard,  Sarah  Harding  348''' 

Blaney,  Edith  Hill  984* 

Blatchford,  Caroline  Hubbard  729 

Blatchford,  Mary  Edgcumbe  729 

Blinn,  George  Richard  690* 

Bliss,  Alexander  244 

Bliss,  Elizabeth  Bancroft  39* 

Bliss,  William  Davis  39 

Bliss,  William  Julian  Albert  39* 

Blodget,  John  W.  521 

Boardman,  Benjamin  Greenleaf  797 

Boardman,  Eliza  Dennie  797* 

Boles,  Frank  Walter  31* 

Bond,  Charles  Royal  180 

Bond,  George  117 

Bond,  George  William  142 

Bond,  Lawrence  142* 

Bond,  Stephen  Norman  795 

Boott,  Francis  77,  186 

Boott,  John  Wright  40 

Boott,  Kirk  40 

Boott,  Kirk  40 

Boott,  William  40 

Boott,  William,  Trustee  317 

Bordman,  William  Henderson  759 

Borland,  Alida  Livingston  33 

Borland,  John                         33,  275,  747 

Borland,  John  Nelson  275 

Borland,  John  Nelson,  Trustee  275 

Borland,  Melancthon  Woolsey  747 
Borland,  William  Gibson,  Trustee       275 

Boston  Athenaeum  46,  105,  116,  123,  709 
710*,  711*,  712*^  713*,  715*,  716*,  717*, 
718* 

Boston  College  393* 

Boston  University,  Trustees  of  954* 
Boume,EzraA.,TrusteeandGuardian  i6i 

Bouve,  Thomas  Tracy  506 


Bowditch,  Alfred  766* 

Trustee  324*,  334 

Bowditch,  Charles  Pickering  522*,  576, 684 

Executor  1040 

Trustee  334,  671*,  699* 

Bowditch,  Charlotte  79* 

Bowditch,  Eliza  IngersoU  765 

Bowditch,  Elizabeth  Brown         28,  1040 
Bowditch,  Elizabeth  Francis,  Guardian  28* 
Bowditch,  Ernest  William  47 

Bowditch,  Frederick  Channing,  Tru8> 

tee  198 

Bowditch,  Henry  IngersoU  118 

Bowditch,  Henry  Pickering  744* 

Bowditch,  IngersoU  79 

Bowditch,  Jonathan  IngersoU       79,  522, 
744,  765 
Bowditch,  Margaret  Manning  554* 

Bowditch,  Margaret  Swaim  47* 

Bowditch,  Nathaniel  118 

Bowditch,  Nathaniel  IngersoU      28,  1040 

Executor  722,  723,  724, 725, 726, 

727,  728,  729,  730,  731 
Bowditch,  Olivia  Yardley  118* 

Bowditch,  Sarah  Rhea  1031* 

Bowdoin,  James  no 

Bowdoin,  James  no 

Bowen,  Charles  131 

Bowen,  Eliza  Matilda  104 

Bowen,  Emily  Frances  352* 

Bowen,  Francis  186 

Bowen,  James  104 

Bowen,  John  Tcmpleton  104*,  816 

Bowles,  Frances  Elizabeth  5*7* 

Bowles,  Mary  Wheeler  527 

Bowman,  Dexter  David  858 

Bowman,  Ethel  858* 

Bowman,  Harriet  Maria  858 

Boyden,  Cora  Crowninshield  910* 

Boyden,  Dwight  523 

Boyden,  Uriah  Atherton  143,  232 

Brackett,  Maria  Louise  353* 

Bradbury,  Charles  150 

Bradford,  Edward  Hickling  875* 

Bradford,  Gamaliel  537* 

Bradlee,  Edmund  Fowle  647 

Bradlee,  Elizabeth  Gair  792 

Bradlee,  Francis  Boardman  Crown- 
inshield 264* 
Bradlee,  Frederic  Wainwright  134 
Bradlee,  Frederick  HaU                        526 


i8o 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Bradlee,  Frederick  Josiah,  Trustee     264 

Bradlee,  Helen  Curtis  647 

Bradlee,  James  Bowdoin  369 

Bradlee,  James  Bowdoin,  Jr.  525 

Bradlee,  John  Tisdale,  Trustee  817* 

Bradlee,  Joseph  Putnam  132 

Bradlee,  Josiah    134,  524,  525,  526,  794, 

79S»  796,  797,  798.  799 

Bradlee,  Josiah,  Jr.  264 

Bradlee,  Josiah  Putnam  647 

Bradlee,  Lucy  Hall  793* 

Bradlee,  Maria  Godey  418 

Bradlee,  Mary  May  525 

Bradlee,  Nathaniel  Jeremiah  667 

Bradley,  Charles  Smith  176,  821* 

Bradley,  George  Lothrop  773 

Bradstreet,  Dudley  Story  113 

Bradstreet,  Samuel  408 

Braman,  Dwight  241 
Braman,  Granville  Temple  Winthrop  209, 

223 

Braman,  James  Chandler  216* 

Brandegee,  Mary  Bryant  978* 

Bremer,  John  Lewis  917 

Bremer,  Mary  Rice  917* 

Brewer,  Caroline  Abigail  357 

Brewer,  Daniel  Chauncey  438* 

Brewer,  Fannie  Reed,  Trustee  941 

Brewer,  Gardner  357,  847 

Brewer,  Helen  Slocum  886* 

Brewer,  John  Reed  941 

Brewer,  Lucy  Stone  847* 

Brewer,  Sally  Rice  847 

Brewer,  Thomas  Mayo  847 

Brewer,  William  Dade,  Jr.  690 

Brewster,  Frank  211* 

Brewster,  William  477 

Bridge,  Samuel  James  55 

Briggs,  Harrison  Otis  584 

Brigham,  Charles  24* 

Brigham,  Elijah  Dana  527,  867 

Brigham,  Lincoln  Flagg  299 

Brigham,  William  725 

Brigham,  William  Tufts  583 

Bright,  Jonathan  Brown  828 

Brimmer,  Eliza  752 

Brimmer,  Marianne  130,  930 

Brimmer,  Martin  130 

Brimmer,  Martin  130,  419,  930,  931,  932, 

933»  934,  93S»  93^1  937.  938.  939 

Trustee  478 


Brinton,  Octavia  E.  F. 

571 

Brodhead,  Daniel  D. 

3» 

Bromfield,  John 

063 

Brooks,  Charies  Butler 

S»8* 

Brooks,  Edward 

164 

Brooks,  Edward  C,  Trustee 

879 

Brooks,  Ellen 

'59 

Brooks,  Francis 

164 

Brooks,  Francis  Augustus  288,  528,  944 
Brooks,  Francis  Boott  494 

Brodis,  Frederick  779* 

Brooks,  Gorham  116,  159,  429 

Brooks,  Louise  779 

Brooks,  Peter  Chardon  54,  425,  429,  494 
Brooks,  Peter  Chardon  54,  426,  529 

Brooks,  Peter  Chardon  159,  429 

Executor  54,  426 

Brooks,  Sarah  Lawrence  26 

Brooks,  Shepherd  11 6* 

Brooks,  Sidney  14,  423,  470 

Brooks,  Susan  Oliver,  Executor    54,  426 
Brooks,  William  Gray  937 

Brown,  AUce  512* 

Brown,  Alice  Woodward  922 

Brown,  Charles  137 

Brown,  Francis  Henry  600* 

Brown,  George  Edward  417,  5'4. 

Brown,  James,  Executors  of    1012,  1013, 

1014 
Brown,  James  Perry  1015 

Brown,  John  123 

Brown,  John  C.  9 

Brown,  John  CoflSn  Jones  loio* 

Brown,  Jonathan,  Jr.  435 

Brown,  Seth  £.  399 

Browne,  Albert  Gallatin,  Jr.  236 

Browne,  Causten  813 

Browne,  Charles  150 

Browne,  Edward  Ingersoll  150 

Browne,  George  Morgan  595 

Browne,  Herbert  Wheildon  Cotton      615* 
Browne,  Thomas  Quincy,  Jr.  615 

Bryant,   Mrs.   Gridley   James    Fox 

(Louisa  Bryant  Bryant)  630 

Bryant,  Henry  530 

Bryant,  John  156 

Bryant,  John,  Jr.  300 

Bryant,  John  Duncan,  Trustee  905* 

Bryant,  Julia  662 

Bryant,  William  Sohier  80 

Buck,  Alice  Helen  902 


'#^/:^.^ 


PROPRIETORS 


i»i 


Buck,  Augustus  Howe 
Buck,  Howard  Mendenhall 
Buck,  Matilda  Stewart 
Buckingham,  Mary  C. 
Bugbee,  James  McKellar 
Bullard,  Asa 

BuUard,  Elizabeth  Lyman 
Bullard,  Ellen  Twisleton 
Bullard,  Stephen,  Trustee 
Bullard,  Stephen  Hopkins 
Bullard,  William  Norton 

Trustee 

Bullard,  William    Story     i 

Bumpus,  Everett  Cephas 
Bumstead,  John 
Bunker,  Charles 
Burbank,  Robert  Ingalls 
Burditt,  Charles  Augustus 
Burgess,  Benjamin 
Burgess,  Benjamin  Franklin 
Burgess,  Sidney  Williams 
Burley,  Susan 
Burnett,  Joseph 
Burnham,  John  Appleton 

Trustee 

Burnham,    Thomas  Oliver 

Perry 
Burnham,  William  Appleton 
Burr,  AUston 
Burr,  Charles  Chauncy 
Burr,  Charles  Wolcott 
Burr,  Heman  Merrick 
Burr,  Isaac  Tucker,  Jr. 
Burr,  Lucy  Williams 
Burr,  Theophilus 
Burr,  Theophilus 
Burrage,  Alvah  Augustus 
Burrage,  Ursula  Dupee 
Burroughs,  George 
Burroughs,  Henry,  Jr. 
Burroughs,  Sarah 
Burton,  George  Smith 
Bussey,  Benjamin 
Butler,  Charles  Shorey 
Butler,  Edward  Knowles 
Butler,  Peter,  Jr. 
Butler,  Sigoumey 


134*,  338 

344* 

C 

344 

782 

Cabot,  Arthur  Tracy 

339* 

312* 

Cabot,  Charles  Mills 

328* 

233 

Cabot,  Edward  Clarke 

65c 

,  681 

531 

Cabot,  Eliza 

430 

531* 

Cabot,  Elizabeth  Rogers 

479* 

,996* 

113*,  151* 

Cabot,  Ella  Lyman 

739* 

531 

Cabot,  Frederick  Pickering 

997* 

644* 

Cabot,  George  Edward 

810*, 

1038 

113*,  151* 

Cabot,  Henry 

117 

,  614 

13.  139.  151. 

Cabot,  Henry  Bromfield 

432.  479 

,996 

340,  531 

Cabot,  James  Elliot 

328 

,618 

953* 

Cabot,  John  Higginson 

II 

113 

Cabot,  John  Higginson 

997 

587 

Cabot,  Joseph  Sebastian 

122 

850 

Cabot,  Louis 

650* 

962* 

Cabot,  Louisa  Sewall 

681* 

53* 

Cabot,  Mary  Caroline 

575* 

544 

Cabot,  Norman  Winslow 

276 

819 

Cabot,  PhUip 

258 

122 

Cabot,  Richard  Clarke 

86 

103 

534 

Cabot,  Ruth 

432 

1004 

Cabot,  Samuel 

8,  328,  996 

808,  846 

Cabot,  Samuel 

256 

Hazard 

Cabot,  Samuel 

131* 

535 

Cabot,  Stephen 

13 

1004 

Cabot,  Susan  Burley         122*,  152* 

533* 

1026* 

Cabot,  Thomas  Handasyd 

256 

221 

Cabot,  Walter  Channing 

479 

996 

221* 

Callender,  George 

342 

773 

299* 

Came,  Alice  Taylor 

391 

556* 

Campbell,  George  Hylands 

512 

221* 

Candler,  Susan 

506 

536 

Candler,  William  Latham 

506 

536 

Capt,  John  S. 

120* 

282* 

Carpenter,  George  Oliver 

473 

1005* 

Carpenter,  Henry  Bernard 

550 

6 

Carruth,  Charles  Theodore 

805* 

6 

Carruth,  Ellen 

701 

6* 

Carruth,  Francis  Sumner 

129 

384 

607 

Carruth,  Nathan 

378 

16 

Carter,  Henry  Harrington 

314* 

687* 

Cartwright,  Charles  W. 

843 

1048* 

Cary,  Edward  Montagu 

815* 

684 

Cary,  Ellen  Grey 

989* 

684 

Cary,  Emma  Forbe« 

994* 

Cary,  George  Blankem 

5H 

Caiy,  Helen  Eugenia 

500* 

Cary,  John  Green 

379 

1 82 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Cary,  Mary  Perkins  215,  990,  994 

Gary,  Nanqr  Perkins  988,  989 

Gary,  Richard  500 

Cary,  Robert  Howard  537 

Gary,  Sarah  Gray  994 

Gary,  Thomas  Greaves       215,  537,  990, 

994 

Gary,  Thomas  Greaves  990 
Cary,  William  Ferdinand  988,  989 
Case,  Laura  Lucretia  58* 
Cazenove,  Charles  John  250 
Ghace,  Caleb  431 
Chadwick,  Christopher  Ghamplin       657 
Ghadwick,  Ebenezer  404,  538 
Chadwick,  Elizabeth  404,  538 
Chadwick,  James  H.  810 
Ghadwick,  James  Read  657 
Chadwick,  James  Read  657 
Chamberlain,  B.  P.  541 
Ghamberlin,  Thomas  Edward,  Trus- 
tee 817* 
Chandler,  Abiel  247 
Chandler,  Alice  Daland  343* 
Chandler,  Gardiner  Leonard,  Jr.  105, 181 
Chandler,  Horace  Parker  655* 
Chandler,  Peleg  Whitman  655 
Chandler,  Seth  Carlo,  Jr.  929 
Channing,  Walter  539 
Channing,  Walter,  Jr.  219 
Channing,  William  EUery  239 
Channing,  William  Francis  239 
Chapin,  Horace  Dwight,  Trustee        354* 
Chaplin,  Heman  White  683 
Chapman,  Edward  Mortimer  97* 
Chapman,  Elizabeth  183* 
Chapman,  George  183 
Chapman,  Jonathan  183 
Chapman,  Jonathan  183,  432 
Chase,  Alice  Bowdoin  369* 
Chase,  Charles  Greenough  943 
Chase,  George  Bigelow  418 
Chase,  Theodore  418 
Chase,  Theodore  369 
Chase,  Thomas  G.  ii2 
Chase,  Wallis  Stuart,  Guardian  556 
Chase,  Walter  Greenough  943* 
Cheever,  David  Williams  175* 
Cheever,  John  Haven  175 
Cheney,  Ednah  Dow  Littlehale  612 
Cheney,  Ethel  M.  623* 
Cheney,  Mary  Lyon  973* 


Cheney,  William  Franklin  434* 

Chever,  Sarah  Anne  529 

Chickering,  Horatio  434 

Chickering,  Jonas  433 

Chickering,  Lucy  Lee  434 

Child,  Addison  477 

Child,  Daniel  Franklin  818 

Child,  David  Weld  174 

Child,  Samuel  Guild  Z45 

Child,  Samuel  Mitchell  945 

Ghilde,  Ellen  Healey,  Guardian  617 

Childe,  John  Healey  617 

Ghoate,  Margaret  Manning  554 

Choate,  Rufus  181,  540 

Churchill,  Florence  May-Winsor  396* 

Glapp,  Caroline  Dennie,  Trustee  81 

Clapp,  Channing  372 

Glapp,  George  Dennie,  Trustee  81* 

Glapp,  Otis  67 

Clapp,  William  Warland  81 

Clark,  Benjamin  Cutler  541 

Clark,  Benjamin  Preston  692* 

Trustee  866* 

Clark,  Bernard  Steams,  Trustee  157* 

Clark,  Calvin  W.  901* 
Clark,  Edmund  Sanfprd    228,  468*,  611, 

944 

Clark,  Eleanor  A.  514 

Clark,  Henry,  Administrator  207 

Clark,  Henry  Grafton  726 

Clark,  John  236 

Clark,  John  Morehead  781 

Clark,  John  Spencer  322*,  467 

Clark,  John  Taylor  1021 

Clark,  Luther  467 

Clark,  Matthew  806 

Clark,  Randolph  Marshall  795 

Clark,  Robert  Farley  541 

Clark,  Theodore  Minot  467* 

Clark,  William  Bradford  443 

Clarke,  Alice  De  Vermandois  737 

Clarke,  Anna  Huidekoper  529 

Clarke,  Eliot  Channing  734* 

Trustee  737* 

Clarke,  George  Kuhn  368*,  841* 

Clarke,  James  Freeman  529 

Clarke,  John  James  722 

Clarke,  John  Louis  501 

Clarke,  Lilian  Freeman  529* 

Clarke,  Martha  Ann  368 

Clement,  Clara  Erskine  23 


PROPRIETORS 


183 


Clement,  Hazen  23* 

Cleveland,  Eliza  Callahan  1025* 

Cleveland,  Henry  Russell  252 

Cleveland,  Sarah  Paine  252 

Clough,  Micajah  Pratt  882* 

Coale,  George  Oliver  George  268 

Coale,  William  Edward  268 

Cobb,  Frederick  Augustus  186 
Cobb,  Josiah  H.                    403,  877,  951 

Cobb,  Louisa  Famham  909* 

Cobb,  Richard  236 

Cobb,  Samuel  Crocker  640 

Cobb,  William  481* 

Cochran,  WiUiam  128 

Cochrane,  Alexander  187* 

Cochrane,  Mary  Lynde  759* 
Codman,  Charles  Russell       35,  542,  668 

Codman,  Charles  Russell  11* 

Codman,  Edmund  Dwight  60* 

Codman,  Edward  434,  543 

Codman,  Edward  Wainwright  543 

Codman,  Henry  31 

Codman,  James  Macmaster  579* 

Codman,  John  121 

Codman,  Katharine  Bowditch  684* 

Codman,  Robert  60 

Codman,  Stephen  3i>  48 

Coe,  Mary  Alma  194* 

Coffin,  Charles  Folsom  675 

Coffin,  Charles  Pratt  463,  675* 

Trustee  143* 

Coffin,  George  Washington  304,  544 
Coffin,  John  Gorham  216 
Coffin,  William  Edward  545 
Coffin,  William  Spooner  304 
Cogswell,  Francis  465 
Colby,  Gardner  314 
Collamore,  Helen  ^53* 
CoUamore,  John  253 
Collateral  Loan   Company   of  Bos- 
ton 442 
Collier,  Gertrude  Augusta  13* 
Comer,  John  H.  518 
Conant,  Arnold  William  126,  674 
Converse,  Sarah  Longley  213 
Cook,  Joseph  883* 
Cooke,  Josiah  Patsons  59 
Cooley,  Georgiana  E.  984 
Coolidge,  Algernon  icx:8* 
Coolidge,  Amy  Lothrop  303* 
Coolidge,  Cornelius  24 


Coolidge,  Grace  Meserve  845* 

Coolidge,  Horace  Hopkins  244 

Coolidge,  John  Templeman  392 

Coolidge,  John  Templeman,  Jr.  39^* 

Coolidge,  Joseph  123 

Coolidge,  Joseph  36,  123 

Coolidge,  Joseph  895 

Coolidge,  Joseph  Randolph  628 

Coolidge,  Joseph  Randolph,  Jr.  628* 

Coolidge,  Joseph  Swett  I047>  1048 

Coolidge,  Penelope  Frances  409* 

Coolidge,  Thomas  Jefferson  807* 

Trustee  27,  414,  415,  504,  762, 

763,  765,  767,  768,  769,  770,  771 
Coolidge,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Jr.        1036* 

Trustee,  762,  763,  764 

Coolidge  and  Haskell  435 

Cordis,  Thomas  176 

Cordner,  John  143 

Corthell,  Wendell  Gurney  595 

Cory,  Barney  511 

Cory,  Charles  Barney  194 

Cotting,  Charles  Edward  i6i 

Trustee  47i*>  497*»  909 

Cotting,  Charles  Uriah  387,  852 

Trustee  186,  269,  275,  323,  471 

497,  708*,  868*,  909,  939 
Cotting,  Uriah  15 

Cotton,  Arria  546 

Cotton,  Frank  Barnard,  Executor        546* 
Cotton,  Joseph  Hall  546 

Cotton,  William  Coffin,  Executor        546* 
Councilman,  Isabella  208* 

Courtis,  Ambrose  S.  216 

Courtis,  Thomas  216 

Courtis,  William  727 

Covell,  Robert  S.,  Trustee  651 

Cox,  Josephine  Nickerson  222* 

Cox,  William  Emerson  222 

Cragie,  Andrew  87 

Crane,  Anna  B.  665 

Crane,  Ethel  Hill  929* 

Crehore,  Charles  Frederick  57 

Crisp,  John  S.  467 

Crocker,  Annie  Bliss  399* 

Crocker,  Samuel  Leonard,  Jr.  245 

Crocker,  Sarah  Haskell  589* 

Crocker,  Uriel  589 

Crocker,  Urial  Haskell,  Trustee  589 

Crockett,  George  Washington  822 

Crockett,  William  Albert  822* 


1 84 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Croft,  Caroline 
Crosby,  Joseph  Blanchard 
Cross,  Charles  Robert 
Cross,  Virginia 

Crowninshield,  Benjamin  William 
Crowninshield,  Benjamin  William 
Crowninshield,  Benjamin  William 
Crowninshield,  Caroline  Maria 
Crowninshield,  Caspar 
Crowninshield,  Cora 
Crowninshield,  Edward  Augustus 
Crowninshield,  Francis  Boardman 

Crowninshield,  George  Caspar 
Crowninshield,  Harriet  Sears  6i, 
Cruft,  Annah  Pickman 
Cruft,  Edward 
Cruft,  George  Theodore 
Cruft,  Harriet  Otis 
Cruft,  Isaac  Smith 
Cruft,  Samuel  Breck 
Cummings,  Charles  Amos 
Cummings,  Lydia  Lyman 
Cummings,  Margaret  Kimball 
Cunningham,  Caleb  Loring 
Cunningham,  Charles 
Cunningham,  Charles  West 
Cunningham,  David  West 
Cunningham,  Edward 
Cunningham,  Frances  Cary 
Cunningham,  Frederic 
Cunningham,  Henry  Winchester 

Cunningham,  Hester 
Cunningham,  Hetty  Sullivan 
Cunningham,  Joseph  Linzee 
Cunningham,  Stanley 
Curtis,  Amy 

Curtis,  Augusta  Rebecca 
Curtis,  Benjamin  Robbins    i86, 
Curtis,  Benjamin  Robbins 
Curtis,  Caleb 
Curtis,  Caleb  Agry 
Curtis,  Caroline  Gardiner 
Curtis,  Charles  Pelham 
Curtis,  Charles  Pelham 
Curtis,  Charles  Pelham 
Curtis,  Clara 
Curtis,  Daniel  Sargent 
Curtis,  Emily  Matilda 
Curtis,  Evelyn  Weston 


3S7 
728 
310* 
205* 
61,324 
869 
869* 
324 
909 
910 

324 
400, 
869 
61 
909,910 
193 


193.  777 
777* 
193* 

5'8 

777 
237 
837* 
237* 
547 
74 

I99>  313 
906 

547 
547* 
74* 

449*. 

1019 

457 

606* 

68 

74 
422* 

6l2* 

548,  929 
929 

305 

422 

436 

118 

436 

990* 

422* 

325 
422 

305* 


'9. 


Curtis,  Greely  Stevenson 
Curtis,  Harriot 
Curtis,  Helen  Read 
Curtis,  Henry  Pelham 
Curtis,  Isabella  Pelham 
Curtis,  Joseph  Henry 
Curtis,  Louis 

Trustee 

Curtis,  Margarett  Stevenson 
Curtis,  Nathaniel,  Jr. 
Curtis,  Thomas  Buckminster 
Curtis,  Thomas  Buckminster 
Curtis,  Thomas  F. 
Curtis,  Thomas  Pelham 
Curtis,  Walter 
Curtiss,  Frederic  Haines 
Cushing,  Ada  Thomas 
Cushing,  Benjamin 
Cushing,  Caleb 
Cushing,  Florence  Maria 
Cushing,  George  Marston 
Cushing,  George  Shattuck 
Cushing,  Livingston 
Cushing,  Luther  Steams 
Cushing,  Thomas 
Cushing,  Thomas  Parkman  307 
Cushman,  Charles  Allerton 
Cutler,  Elbridge  Gerry 
Cutler,  Elisha  Pomeroy 
Cutler,  Pliny 
Cutter,  Charles  Ammi 
Cutter,  John  Adams  Bates 
Cutting,  Alfred  W., 
Guardian 


291, 


862 
862* 
355* 
3^5* 

19 

138* 
658* 
355 

»9 
7,  507 

75.  550 
199 

567 
913* 
929 
972* 
241* 
727 
160* 
427* 
1003* 
1003 
241 
261* 
61,  643 
,551,918 

202* 
146* 
457 
137 
1037 

534,  816 
782 
782 


Dabney,  Jonathan  Peele 
Dabney,  Lewis  Stackpole 

Executor 

Trustee 

Dakin,  Arthur  Hazard 
Daland,  Edward  Francis 
Daland,  Emily  Jane 
Dale,  Ebenezer 
Dale,  Ebenezer 
Dale,  Elise  Ballou 
Dale,  Lydia  Jackson 
Dale,  Theron  Johnson 
Dall,  Caroline  Wells  Healey 
Dalton,  Charles  Henry 


390 
365* 

525 
369,  525* 
803* 
343 
93* 
844 
844 
581* 

350* 
84s 

55° 
634* 


PROPRIETORS 


i8s 


Dalton,  Peter  Roe  194 

Dana,  Caroline  M.  649 

Dana,  Charles  B.  829 

Dana,  Charles  Stratton  958* 

Dana,  Edmund  W.  553 

Dana,  George  N.  649 

Dana,  Isabella  Hazen  884* 

Dana,  Mary  Elizabeth  552 

Dana,  Richard  Henry,  Trustee  378 

Dana,  Samuel  Bradford  923* 

Dana,  Samuel  Turner  552 

Dana,  Sophie  W.  625 

Dana,  Stephen  W.  553 

Dana,  William  Franklin  874* 

Danforth,  Isaac  Warren  651 

Daniell,  Henry  William  828 

Daniell,  Otis  407 

Daniell,  Sarah  Frances,  Trustee  407 

Darling,  Cassius  581 

Darracott,  Franklin  129 

Darracott,  George  554 

Davenport,  Albert  Henry  761 

Davenport,  Charles  455 

Davenport,  Francis  Henry  374* 
Davenport,  Frederick  Albert,  Trustee  761* 


Davenport,  James  Henry 

748 

Davenport,  John  Sidney 

154 

Davenport,  Mary  Pauline 

748* 

Davies,  Daniel 

852 

Davis,  Adeline 

754 

Davis,  Adolphus 

900 

Davis,  Alice  Worthington 

1046* 

Davis,  Andrew  McFarland 

829* 

Davis,  Ann  Wainwright 

86 

Davis,  Bancroft  Chandler 

550* 

Davis,  Charles 

88 

Davis,  Edward  Gardiner 

79 

Davis,  Elizabeth  Sleeper 

301 

Davis,  Ephraim  Collins 

629* 

Davis,  Francis 

80 

Davis,  Frederick  W. 

555 

Davis,  Isaac  P 

90 

Davis,  James,  Jr. 

439.  779 

Davis,  James  Clarke 

744.  1046 

Davis,  James  W. 

900 

Davis,  John 

251 

Davis,  John  Brazer 

177 

Davis,  Jonathan 

79 

Davis,  Jonathan  Amory 

86 

Davis,  Joshua 

71 

Davis,  Joshua  William 

557* 

Davis,  Margaret  Homer 
Davis,  Mary  Waldo 
Davis,  Thomas 
Davis,  William  Nye 
Davol,  Stephen  Bradford 
Dawes,  Henry 


148* 

9* 

39 

167,  640 

913* 

727 


Day,  Frank  Ashley  3*,  18,  53*,  444* 

Day,  John  William  683 

Day,  R,  L.,  and  Company   77,  266,  286, 
505.  631,  912,  966 
Dean,  John  409 

Deane,  Charles  313 

Deane,  Helen  Waterston  313 

Dearborn,  Henry  Alexander  Scammell  105 
Dearborn,  Rebecca  W.  758 

Degen,  Henry  Dutton,  Executor  342 

Degrand,  Peter  P.  F.       66,  396, 556,  750 
Dehon,  William  557 

Deland,  Lorin  Fuller  162* 

Delano,  Annah  167 

Delano,  Charles  M.  1045 

Demmon,  Reuben  Edson,  Trustee      878* 
Dennie,  George  611 

Denny,  Arthur  Briggs  721* 

Denny,  Clarence  Holbrook  433* 

Denny,  Daniel  433 

Denny,  Henry  Gardner  433 

DeNormandie,  Alice  922* 

Denton,  Eben  126 

Derby,  Elias  Hasket  938 

Derby,  Eloise  Lloyd  938 

Derby,  Hasket  643* 

Derby,  Lucy  938 

Derby,  Richard  C  89 

Devens,  Arthur  Lithgow  1046 

Devens,  Arthur  Lithgow  302 

Devens,  Charles  302 

Devens,  Samuel  705 

Devlin,  Mary  Eliza  561* 

Dewey,  Kate  Lillian  745 

Dewson,  Francis  Alexander,  Trustee  363 
Dexter,  Andrew,  Jr.  65 

Dexter,  Franklin  558* 

Dexter,  Franklin  Gordon  809* 

Trustee  808 

Dexter,  Frederick  907 

Dexter,  George  629 

Dexter,  George  259* 

Dexter,  George  Minot  18,  247,  259 

Dexter,  Philip,  Trustee    130*,  291,  930*, 

949* 


i86 


THE   BOSTON   ATHENAEUM 


Dexter,  Samuel  ai* 
Dexter,  Sarah  Vincent  371 
Dexter,  Thomas  Amory  17 
Dexter,  William  Sohier  48* 
Trustee    130*,  291,  317*,  930*, 

949 

Dickinson,  John  955 

Dickinson,  Marquis  Fayette,  Jr.  42 

Dillaway,  Charles  Knapp  230 

Ditson,  Charles  Healy,  Trustee  878* 

Ditson,  Oliver  878 

Dixon,  Benjamin  Homer  437 

Dixon,  Thomas  437 

Dixwell,  Arthur  505 

Dixwell,  Charles  Sargent  335* 
Dixwell,  Elizabeth  Boardman  Inger- 

soU  Bowditch  334 

Dixwell,  Epes  Sargent  222 

Dixwell,  George  Basil  .  335 

Dixwell,  John  22Z 

Dixwell,  John  James  334 

Dodge,  Helen  Augusta  554 

Dodge,  John  Calvin  545* 

Dodge,  Joshua  Cleves  444 

Dodge,  Pickering  79 

Dodge,  Wilson  Jonas  403 

Dole,  Charles  Fletcher  331* 

Domett,  Henry  William  633 

Donnelly,  Charles  Francis  484* 

Dorr,  Charles  Hazen  179 

Dorr,  George  Bucknam  179* 

Dorr,  John  202 

Dorr,  Josephine  Swift  824 

Dorr,  Samuel  179 

Dorr,  Theodore  Haskell  202 

Dorr,  Thomas  E.  979 

Dove,  George  William  Webster  1043 

Dow,  John  R.,  and  Company  559 

Dowley,  Levi  A.  560 

Downer,  Samuel  198 

Downs,  Annie  Sawyer  72 
Dowse,  William  Bradford  Homer       544* 

Draper,  Ada  Augusta  561 

Draper,  Daniel  561 

Draper,  John  Wait  551 

Dresel,  Ellis  Loring  893* 

Dresser,  Jacob  Albert  566 

Drew,  Charles  Henry  55 

Drury,  Otis  18 

Du  Bois,  Loren  Griswold  811* 

Duff,  William  Frederick  24 


Dugan,  Walter  Hovey 
Dumaresq,  Herbert,  Trustee 
Dunbar,  Charles  Franklin 
Dunbar,  William  Harrison 
Duncan,  Laura 
Dunn,  James  Cutler 
Dunn,  Sarah  S. 
Dupee,  Henry  Dorr 
Dupee,  James  Alexander 
Dupee,  Jeannie  Ursula 
Dupee,  Mary  Isabella 
Dupee,  William  Richardson 
Dupee,  Beck  and  Sayles       1 
Durant,  Henry  Fowle 
Dustan,  Katharine  Frances 
Dwight,  Edmund 
Dwight,  Edmund 
Dwight,  Thomas 
Dwight,  William 


400* 
499 
381,731 
731* 
520* 
626 

577 
1045 
1012,  1045 
749,  1005 
1045* 
1005 
46,  415.  55» 
73* 
677* 
248 

573 

569 

1038 


Earle,  John,  Jr.,  and  Company  442 

Eastbum,  John  Henry  729 

Eaton,  David  S.  25 

Eaton,  Elizabeth  403 

Eaton,  Georgiana  Goddard  62* 

Eaton,  Warren  Everett  480* 

Eaton,  William  Storer  62 
Eayrs  and  Fairbanks                    465,  562 

Eddy,  Caleb  371 

Eddy,  Robert  Henry  230 

Edgerly,  James  Wheeler  354 

Edgerly,  Sophronia,  Trustee  354* 
Edmands,  Amos  Lawrence,  Trustee  616* 
Edmands,  John  Wiley                  282,  806 

Edwards  and  Stoddard  441 

Ela,  Alfred  239 

Ela,  Richard  239 

Eldredge,  Edward  Henry  421 

Eldredge,  Ohver  421 

Eliot,  Charles  William  635* 

Eliot,  Christopher  Rhodes  551* 

Eliot,  Samuel  7 

Eliot,  Samuel  760 
Eliot,  Samuel  Atkins             199,  440,  444 

Eliot,  William  Havard  7 

EUery,  John  S.  144 

EUieott,  Josephine  859* 

Elliot,  Mary  416* 

Ellis,  Arthur  Blake  790 


PROPRIETORS 


187 


Ellis,  Charles  Mayo  505 

Ellis,  David  189 

Ellis,  Gertrude  Stanton  790* 

Ellis,  Helen  Thomas  505 

Ellis,  Jonathan  787 

Ellis,  Rufus  790 

Guardian  316 

Ellis,  Walter  630* 

Ellison,  James  701 

Ely,   Alfred  465 

Ely,  Elizabeth  Brewster  159* 

Ely,  Harriet  Elizabeth  159 

Emerson,  George  Barrell  389,  880* 

Emerson,  Lincoln  Fletcher  389* 

Emerson,  Warren,  Trustee  137 

Emmons,  Arthur  Brewster  92* 

Emmons,  Eleanor  Bacon  732* 

Emmons,  Elizabeth  Wales  812 

Emmons,  Nathaniel  Henry  92 
Emmons,  Nathaniel  Henry,  Trustee   211 

Endicott,  William,  Jr.  490* 
Endicott,     William     Crowninshield, 

Trustee  644 

Endicott,  William  Ellis  896* 
English  High  School,  Master  of  the  1018* 


Estabrook,  Arthur  Frederic 

463 

Eustis,  Edith  Hemenway 

406* 

Eustis,  Mary  Channing 

638* 

Eustis,  William  Tappan 

607 

Evans,  Wilmot  Roby,  Trustee 

761* 

Eveleth,  Margaret  S. 

H3 

Everett,  Edward 

195.  563 

Everett,  Edward 

195* 

Everett,  Helen  Cordis,  Guardian 

195 

Everett,  Otis 

620* 

Everett,  William 

563* 

F 

Fabyan,  George  Francis 

754* 

Fairbanks,  Stephen 

443 

Fairchild,  Charles 

903 

Fales,  Samuel 

272* 

Fall,  George  Howard 

126* 

Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank  of  Boston    i 
Farley,  George  Frederick  637,  849 

Farley,  Mary  Eliot  887* 

Farley,  Robert  71 

Farlow,  Charles  Frederic  966 

Farmer,  Edward  228*,  773,  ioi6 

Famsworth,  Alice  704* 


Famsworth,  Amos 

230 

Farnsworth,  Ezra 

704 

Famsworth,  Isaac  Danforth 

757 

Famsworth,  William,  Executor 

684 

Farrar,  Timothy 

665 

Farrington,  Charles  Frederick 

221 

Farrington,  Eben 

221 

Farwell,  Abel  Goodrich 

706 

Farwell,  John  Whittemore 

871* 

Faucon,  Edward  Horatio 

288 

Faxon,  Charles  Edward 

34* 

Faxon,  Edwin 

34 

Faxon,  Francis  Edwin 

444 

Faxon,  George  Nathaniel 

405,  364 

Faxon,  Mary  Josephine 

205 

Faxon,  Nathaniel 

244 

Fay,  Elizabeth  Francis 

15 

Fay,  Harrison 

565 

Fay,  James  Hartison 

565 

Fay,  Joseph  Story 

722 

Fay,  Joseph  Story,  Jr. 

722* 

Fay,  Richard  Sullivan 

445 

Fay,  Richard  Sullivan,  Tmstee 

445 

Fay,  Sarah  Bryant 

35'* 

Fay,  Sarah  Smith 

351 

Fay,  WiUiam  C. 

566 

Fay,  William  Pickman,  Trustee 

445 

Fay  and  Farwell s 

567 

Fearing,  Albert 

568,  781 

Felix,  Louis  Antoine 

84* 

Felt,  Joseph  Barlow 

44 

Felton,  Cornelius  Conway 

136 

Felton,  Louisa  Conway 

940* 

Fenno,  John  Arthur 

430* 

Ferris,  Lynde  C. 

199 

Fessenden,  Charles  Bucknam 

569 

Fessenden,  John  Bumstead 

728 

Fessenden,  Russell  Green 

538* 

Field,  Benjamin  Faxon 

S8i 

Field,  Charles  L. 

'54 

Field,  Walbridge  Abner,  Tmstee 

471 

Fields,  James  Thomas 

210 

Fifield,  William  Cranch  Bond 

162 

First  Church  in  Boston 

856* 

Firth,  Abraham 

87,  55° 

Trustee 

373 

Fisher,  Francis 

349 

Fisher,  Francis  Kittredge 

75' 

Fisher,  James  Tucker 

705 

Fisk,  Abijah 

178 

Fisk,  James  Chaplin,  Tmstee 

407 

THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


Fiske,  Andrew 

564* 

Fiske,  Charles  Henry 

439 

Fiske,  Charles  Henry,  Jr. 

439* 

Fiske,  Esther  Lathrop 

304 

Fitz,  Eustace  Carey 

959 

Fitz,  Emma  Jenny 

959* 

Fitz,  Henrietta  Goddard 

505* 

Fitz,  Reginald  Heber 

457* 

Fitz,  Walter  Scott 

505 

Flagg,  Augustus 

889 

Flagg,  Josiah  Foster 

214 

Fletcher,  Alice 

358* 

Fletcher,  Elizabeth  Chandler 

358 

Fletcher,  Richard 

221,  570 

FoUen,  Charles 

997 

Folsom,  Charles 

928 

Folsom,  Charles  FoIIen 

286 

Folsom,  Ellen  Minot 

289,  613 

Foote,  Erastus,  Trustee 

576 

Foote,  Henry  Wilder 

298 

Foote,  Henry  Wilder 

298* 

Forbes,  John  Murray 

360,  483 

Forbes,  Robert  Bennet 

92 

Forbes,  Robert  Bennet,  Jr. 

648 

Ford,  Daniel  Sharp 

256* 

Fosdick,  William  B. 

571 

Foster,  Dwight 

540* 

Foster,  Francis  Appleton 

254* 

Foster,  Francis  Apthorp 

566* 

Foster,  George 

812 

Foster,  Harriette  Story 

639* 

Foster,  James  H. 

136 

Foster,  John 

228 

Foster,  John 

1047 

Foster,  John  Harrod 

452 

Foster,  Thomas 

228 

Fowle,  Seth  Wyman 

850 

Fowler,  Moses  Field 

892 

Fowler,  Samuel  Jones 

705 

Fowler,  William  Plumer 

792 

Fox,  Gustavus  Vasa 

303 

Francis,  Ebenezer 

»5 

Francis,  Fanny  L. 

176 

Francis,  James  Bicheno 

310 

Francis,  Nathaniel 

539 

Frazar,  Kate 

351 

Freeman,  Harriet  Elizabeth 

598* 

Freeman,  James 

59 

Freeman,  James,  Jr. 

127 

Freeman,  James  Goldthwaite 

435* 

Freeman,  William  Frederic 

598 

French,  Jonas  Harrod  746 

French,  Jonathan        315,  370,  572,  1044 
Friedman,  Lee  Max  649* 

Frost,  Henry  Walker  818 

Frothingham,  Amos  L.  484 

Frothingham,  Caroline  Elizabeth        891 
Frothingham,  Ellen  26,  619 

Frothingham,  Nathaniel  Langdon       573 
Frothingham,  Octavius  Brooks  891 

Frothingham,  Paul  Revere 
Frothingham,  Richard,  Jr. 
Frothingham,  Samuel 
Frothingham,  Samuel,  Jr. 
Frothingham,  Thomas  Bumstead 
Frothingham,     Thomas     Goddard, 

Administrator 
Fuller,  Henry  Weld 
Fuller,  Horace  Williams 
Fuller,  Robert  Oliver 
Furber,  Daniel  Little 


619* 

553 
338 
338 
573 


553 
94a 

581 
404* 

867 


Gaffield,  Maria  Wade  603* 

Gaffield,  Thomas  603 

Gage,  Addison  574 

Gardiner,  Caroline  Louisa  575 

Gardiner,  Charles  Perkins  498* 

Trustee  252* 

Gardiner,  Edward  Gardiner  991* 
Gardiner,  Robert  Hallowell  96 
Gardiner,  Robert  Hallowell  96* 
Trustee  170*,  i86*,  324*,  526* 

949* 
Gardiner,  William  Howard  38,  575,  991, 

995 
516* 

355 
366* 
644 
125* 

339 
576 

355 

124 

576 
446 

390 

559 


Gardner,  Augustus  Peabody 
Gardner,  George 
Gardner,  George  Augustus 

Trustee 

Gardner,  George  Peabody 

Trustee 

Gardner,  Helen  Clarissa 
Gardner,  Helen  Maria 
Gardner,  Henry 
Gardner,  Henry  Joseph 
Gardner,  John 
Gardner,  John  D. 
Gardner,  John  D.,  and  Company 
Gardner,  John  Lowell        365,  366,  367, 
577,  886 


PROPRIETORS 


189 


Gardner,  John  Lowell,  Jr. 

339 

Gardner,  Joseph  Peabody 

365 

Gardner,  Joseph  Peabody 

36s 

Gardner,  Mary  Sewall 

71 

Gardner,  Samuel  Jackson 

103 

Gardner,  Samuel  Pickering 

148 

Gardner,  William  Amory 

365* 

Gardner,  William  Sewall 

71 

Gassett,  Oscar 

906 

Gates,  Artemas  Wiswall 

705 

Gates,  Gardiner  Paine 

804 

Trustee 

211 

Gates,  Jacob 

105 

Gates-Fairbanks,  Arthur  Wiswall 

705 

Gavet,  William  Fobes 

244 

Gay,  Benjamin  Gilbert 

806 

Gay,  Charles  Merrick 

172 

Gay,  E.  H.,  and  Company 

782 

Gay,  Eleanor  A. 

51 

Gay,  Martin 

51 

George,  Elijah 

571* 

Gerry,  Elbridge 

197 

Gibbs,  WiUiam 

247 

Gilbert,  Joseph  Thomas 

291* 

Gilchrist,  Daniel  Swan 

372 

Gilchrist,  Edward 

431 

Gilchrist,  James 

554 

Giles,  Alfred  EUingwood 

652 

Gilmore,  Addison 

326 

Ginn  and  Company 

12* 

Glasier,  Alfred  Adolphus 

726* 

Glidden,  John  Murray 

861 

Glidden  and  Williams 

861 

Glover,  Joseph  Beale  615,  900 

Goar,  Arthur  34 

Goddard,  Delano  Alexander  504 

Goddard,  George  Augustus  961* 

Trustee  64* 

Goddard,  Nathaniel  51,  883 

Goddard,  Thomas  817 

Goddard,  Thomas  Austin  8i6 
Goodall,  Elizabeth  Salisbury  Nelson  475 

Goodnow,  John  254 

Goodrich,  Samuel  Griswold  178 

Goodridge,  James  L.  415 

Goodwin,  Ellen  Adelaide  459* 
Goodwin,  Hersey  Bradford,  Trustee  447 

Goodwin,  Mary  Evert  180 

Goodwin,  Ozias  297*>  578 

Trustee  183 

Goodwin,  Richard  Chapman  578* 


Gordon,  Charles  943 

Gordon,  George  William  599 

Gordon,  Katherine  Parker  599* 

Gore,  John  34 

Gore,  John  Christopher  34 

Gorham,  John  azo 

Gorham,  Mary  Thomas  391 

Gould,  Benjamin  Apthorp  761 

Gould,  Benjamin  Apthorp  761 

Gould,  John  Melville  932 

Gould,  Lucretia  Dana  761 

Gowing,  Clara  Elizabeth  444 

Gowing,  Henry  Augustus  444 

Gragg,  Washington  Parker  130 

Grant,  Moses  579 

Grant,  Moses  Pierce  579 

Graves,  John  Long  570* 

Gray,  Elisabeth  Story  139 

Gray,  Elizabeth  Phillips  183* 

Gray,  Francis  Abraham,  Jr.  1027 

Gray,  Francis  Calley  152,  413 

Gray,  Francis  Calley  1042 

Gray,  Francis  Henry  104a 

Gray,  Harriet  49* 

Gray,  Hedwiga  Regina  1042 

Gray,  Helen  W.  1027 

Gray,  Horace  151,  447 

Gray,  Horace  287 

Gray,  John  Chipman  153,  287,  288,  289, 
580,  950,  974,  975,  976,  977, 1002, 1003, 
1004,  1005,  1006 
Gray,  John  Chipman  814* 

Trustee       287*,  339,  762,  763, 

764 
Gray,  Joseph  Henry  6o8* 

Gray,  Morris  I042'l' 

Gray,  Russell  1002* 

Trustee  287* 

Gray,  Samuel  Calley  190 

Gray,  Thomas  581 

Gray,  William      59,  152,  370,  413,  1040, 

1041,  1042,  1043,  1044 

Executor      1040,  1041,  1042,  1043, 

1044 
Gray,  William,  Jr.  152 

Gray,  William  Rufus  59 

Greeley,  William  Henry  I033>  1034 

Green,  Charles  Montraville  103* 

Green,  Edward  Henry  976 

Green,  James  Diman  216,  277,  643 

Green,  John  Ome  158* 


1 90 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Greene,  Belle 
Greene,  Benjamin  Daniel 
Greene,  Francis  Bunker 
Greene,  Gardiner 
Greene,  Henry  Copley 
Greene,  Henry  Upham 
Greene,  John  Singleton  Copley 
Greene,  Lydia  E.  E. 
Greene,  Malcolm  D'Wolf 
Greene,  Mary  Abby 
Greene,  Nathaniel 
Greene,  Simon  Eliot 
Greene,  William  Batchelder 
Greenleaf,  Ezekiel  Price 
Greenleaf,  Henry  Francis 
Greenleaf,  James 
Greenleaf,  Mary  Longfellow 
Greenleaf,  Richard  Cranch 
Greenleaf,  Simon 
Greenleaf,  Thomas 

Trustee  409, 

Greenough,  Alfred 

Greenough,  Alfred 

Greenough,  Charles  Pelham 

Greenough,  David  Stoddard 

Greenough,  David  Stoddard 

Greenough,  Louisa  IngersoU 

Greenough,  Minnie  Fenton 

Greenough,  William  Whitwell 

Grew,  Edward  Sturgis 

Grew,  Henry 

Grew,  Jane 

Grew,  Jane  Norton 

GriflBth,  Catharine  Rumford 

Griffith,  William  Rodolph 

Grigg,  William 

Groom,  Thomas 

Grozier,  Alice  Gertrude 

Guardenier,  John  257,  260, : 

Guild,  Benjamin 

Guild,  Chester,  Jr. 

Guild,  Curtis,  Jr. 

Guild,  Edward  Chipman 

Guild,  Eliza 

Guild,  Mary  Thomas 

Gumey,  Ellen 

Gumey,  Ephraim  Whitman 

H 

Hagar,  Eugene  Bigelow 
Hale,  Cyrus  King 


258 

Hale,  Charles 

9*7 

311* 

Hale,  Ellen  Sever 

338 

249* 

Hale,  Enoch,  Jr. 

211 

49 

Hale,  George  SUsbee 

338 

258* 

Trustee 

291 

258 

Hale,  Josiah  Little 

755* 

49,  810 

Hale,  Moses  Little 

755 

797 

Hale,  Richard  Walden 

338* 

198 

Hale,  William  Pillsbury 

455* 

810 

Hall,  Andrew  Townshend  395, 

58*, 

853, 

7,371 

894 

»78,  233 

Hall,  Edward  Reynolds 

791* 

670* 

Hall,  EUen  Nichols 

1049* 

4" 

Hall,  Ellen  Page 

375* 

463* 

Hall,  Elven  Dean 

745 

378 

Hall,  Franklin 

347 

378 

Hall,  Henry 

344 

,583 

3^9* 

Hall,  James 

17a 

378 

Hall,  John  Richardson 

443 

412 

Hall,  Joseph 

74 

410,411 

Hall,  Lewis 

347 

212 

Hall,  Lydia  Yo»mg 

582 

,894 

212 

Hall,  Mary  Elizabeth 

778 

549* 

Hall,  Prescott  Famsworth 

778* 

339.  944 

Hall,  Samuel,  Jr. 

778 

424 

Hall,  Thomas  Bartlett 

97 

448* 

Hallet,  George 

i6c 

,449 

424 

Hallet,  Henry  S. 

584 

549 

Hallowell,  Charlotte  Bartlett 

672* 

69s* 

Hallowell,  Emily 

672* 

145,  695 

Hallowell,  Norwood  Penrose 

867* 

784 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Richard  Price 

783* 

(Anna  Davis  Hallowell) 

979* 

515* 

Hamilton,  Matthew  B. 

87 

584 

Hamlen,  Nathaniel  Perez,  Trustee 

10* 

244 

Hamlin,  Charles  Sumner 

326* 

367* 

Hamm,  Charles  Henry 

289 

993* 

Hammatt,  Edward  Augustus  White 

845 

263,  438 

Hammond,  Daniel 

»35 

163 

Hammond,  Elizabeth  Bowditch 

'5*. 

1040 

152 

Hammond,  Ellen 

135 

8oi* 

Hammond,  Esther  Lathrop 

304* 

,63 

Hammond,  George 

»35 

163 

Hammond,  John  Wilkes 

381* 

391 

Hancock,  George 

131 

267 

Hancock,  John 

»3 

731 

Hancock,  John,  Jr. 

131 

Harding,  Hamhn  Rand 

79^, 

1020 

Harding,  Harriet  Mighill 

702* 

840* 

Hardy,  Alpheus  Holmes 

1047* 

755 

Trustee             762*,  763*,  764* 

PROPRIETORS 


191 


Hardy,  John  Henry  135,  508*,  861 

Hardy,  Susan  Warner  14,  336 
Harlow,  Edwin  Augustus  Warren        676 

Harlow,  Jonathan  Edwards  693* 

Harlow,  Robert  Henry  676 

Harris,  George  James  543 

Harris,  Samuel  Devens  48 

Hart,  Francis  Russell  386* 

Hart,  William  Tennant  385,  641 

Hartley,  Jennie  B.  87 

Hartshorn,  John  587 

Harvey,  Peter  585 

Haskins,  George  Foxcroft  637 

Hastings,  Daniel  87 

Hastings,  Edmund  Trowbridge  396 

Hastings,  George  Russell  986 

Hastings,  Samuel  986 

Hastings,  Theodore  270 

Hastings,  Walter  648 

Hatch,  Samuel  952 

Hathaway,  Elisha  516 

Hathaway,  Sarah  W.  516 

Haughton,  James  983 
Hauteville,  Frederick  Sears  Grand  d'  908* 

Haven,  Edward  Belknap  132,  569 

Haven,  Franklin  132,  586 

Haven,  Franklin,  Jr.  586* 

Hawes,  Prince  448 

Hawes  and  Henshaw  199 

Hawkes,  Gilbert  974* 

Hay,  Miriam  Parsons  240* 

Hayden,  David  Hyslop  588 

Hayden,  Edward  Daniel  125 

Hayden,  William  587 

Hayden,  William  Augustus  588 

Hayes,  Francis  Brown  67,  72 

Hayes,  Hercules  M.  178 

Hayes,  William  Allen  313* 

Hays,  Judah  46 

Hayward,  George  218,  589 

Hayward,  George,  Jr.  67,  589 

Hayward,  George  Partridge  618 

Hayward,  Harriet  Stillman  626 

Hayward,  James  228,  849 

Hayward,  Joshua  Henshaw  215,  780 

Hayward,  Mary  Ann  218 

Hayward,  Pelham  Warren  618 

Hayward,  Tilly  Brown  849 
Hazeltine,  Charles  Benjamin  Read      364* 

Head,  Charles  no*,  618 

Head,  Joseph  12 


Healey,  Mark  77 

Heard,  Albert  Farley  453 
Heard,  Augustine                  453,  590,  893 

Heard,  George  Washington  453 

Heard,  John,  Jr.  80 

Heard,  John  Theodore  318 

Heard,  John  Trull  318 

Heard,  Rosalie  Isabella  318* 

Heath,  Charles  468 

Heath,  Daniel  Collamore  1021* 

Hemenway,  Alfred  40* 

Hemenway,  Augustus  9^5* 

Hemenway,  Mary  406 

Hench,  John  Benjamin  980 

Henshaw,  David  200 

Henshaw,  Elisabeth  Lyman  647* 
Henshaw,  Francis,  and  Company  176, 541 

Henshaw,  John  Andrew  977 

Henshaw,  Mabel  Warren  977* 

Henshaw,  Samuel  56 

Herrick,  Alice  Taft  289* 

Hersey,  Heloise  Edwina  77* 
Hesseltine,  Francis  Snow              239,  268* 

Hickling,  Charles  875 

Hicks,  James  Henry  59,  450 

Hicks,  Mary  Dana  646* 

Higginson,  Agnes  Gordon  196 

Higginson,  Annie  Storrow  196* 

Higginson,  Francis  John  28 
Higginson,  Francis  Lee                371,  933* 

Higginson,  George  in 

Higginson,  George  288 

Higginson,  Henry  82 

Higginson,  Henry  Frederick  iii 

Higginson,  Henry  Lee  661* 

Trustee  288 

Higginson,  Ida  Agassiz  601* 

Higginson,  James  Perkins  in 

Higginson,  John  Augustus  in* 

Higginson,  Stephen  82 

Higginson,  Stephen  28,  29 

Higginson,  Stephen  196 

Higginson,  Thomas  Wentworth  813 

Higginson,  Waldo  156 
High  School,  Master  of  the  English  1018* 

Hildreth,  Richard  51 

Hill,  Adams  Sherman  1015* 

Hill,  Alison  Bixby  857* 

Hill,  Arthur  Dehon  725* 

Hill,  Clement  Hugh  654 

HiU,  Edith  White  9S4 


192 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Hill,  Ethel  Maria  929 
Hill,  George  H.  B.  201 
Hill,  Hamilton  654 
Hill,  James  Edward  Radford  234 
Hill,  Thomas,  Jr.  77 
HUl,  WUliam  Hem7  984 
Hillard,  George  Stillman  42,  225 
Hilton,  Gustavus  Arthur  640 
Hilton,  William  134 
Hinckley,  William  Howard  2ZO 
Hoague,  Theodore  407* 
Hoar,  David  Blakely  879* 
Hoar,  Ebenezer  Rockwood  66 
Hoar,  John  Emory  879 
Hobart,  Aaron  340 
Hockley,  Amelia  Daniell  407 
Hodges,  George  Clarendon  301* 
Hodges,  Mary  Osgood  218 
Hodges,  Nathaniel  Dana  Carlile  218 
Hodges,  Richard  Manning  228 
Hoffendahl,  Katharine  Gordon  220* 
Holbrook,  Mary  E.  512 
Holbrook,  Carter  and  Company  490 
Holland,  Frederic  May  293 
Holland,  Frederic  West  293 
Holland,  Henry  Ware  648 
Hollingsworth,  Polly  Robbins  445 
Hollingsworth,  Rose  445* 
Holmes,  David  W.  196 
Holmes,  Edward  Jackson  505 
Holmes,  Henrietta  Goddard  505 
Holmes,  Mary  Elizabeth  i 
Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell  262 
Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell,  Jr.  262* 
Holzapfel,  Edward  415 
Homans,  Charles  Dudley,  Trustee  127 
Homans,  George  Henry,  Trustee  127 
Homans,  Helen  Amory  345* 
Homans,  John  127 
Homans,  John,  Trustee  127 
Homans,  Katharine  Amory  127* 
Homer,  Charles  384 
Homer,  Joseph  Warren  137 
Homer,  Joseph  Warren,  Trustee  137* 
Homer,  Margaret  148 
Homer,  Peter  Thacher  148,  591 
Homer,  Sidney  137 
Homer,  Thomas  Johnston,  Trus- 
tee 137 
Homer,  William,  Trustee  137 
Hooker,  Anson,  Jr.  226 


Hooper,  Adeline  Denny,  Trustee        317* 

Hooper,  Alice  Sturgis  138 

Hooper,  Edward  William  978 

Hooper,  Ellen  Sturgis  267* 

Hooper,  Eunice  794 

Hooper,  Francis  Aid  worth  417 

Hooper,  John  138 

Hooper,  Mary  Ingalls  794 

Hooper,  Nathaniel  289 

Hooper,  Robert  266 

Hooper,  Robert,  Jr.  167 

Hooper,  Robert  Chamblet  317 
Hooper,  Robert  Chamblet,  Trustee     317 

Hooper,  Robert  William  267 

Hooper,  Samuel  138 

Hooper,  Samuel  Hooper  794* 

Hooper,  William  Sturgis  987 

Hopkins,  Helen  Elizabeth  574* 

Homblower,  Henry  180* 

Horton,  Augusta  Kimball  154* 

Horton,  Charles  Paine  637* 

Horton,  Henry  Kenney  469 

Horton,  William  Henshaw,  Jr.  816 
Hosmer,  Zelotes                             145,  722 

Hough,  Benjamin  K.  80 

Hough,  Elizabeth  80 

Houghton,  Clement  Stevens  703* 

Houghton,  Elizabeth  Goodridge  966* 

Houghton,  Sarah  Jane  703 

Houghton,  William  Stevens  703 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company         283* 
House    of    the    Angel    Guardian, 

Trustees  of  the  637 

Hovey,  Charles  Fox  329 
Hovey,  George  Orrin                   405,  743 

Hovey,  Henry  Stone  342 

Hovey,  Joseph  Cotton  982 

Hovey,  William  Alfred  601 
Howard,  Arthur  Lincoln,  Trustee       S>°5* 

Howard,  John  Clarke  114 

Howard,  John  Clarke  1 14* 

Howe,  Alice  Greenwood  592* 

Howe,  Archibald  Murray  177* 

Howe,  Elmer  Parker  251* 

Howe,  Estes  532 
Howe,  George                               257,  592 

Howe,  George  Dudley  592 

Howe,  Jabez  C.  379 

Howe,  James  Murray  455 

Howe,  Joseph  N.,  Jr.  380 

Howe,  Percival  Spurr  658 


PROPRIETORS 


193 


Howe,  Samuel  Gridley 
Howes,  Elizabeth 
Howes,  Frederick 

Executor 

Howes,  William  Burley 
Hubbard,  Aaron  Dean,  Trustee 
Hubbard,  Caroline  Tracy 
Hubbard,  Charles  Townsend 
Hubbard,  Charles  Wells 
Hubbard,  Charlotte  Caldwell 
Hubbard,  Francis  Stanton 
Hubbard,  James  Mascarene 
Hubbard,  John 
Hubbard,  Samuel 
Hubbard,  William  Joseph 
Hudson,  John  Elbridge 
Hudson,  Sumner 
Hughes,  George 
Humphrey,  Francis  Josiah 
Hunnewell,  Henry  Sargent 
Hunnewell,  HoUis 
Hunnewell,  Horatio  HoUis 
Hunnewell,  James  Frothingham 
Hunnewell,  Jane  Hubbard 
Hunnewell,  Jane  Peele 
Hunnewell,  Walter 
Hunt,  Frank  William 
Hunt,  Sarah  Henshaw 
Hunt,  William  Prescott 
Huntington,  Anna  Williams 
Huntington,  Charles  Phelps 
Huntington,  Margaret 
Huntington,  William  Edwards 
Hurd,  Francis  Parkman 
Hurd,  Francis  William 
Hurd,  Joseph 
Hurd,  Joseph 
Hurd,  William 
Hutchings,  William  Vincent 
Hutchins,  Constantine  Foundoulaki      55 
Hutchins,  Edward  Webster,  Trustee  762* 
763,*  764* 
Hyde,  Henry  Dwight  225* 


197 

533 
122 

533 
533 
291 

397 

536 

536* 

182 

182* 

238* 

143 
238 
82* 
266 

353 

702 

940 

899* 

897 

481,  594 
145* 
898* 
694 
694* 

463,  943 

415 

143 

1037 

296* 

1037* 

539* 
560 
106* 
106 
106,  167* 
106,  155 
107 


lasigi,  Eulalie 
lasigi,  Joseph 
lies,  Henry  H. 
Inches,  Charles 


813 
813 
213 
236 


Inches,  Charles  Edward  720,  789 

Inches,  Charlotte  Louise  239 

Inches,  Elizabeth  Brimmer  1049 

Inches,  George  Brimmer  75** 

Trustee  157* 

Inches,  Henderson  157 

Inches,  Henderson  157 

Inches,  Herman  Brimmer  789 

Inches,  John  Chester  157 

Inches,  Martin  Brimmer  157,  752 

Trustee  239 

Ingalls,  William  57,  207 

IngersoU,  James  316,  595 

Isburgh,  Charles  Henry  31 


Jackson,  Alice  1 

Jackson,  Charles  147,  596 

Jackson,  Charles,  Jr.  597 

Jackson,  Charles  Cabot  846* 

Jackson,  Edward  548* 

Trustee  22 

Jackson,  Frances  Elizabeth  846 

Jackson,  George  West  819 

Jackson,  Henry  icwi* 

Jackson,  James  192 

Jackson,  John  Barnard  Swett  1001 

Jackson,  Lydia,  Trustee  149,  452 

Jackson,  Marian  Cabot  597 

Jackson,  Patrick  Tracy  149,  452 

Jackson,  Rebecca  Nelson  275* 

Jackson,  Susan  Cabot  597 

Jackson,  William  Henry  i* 

Jackson  and  Curtis  232,  846 

James,  Ellerton  76* 

James,  George  Abbot  437* 

James,  John  Warren  538 
James,  Julia  Bradford  Huntington      538 

James,  Olivia  Buckminster  1028* 

Jaques,  Francis,  Trustee  631 

Jeffries,  Anna  Lloyd  128 

Jeffries,  John,  Jr.  128 

Jeffries,  William  Augustus  128* 

Jenks,  Henry  Fitch  780* 

Jenks,  John  Henry  178,  780 

Jennison,  Katharine  A.  622* 

Jennison,  Samuel  6z2 

Jewell,  Harvey  471 

Johnson,  Arthur  Stoddard  753* 


13 


194 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


Johnson,  Charles  Berkley 

171 

Kilbum,  Henry  Whitman 

102* 

Johnson,  Charlotte  Abigail 

593 

Kilburn,  John 

lOX 

Johnson,  Enoch  Stafford 

556,  581 

Kilham,  Austin  Daniel 

983 

Johnson,  Henry  Augustinus 

8s* 

Kilham,  Susan  Chadwick 

983* 

Johnson,  James 

403 

Kimball,  Caroline  Samson 

385* 

Johnson,  Josephine  Forbush 

140* 

Kimball,  Daniel 

372 

Johnson,  Laurence  Henry  Hitch  85,  431 

Kimball,  David  Pulsifer 

844* 

Johnson,  Samuel 

593 

Kimball,  Eliphalet 

453 

Johnson,  Samuel 

753 

Kimball,  Helen  Frances 

204* 

Trustee 

475 

Kimball,  Lemuel  Cushing 

844 

Jones,  Anna  P. 

9.598 

Kimball,  Lucy 

844 

Guardian 

598 

Kimball,  Marcus  Morton,  Trustee      853* 

Jones,  Arthur  Earl 

12 

Kimball,  Moses 

204 

Jones,  Augustine 

541 

Kimball,  Susan  Tillinghast 

853 

Jones,  Carohne  M. 

36* 

Kimball,  William  Augustus 

981 

Jones,  Charles  Willis 

333* 

Kimball,  Jewett  and  Company 

453 

Jones,  Clarence  William 

560 

King,  Charles  Alfred 

381 

Jones,  Francis  Richard 

320* 

King,  George  Parsons 

776 

Jones,  George  B. 

413.  599 

King,  James  Wilson 

303 

Jones,  Helen  Talcott 

170 

King,  Samuel  Bass 

640,  720 

Jones,  John  Coffin, 

9.598 

Kingman,  Abner 

862 

Jones,  Joseph  Cutler 

598 

Kirkland,  John  Thornton 

127 

Jones,  Stephen,  Jr, 

99 

Knapp,  Philip  Coombs 

219* 

Jones,  Thomas  K. 

55 

Knowles,  Henry  Miles 

S7* 

Jones,  William  Frederick 

757,  1004* 

Knowles,  Seth 

75 

Jordan,  Eben  Dyer 

13 

Kuhn,  George  Horatio         368, 

600,  841 

Jordan,  Eben  Dyer,  Trustee 

»3 

Kuhn,  Grace  Morris 

988* 

Joy,  Benjamin 

91 

Kuhn,  William  Putnam 

420,  841 

Joy,  Marie  Louise 

440* 

L 

Lamb,  Henry  Whitney 

K 

992* 

Keep,  Nathan  Cooley 

399 

Lamb,  Horatio  Appleton 

101* 

Kehew,  William  Browne,  Trustee       853* 

Lamb,  James 

lOI 

Kellen,  William  Vail 

386 

Lamb,  Robert 

lOI 

Keller,  Emma  Caroline  Foster 

412 

Lamb,  Thomas 

lOI 

Kelly,  Edward  Albert 

2* 

Lamb,  Thomas 

lOI 

KendaU,  Abel 

386 

Lamson,  Alvan 

189 

Kendall,  Ann  M. 

386 

Lamson,  Artemas  Ward 

18^ 

Kendall,  Benjamin  Frank 

819 

Lamson,  Daniel  Sanderson 

393 

KendaU,  Hugh  R. 

35^819 

Lamson,  Edwin 

321 

Kennard,  Charlotte  Avery 

308* 

Lamson,  John 

393 

Kennedy,  George  Golding 

569* 

Lane,  Benjamin  Clarke 

1017* 

Kennedy,  Harriet  White 

453* 

Lane,  Emma  A. 

1020 

Kennedy,  William  Sloane 

87* 

Lane,  John  Chapin 

1038 

Kent,  Moody 

12 

Lane,  Jonathan  Abbott 

1027 

Kettell,  George  Parker 

437 

Lane,  Lucius  Page 

io»7 

Kidder,  Elizabeth  Huidekoper 

750* 

Lang,  Thomas 

5 

Kidder,  Henry  Purkitt 

750 

Langley,  Mary  Sumner 

1014* 

Kidder,  Jerome  George 

516 

Langley,  Samuel,  Jr. 

1014 

Kidder,  Nathaniel  Thayer 

970* 

Langton,  Gardner  S. 

403 

PROPRIETORS 


195 


Larkin,  Ebeaezer  115 

Latin  School,  Master  of  the  1017* 

Lawrence,  Abbott      167,  290,  291,  292, 

601,  602,  603 
Lawrence,  Abbott,  Jr.  292,  639 

Trustee  291 

Lawrence,  Amory  Appleton  927* 

Lawrence,  Amos  169,  293,  294,  606 

Lawrence,  Amos  Adams      26,  186,  606, 

926,  927,  928 
Lawrence,  Arthur  597* 

Lawrence,  Elizabeth  Crocker  986 

Lawrence,  George  608 

Lawrence,  Harriette  Story  639 

Lawrence,  Henry  863 

Lawrence,  Hetty  Sullivan  606 

Lawrence,  James  290,  607 

Lawrence,  James  290* 

Lawrence,  John  749* 

Lawrence,  Samuel  232,  605,  608 

Lawrence,  Susan  Coombs  169 

Lawrence,  Susan  Mason  377 

Lawrence,  Timothy  Bigelow  291 

Lawrence,  William  196,310,311 

Lawrence,  William  928* 

Lawrence,  William  Paige  474 

Lawrence,  William  Richards     169,  293, 
609,  750 
Lea,  James  Henry  378* 

Lee,  Elliot  Cabot  454* 

Lee,  Francis  29,  140 

Lee,  Francis  L.  998 

Lee,  George  Cabot  5 

Lee,  George  Gardner  78 

Lee,  Georgie  172* 

Lee,  Hannah  Famham  45,  662 

Lee,  Henry  29 

Lee,  Henry,  Jr.  454 

Lee,  James,  Jr.  610 

Lee,  Robert  I.  466 

Lee,  Thomas  141,  611 

Lee,  Thomas  141 

Lee,  Thomas  Joseph  236,  705 

Lee,  Higginson  and  Company    54,  197, 

339>  414.  426 

Leeds,  Benjamin  -  283 

Leeds,  Benjamin,  Jr.  283 

Leeds,  Henry  M.  564 

Leeds,  James  814 

Leeds,  Richard  236 

Leeds,  Susan  Huntington  236* 


Leeds,  Timothy  C.  362 

Leighton,  George  Bridge  705* 

Leonard,  Edwin  720 

Leverett,  George  Vasmer  723* 

Lewis,  Calvin  Winfield  18 

Lewis,  Dio  343 

Libbey,  Isaiah  B.  945 

Lienow,  Henry  65 

Lincoln,  Albert  Lamb,  Trustee  371* 

Lincoln,  Arthur  320 

Trustee       315*,  370*,  572*,  1044* 

Lincoln,  Benjamin  448 

Lincoln,  Bradford,  Jr.  55 

Lincoln,  Daniel  Waldo  648 

Lincoln,  Ezra  387 

Lincoln,  Frederic  Walker,  Jr.  682 

Trustee  536 

Lincoln,  Louis  Revere  682 

Lincoln,  Solomon  234,  503* 

Lincoln,  William  929 

Lincoln,  William  Leavitt  674 

Lincoln,  William  S.  674 

Linder,  Mar)  Blanchard  781* 

Lindsay,  John  Wesley  43'* 
Little,  Charles  C,  and  Company       428* 

Little,  Charles  Coffin  878 

Little,  Henry  Clay  850 

Little,  James  Lowell  456 

Little,  John  Mason  657* 

Little,  Mary  Robbins  685* 

Little,  Alden  and  Company  456 

Littlehale,  Sargent  Smith  612 

Littleton,  Selectmen  of    714*,  715,  716, 
717,  718 

Livermore,  Agnes  Atherton  843* 

Livermore,  George  16 

Livermore,  Isaac  347,  874 
Livermore,  Mary  Anne  Catherine      843 

Livermore,  William  Roscoe  16* 

Lloyd,  James  33 

Lloyd,  James  275 

Lockwood,  Henrietta  Niles  824* 

Lodge,  Anna  Cabot  614 
Lodge,  Giles  Henry             105,  613,  951 

Lodge,  Henry  Cabot  614* 

Lodge,  James  855 

Lodge,  John  Ellerton  258 

Lodge,  Mary  Elizabeth  105* 
Lodge,  Mary  Greenwood,  Executrix  855 

Lombard,  Ammi  Cutter  615 

Lombard,  Charles  Parker  628 


196 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Lombard,  Israel  616 

Long,  John  Davis,  Trustee  81 

Long,  Susan  Higginson  3 

Longfellow,  Alexander  Wadsworth  768* 

Trustee  768 

Longfellow,  Charles  Appleton  768 

Longfellow,  Emily  407* 

Trustee  407 

Longfellow,  Ernest  Wadsworth  769* 
Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth,  Guar- 
dian                                          768,  769 
Loomis,  Elihu  Goodman  166* 
Loomis  and  Lane                      637,  1038 
Lord,  Arthur  782* 
Lord,  George  Clement  249 
Lord,  Robert  Waterston,  Adminis- 
trator 1026 
Loring,  Abby  Matilda  123 
Loring,  Abby  Rand  123* 
Loring,  Augustus  Peabody  18* 

Trustee  64*,  616* 

Loring,  Benjamin  253 

Loring,  Caleb  64 

Loring,  Caleb  Gould  508 

Loring,  Caleb  William  521 

Executor  219 

Loring,  Charles  Greely  64 

Administrator  i6i 

Loring,  Charles  Greely  64 

Loring,  Edward  Greely               86,  170, 

870 
Loring,  Elijah  123 
Loring,  Elisha  Thacher  617 
Loring,  Ellen  ^45* 
Loring,  Francis  Caleb       397,  618,  1039 
Loring,  John  Alden  587 
Loring,  John  Osgood  587* 
Loring,  Josiah  252 
Loring,  Katharine  Peabody  521* 
Loring,  Mary  G.  103 
Loring,  Mary  Hopkins,  Trustee  64* 
Loring,  Miriam  Perkins,  Trustee  10* 
Loring,  Susan  Mason  377* 
Loring,  William  Caleb  194 
Loring,  William  Joseph  258 
Lothrop,  Amy  Peabody  303 
Lothrop,  Mary  Buckminster  604* 
Lothrop,  Samuel  Kirkland  604 
Lothrop,  Thornton  Kirkland  631* 
633,  851* 
Trustee  250* 


Lothrop,  Thornton  Kirkland,  Jr.  633* 
Lothrop,  William  Sturgis  Hooper  590* 
Loud,  Charles  Elliot  90* 

Lovering,  Frederic  Alexander  562* 

Lovering,  Joseph  Swain  441* 

Lovett,  Elizabeth  Moorfield  955* 

Lovett,  John  Dyson  955 

Lovett,  Mary  Elizabeth  955 

Lovett,  Robert  Williamson  955 

Low,  Francis  372 

Lowell,  Abbott  Lawrence  1041* 

Trustee  741 

Lowell,  Amy  73S*>  94^ 

Lowell,  Anna  Cabot  2,  3 

Lowell,  Anna  Cabot  Jackson  22,  463 
Lowell,  Augustus  487,  735,  736,  740 
Lowell,  Charles  22 

Lowell,  Charles,  Trustee  741 

Lowell,  Charles  Russell  22,  463 

Lowell,  Edward  Jackson  1009* 

Lowell,  Elizabeth  Rebecca  457,  741 
Lowell,  Francis  Cabot  67 

Lowell,  Francis  Cabot      279,  619,  620, 

621 
Lowell,  Francis  Cabot  28c* 

Lowell,  George  Gardner  280 

Lowell,  Georgiana  loii* 

Lowell,  James  Arnold  65a* 

Lowell,  John  2,  3 

Lowell,  John  67 

Lowell,  John  462,  733* 

Guardian  123 

Lowell,  John  Amory     3,  457,  462,  487, 
622,  623,  624,  625,  733,  734, 

735.  736,  737,  738,  739,  74°, 
741,  742 
Lowell,  Katharine  Bigelow  736 

Lowell,  Percival  740* 

Lowell,  Rebecca  Amory  2 

Lowell,  Sarah  Putnam  624,  742 

Luce,  Edith  248 

Luce,  John  Dandridge  Henley  610* 

Luce,  Matthew,  Trustee  248* 

Lunt,  Edward  Clark  915,  998* 

Lyman,  Arthur  831* 

Trustee  741* 

Lyman,  Arthur  Theodore        ^3,  627*, 

739,  831 
Lyman,  Charles  89,  396 

Lyman,  Elizabeth  Russell,  Trustee  63* 
Lyman,  Ella  739 


PROPRIETORS 


197 


L,7maii,  Florence  89* 

Lyman,  George  Hinckley  302* 
Lyman,  George  Theodore            277,  626 
Lyman,  George  Williams    245,  513,  627, 
635.  830,  831,  832,  833,  834,  835, 
836,  837,  838,  839 

Executor  298 

Lyman,  Herbert  832* 

Lyman,  John  Pickering  725* 

Lyman,  Julia  830* 

Lyman,  Susan  Bulfinch  459 

Lyman,  Theodore  63 

Lyman,  Theodore  63 

Lyman,  Theodore  63 

Lynch,  Charles  Stephen  545 

M 

McClintock,  James  Y.  579 

McClure,  Georgie  172 

Macdonald,  Kenneth  740 

McElwain,  William  Howe  785* 

McGregor,  James  821 

Mackay,  Frances  Mary  447 

Mackay,  John  178 

Mackay,  Robert  Caldwell  401 

Mackay,  Tristram  Barnard  447 
Mackintosh,  Mary                        415,  504 

McLennan,  Francis  322 

Macleod,  William  Alexander  806* 

McQuesten,  Emma  Sawyer  34^* 

Maffitt,  Alice  Taylor  391* 

MafiBtt,  Harry  Strawbridge  241 

Maffitt,  May  Elizabeth  241 

Magnitzky,  Gustave  19* 

Magoun,  Herbert  902* 

Magoun  and  Son  628 

Mahoney,  Timothy  John  701* 

Mann,  William  Harrington  703 

Manning,  Annie  Faulkner  418* 

Manson,  Augustus  Dana  132 
Marsh,  Joseph  Manning,  Guardian      24 

Marshall,  Josiah  88 

Martin,  Abel  Camp  957 

Martin   Enoch  18 

MasoT    Charles  406 

Maso  ,  Ellen  Francis  946* 

Masou,  Fanny  Peabody  475* 

Mason,  George  Means  474 

Mason,  Ida  Means  458* 

Mason,  Jeremiah  406 


Mason,  Jonathan 

92 

Mason,  Katie  Mussey 

56* 

Mason,  Lyman 

56 

Mason,  Robert  Means 

458,  946 

Mason,  Sarah 

643 

Mason,  William  Powell 

629,  749 

Mason,  William  Powell 

475 

Trustee 

644 

Massachusetts  General  Hospital  95 
Master  of  the  English  High  School    1018* 

Master  of  the  Latin  School  1017* 

Matchett,  Sarah  Amanda  431* 

Matchett,  William  Frederic  431,  466 

Matthews,  Albert  509* 

Matthews,  Nathan  505,  509 

Matthews,  Nathan,  Jr.  976* 

Maxwell,  Noble  433 

May,  Edward  32* 

May,  Eleanor  Goddard  4^9* 

May,  John,  Jr.  105 

May,  John  Joseph  396 

May,  Samuel  3a 

May,  Samuel  32 

Maynard,  Edward  Dearborn  159,  403 

Maynard,  Waldo  351 

Mayo,  John  M.  630 

Mead,  Katharine  Rand  163* 

Mead,  Samuel  Orlando  214 

Means,  James  359* 

Means,  William  Gordon  302 

Meer,  John  Bronson  705 

Melville,  Allan  35 

Melvin,  Clara  Maria  9^4* 

Mercantile  Library  Association  496* 
Merchants'  Loan  and  Trust  Company 

of  Chicago,  Trustees  576 

Meredith,  James  Morris  226* 

Trustee  510* 

Meriam,  Levi  Benjamin  866 
Merriam,  Arthur  Ware,  Trustee  631 
Merriam,  Charles  631 
Merriam,  Charles  542 
Trustee             631,  968,  969,  970, 

971.  972.  973 

Merriam,  Teresa  Beatrice  94* 

Merrick,  Pliny  648 

Merrill,  Hannah  Brown  691* 

Merrill,  Joseph  Warren  691 

Merritt,  Elizabeth  Birdscye  960* 

Metcalf,  Theodore  376 

Meyer,  Alice  Appleton  808* 


198 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Miller,  Charles  Edward 

356 

Morrill,  Mary  Glover,  Trustee 

380* 

Miller,  Charles  Henry,  Jr. 

803 

Morse,  Eben  Rollins,  Executor 

166 

Miller,  Samuel  A. 

232 

Morse,  Fanny  Hovey 

405* 

Milliken,  Mabel  Minot 

379* 

Morse,  George  Washington 

1038 

Mills,  Charles  H.  395, 632 

633»  634, 

1046 

Morse,  John  Torrey,  Jr. 

405 

Mills,  Dexter  Townsend 

512 

Executor                    i6( 

),  342 

Mills,  James  Kellogg 

459 

,636 

Morse,  Samuel  Torrey 

29* 

Mills,  Jennie  Porter 

678 

Morss,  Charles  Anthony 

792 

Mills,  Sarah  Harris 

683 

Morss,  John  Wells 

792* 

Milton,  Richard  Sweet 

854* 

Morss,  Joseph  B. 

lOIO 

Milton,  William  Hamett 

854 

Moseley,  Charles  William 

362 

Mink,  Oliver  WUlard 

161* 

Moseley,  Ellen  Frances 

9 

Minns,  Susan 

401* 

Moseley,  Frances  Ann 

9 

Minns,  Thomas 

52,*  191* 

Moseley,  Frederick  Strong 

800* 

Minot,  Charles  Henry 

633 

Moseley,  Jennie  Glover 

900* 

Minot,  Christopher  Weld, 

Trustee 

388* 

Moseley,  William  Oxnard 

443 

Minot,  Francis 

388 

Motley,  Edward 

88 

Minot,  George  Richards 

788 

Motley,  Edward  Preble 

465* 

Minot,  George  Richards,  Trustee 

788 

Motley,  Ellen  Rodman 

88 

Minot,  Honora  Winthrop 

828 

Motley,  Ellen  Rodman 

982* 

Minot,  James  Jackson,  Trustee 

788* 

Motley,  Thomas 

88 

Minot,  Laurence,  Executoi 

5^5 

Motley,  Thomas,  Jr. 

1033 

Trustee        171,  248*,  300*, 

;^s*, 

Motte,  Ellis  Loring 

916 

526*, 

662*, 

707 

,963* 

Mountford,  William 

562 

Minot,  William 

388 

Mudge,  Enoch  Redington 

440 

Minot,  Wilham 

1 041 

Mudge,  Frank  Nichols 

H3 

Trustee 

102, 

530 

788 

Mulliken,  Henry 

923 

Minot,  William 

526 

Munroe,  Edmund 

55^ 

Trustee       102,  171 

288, 

707 

,788 

Munroe,  Emma  F. 

559* 

Mister,  Charles 

^57 

Munroe,  Georgiana  Phipps 

400 

Mixter,  Madeleine  Curtis 

507* 

Munroe,  Otis 

400 

Milter,  Mary  Ann 

605* 

Munroe,  Sophia 

400 

Mixter,  William 

605 

Munroe,  William  Adams,  Trustee 

324 

Moring,  Anna  L. 

47 

Munson,  Israel 

58 

Moring,  Charles  Henry  Ferdinand 

254 

Murdoch,  Helen  Messinger 

580* 

Montgomery,  Hugh 

962 

Murdock,  James  M. 

56 

Montgomery,  William 

962 

Murphy,  Anne  Scott 

745* 

Moore,  Jane  Newell 

816* 

Murray,  James  Ormsbee 

983 

Moors,  Francis  Joseph 

•35* 

Morey,  George 

326 

N 

Morgan,  John  Pierpont 

902 

Morgan,  Junius  Spencer 

207 

902 

Nash,  Mary  Pratt  Cooke 

59* 

Moriarty,  John  Hancock 

»3 

Nash,  Nathaniel  Cushing 

506* 

Morison,  Emily  Marshall 

760* 

National  Bell  Telephone  Company 

337 

Morison,  Frank 

4* 

Nazro,  Mary  Evert 

180 

Morison,  George  Cheyne  Shattuck 

109 

Nelson,  Everett  Monroe 

397 

Morison,  George  Shattuck 

109 

New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  In 

Morison,  Mary 

109* 

sane 

12 

Morong,  Thomas 

390 

Newell,  Frances  Boott 

816 

Morrill,  Annie  Wyman,  Trustee 

380* 

Newell,  Jane  Hancox 

816 

Morrill,  Charles  James 

380 

Newell,  Robert  Ralston,  Trustee 

816 

PROPRIETORS 


199 


Ncwhall,  Charles  Henry 

461* 

Nichols,  Arthur  Howard 

820* 

Nichols,  Benjamin  Ropes 

237 

Executor 

298 

Nichols,  Benjamin  White 

947* 

Nichols,  Elizabeth  F. 

373 

Nichols,  Elizabeth  Louisa 

184 

Nichols,  Elizabeth  Luce 

494 

Nichols,  Frederick,  Trustee 

184* 

Nichols,  Lawrence 

637 

Nichols,  Lyman 

948 

Nichols,  Lyman 

948* 

Nichols,  Richard  Chamberlain 

494 

Attorney 

820 

Nichols,  Rose  Standish 

481 

Nichols,  Sarah  Hepsa 

494*,  820 

Nichols,  William 

460 

Nickerson,  Andrew 

437 

Nickerson,  Beatrice  Blake 

46* 

Nickerson,  George  Augustus 

324 

Nickerson,  Serene  Dwight 

372 

Niles,  Emily  Mary 

931* 

Niles,  William  Jenkins 

730* 

Norcross,  Grenville  Howland 

922,  1039* 

Trustee 

81* 

Norcross,  Lucy  Ann 

1039 

Norcross,  Mary  Elizabeth 

424* 

Norcross,  Otis 

1039 

Norman,  Guy 

581 

Norman,  Louisa  Palfrey 

870* 

Norton,  Charles  Eliot 

340,  1023 

Norton,  Eliot 

1023 

Norton,  Sara 

340* 

Nourse,  Benjamin  Franklin 

647,  902  V 

Noyes,  James  Atkins 

921* 

Noyes,  Samuel  Bradley 

463 

Nutter,  George  Read 

460* 

Nutting,  Ephraim  Martin 

99* 

0 

Odin,  Anna  Frances 

555* 

Odin,  Harriet  Louisa 

555* 

Odin,  John 

Oliver,  Francis  Johonnot  25*,  120 

Oliver,  Grace  Atkinson  456 
Oliver,  Joseph  Pearson,  Trustee        1022 

Oliver,  WiUiam  116 

Osborn,  Francis  Augustus  35* 

Osborne,  George  Abbott  429,  483 

Osgood,  David  225 


Osgood,  Edward  Louis  932* 

Osgood,  Gretchen  430 

Osgood,  Isaac  951 

Osgood,  Mary  Alden  430 

Osgood,  Nathaniel  H.  638 

Otis,  Edmund  Burke  577 

Otis,  George  Alexander  177 

Otis,  George  Washington,  Jr.  223 

Otis,  Harrison  Gray  i 

Otis,  William  Foster  142 

Oxnard,  George  Dearborn  51 


Packard,  Aima  Maria  255* 

Packard,  John  Howard  255 

Page,  Edward  479 

Page,  Eliza  Wales,  Trustee  375 

Page,  Gordon  Prince,  Trustee  375 

Page,  Henrietta  375* 

Page,  Henry  Augustus  375 

Page,  John  Ham  Williams  669 

Paige,  James  William  639 

Paine,  Charles  Cushing  596 

Paine,  Charles  Jackson  889* 
Paine,  Charles  Jackson,  Jr.,  Trustee  300 

Paine,  Edith  838 

Paine,  Frederic  WiUiam  181 

Paine,  George  Lyman  230* 

Paine,  Helen  59^ 

Paine,  John  Bryant,  Trustee  300 


Paine,  Lydia  WiUiams 
Paine,  Marianne 
Paine,  Robert  Treat 
Paine,  Robert  Treat 
Paine,  Robert  Treat,  Jr. 
Paine,  Ruth  Cabot 
Paine,  Sarah  Cushing 
Paine,  William  Alfred 
Palfrey,  Francis  Winthrop 
Palfrey,  John  Carver,  Trustee 
Palfrey,  Louisa  Caroline 
Palfrey,  Mary  Gorham 
Palmer,  Effie  Wood 
Palmer,  Julius  Auboineau 
Parker,  Alice  Wentworth 
Parker,  Annie  Bartlett 
Parker,  Charles  Albert 
Parker,  Charles  Hamilton 
Parker,  Charles  Henry 
Trustee 


836,  837 
596* 

55 
836,  837,  839* 
836* 
432* 
596*,  856 

747* 
840 
756* 
870 

45* 
623 
161,  623 

565* 

641 

641 

296 

272* 

291 


200 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


Parker,  Daniel  Pinckney        20,  302,  640 

Parker,  Ebenezer  Francis  918 

Parker,  Eleanor  Stanley  918* 

Parker,  Elizabeth  Frothingham  891* 

Parker,  Ellen  Greenough  212* 

Parker,  Francis  Edward  1016 

Trustee  74 

Parker,  Francis  Jewett  47^* 
Parker,  Francis  Vose            485,  568,  944 

Parker,  Harvey  Drury  394 

Parker,  Henry  Melville  998 
Parker,  Henry  Tuke               20,  302,  640 

Parker,  Isaac  102,  103 

Parker,  James  352 

Parker,  John  47 

Parker,  John  47,  267 

Parker,  John  B.  90 

Parker,  John  Brooks  641 

Parker,  John  D.  878 

Parker,  Peter  100 
Parker,  Samuel  Dunn,  Guardian         212 

Parker,  William,  Trustee  74 

Parkinson,  John  804* 
Parkman,  Daniel                    26,  102,  197 

Parkman,  Ellen  Twisleton  33^* 

Parkman,  Francis  671 

Parkman,  George  217* 
Parkman,  George  Francis          361*,  774* 

Parkman,  Henry  489* 

Trustee  250* 

Parkman,  John  197 

Parkman,  Powell  Mason  906 

Parkman,  Samuel  39 

Parmenter,  James  Parker  244* 

Parris,  Alexander  48 

Parrott,  William  Flagg  642,  870 

Parrott,  William  Pearce  442 
Parrott,  Mrs.  William  Pearce 

(Sophia  Marion  Parrott)  442 

Parsons,  Emma  Augusta  240* 

Parsons,  Francis  75 

Parsons,  Georgiana  75* 

Parsons,  Georgiana  Brackett  75 

Parsons,  Gorham  191 

Parsons,  John  892* 

Parsons,  Nehemiah  108 

Parsons,  Theophilus  191 

Guardian  240 

Parsons,  Thomas  William  212 

Parsons,  Thomas  William,  Jr.  180 

Parsons,  William  240 


Parsons,  William  340 

Parsons,  William  240 

Parsons,  William  75 

Patch,  Daniel  Augustus  455,  850 

Patridge,  Eugene  Edgar  230 

Paul,  James  407 

Payne,  Edward  William  86 

Payne,  William  86 

Payne,  William  Edward,  Executor  86 
Payson,  Arthur  Lithgow  643 

Payson,  Gilbert  Russell,  Trustee         756* 
Payson,  John  L.  89c* 

Payson,  Samuel  Russell  756 

Payson,  Mrs.  Samuel  Russell  756 

Peabody,  Andrew  Preston  91* 

Peabody,  Ephraim  964 

Peabody,  Francis  Howard  232,  556 

Peabody,  Frank  Everett,  Trustee  98,  250* 
Peabody,  George  644 

Peabody,  George  Augustus,  Trustee  644 
Peabody,  Gertrude  98* 

Peabody,  Oliver  White  250 

Peabody,  Robert  Swain  ayo* 

Pearmain,  Alice  Upton  683* 

Pearson,  Henry  Bromfield  263,  902 

Pearson,  John  H.  645 

Pease,  Theodore  Claudius  126 

Peirce,  Silas  681 

Pelham,  Charles  87 

Pember,  Thomas  409 

Perkins,  Augustus  Thomdike  499 

Trustee  478 

Perkins,  Charles  Bruen  1024* 

Perkins,  Charles  Callahan  460,  646,  1024 
Perkins,  Edward  Newton  461,  647,  1025 
Perkins,  Elizabeth  Greene,  Trustee  499 
Perkins,  Elizabeth  Welles  83* 

Perkins,  George  Cabot  649 

Perkins,  James  8 

Perkins,  Louisa  Catherine  20* 

Perkins,  Robert  Forbes  360* 

Perkins,  Robert  Shaw  234 

Perkins,  Samuel  G  83 

Perkins,  Stephen  Higginson  83 

Perkins,  Susan  Hammond,  Trustee  499 
Perkins,  Thomas  10 

Guardian  34 

Perkins,  Thomas  Handasyd    13,  83,  466, 

4987  499)  S°°>  648.  649,  650 
Executors  of  988,  989,  990,  991, 

992,  993,  994,  995,  996,  997 


PROPRIETORS 


201 


Perkins,  Thomas  Handasyd  466 

Perkins,  Thomas  Handasyd  993 

Perkins,  William  345 

Perkins,  William  Edward  234 

Perkins,  William  Powell  10 
Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind       icx56* 

Perrin,  Willard  Taylor  641* 

Perry,  Baxter  Edward,  Trustee  354 

Perry,  Clara  Greenleaf  446* 

Perry,  Emily  Gardner  446 

Perry,  Georgiaima  West  1020* 

Perry,  Lyman  353,  651 

Perry,  Marshall  Spring  398 

Perry,  Oliver  Hazard,  Guardian  9 

Peters,  Edward  Dyer  652 

Peters,  Edward  Dyer,  Jr.  727* 

Peters,  Francis  Alonzo  313,  609* 

Peters,  George  Haswell,  Trustee  475 

Peters,  William  Cowper  859 

Peters  and  Parkinson  165,  343,  421,  667, 

759.  883 

Pettes,  George  Wesley  9 

Pevear,  Henry  Augustus  390* 

Phelps,  Charles  Abner  863* 

Phillips,  Edward  126 

Phillips,  Elijah  Brigham  504 

Phillips,  Harriet  Welch  998 

Phillips,  Henry  Ayling  504* 

Phillips,  John  Charles  949 

Phillips,  Jonathan  98 

Phillips,  Stephen  Henry  71 

Phillips,  Willard  371 

Phillips,  William  124,  125,  126 

Phillips,  William  126 

Phipps,  Joseph  Hobson  1007 

Phipps,  Samuel  463 

Picard,  William  760 

Pickens,  John  65 

Pickering,  Henry  920* 

Pickering,  Lizzie  Sparks  800 

Pickering,  Octavius  920 

Pickman,  Benjamin,  Jr.  66 

Pickman,  Caroline  653 

Pickman,  Clarke  Gayton  66,  1036 

Pickman,  WUliam  14 

Pickman,  William  Dudley  653 

Trustee  445 

Pierce,  Catharine  Hatch  257 

Pierce,  Charles  Sumner  239* 

Pierce,  Edward  I^illie  239 

Pierce,  Henry  Lillie  347 


Pierce,  James  Homer,  Trustee  137* 

Pierce,  Jacob  Willard  950* 

Pierce,  Katharine  CoUamore  257* 

Pierce,  Samuel  Stillman  654 

Pierce,  William  P.  952 

Piper,  William  Taggard  532* 

Pitcher,  Franklin  W.  936 

Pitman,  Robert  Carter  512 

Plummer,  Farnham  358 

Pond,  Virgil  Clarence  219 

Pope,  Albert  Augustus  892 

Pope,  Lemuel  Edward  5 

Pope,  Paschal  Paoli  757,  759 

Pope,  Thomas  Butler  82 

Porter,  Edward  GrifBn  701 

Porter,  George  Jonathan  246* 

Porter,  Jonathan  246 

Porter,  Mariana  Gushing  414 

Post,  Abner  861* 

Potter,  Henry  Staples  652 

Potter,  John  Cheney  853 

Pratt,  Edward  Ellerton  464 

Pratt,  Emily  Frances  352 

Pratt,  George  464 

Pratt,  George  Langdon  848 

Pratt,  Herbert  Gales  593 
Pratt,  Mary                   298,  801,  802,  803 

Pratt,  Robert  Marion  803,  986* 
Pratt,  Sarah  Pickering  298,  801,  802,  803 

Executor  298 

Pratt,  William  171 
Pratt,  Mrs.  William  (Mary  Pratt)    801, 
802,  803 

Preble,  Ebenezer  37 

Prescott,  Samuel  Jackson  123 

Prescott,  William  76 

Prescott,  William  Gardiner  35,  76 

Prescott,  William  Hickling  76,  655, 

I034>  1035 

Preston,  Emily  West  1035 

Preston,  George  Marshall  66* 

Preston,  Jonathan  1035 

Preston,  William  Gibbons  1035* 

Priest,  Edwin  Hamilton  213* 

Prince,  John,  Jr.  38 

Prince,  John  Tucker  985* 

Proctor,  Emma  Howe  1023* 

Proctor,  Thomas  Emerson  1023 

Pulsifer,  Abby  W.  630 

Pulsifer,  William  Henry  770 

Punchard,  George  755 


202 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Purinton,  Charles  Smith 
Putnam,  Anna  Cabot 
Putnam,  Benjamin  W. 
Putnam,  Elizabeth  Cabot 
Putnam,  George 
Putnam,  George,  Jr. 
Putnam,  George  Nathaniel 
Putnam,  Georgina  Lowell 
Putnam,  Jesse 
Putnam,  John  Phelps 
Putnam,  John  Pickering 
Putnam,  John  Pickering 
Putnam,  Mary  Lowell 
Putnam,  Oliver 
Putnam,  Samuel  R 
Putnam,  William  Edward 
Putnam,  William  Lowell 

Trustee 


Q 

Quincy,  Abby  Phillips 
Quincy,  Edmund 
Quincy,  Edmund,  Jr. 
Quincy,  Eliza  Susan 
Quincy,  Helen 
Quincy,  Helen  Frances 
Quincy,  Henry  Parker 
Quincy,  Josiah  4, 

Quincy,  Josiah 
Quincy,  Josiah 

Administrator 

Quincy,  Josiah  Phillips 

Administrator 

Quincy,  Mabel 
Quincy,  Mary  Adams 
Quincy,  Mary  Sophia 
Quincy,  Samuel  Miller 
Quincy,  Silas  Atkins 


974 
192* 
146 
192* 
965 
965* 
125 
227* 
146 
907 
1037 
1037 
227 
26 
308 
696* 
96,  170,  511, 
989,  1040* 
741,*  771 


1029 
103 1 
924 

1027 

1030* 

1028 


227, 


5.  6, 
1028 


925 
1026,  1027, 
1029,  1030 
5,  402,  700 
1027 
923 
656* 
923 
1029* 
925* 
1030 
923 
874 


Rackemann,  Charles  Sedgwick,  Trus- 


Rackemann,  Felix,  Trustee 
Rand,  Arnold  Augustus 
Rand,  Edward  Sprague 
Rand,  Edward  Sprague,  Jr. 
Rand,  Isaac  P. 
Rand,  Jennie  Lathrop 


788* 
388* 

573 

24,  312 

24 

339 

573 


Randall,  Elizabeth 

Randall,  John 

Randall,  John  Chase 

Randall,  John  Witt 

Rea,  WiUiam  A. 

Read,  James 

Redman,  John 

Reed,  Arthur 

Reed,  Benjamin  Tyler 

Reed,  Caleb 

Reed,  Charles  Montgomery, 

Reed,  Edward 

Reed,  James 

Trustee 

Reed,  John 

Reed,  John  Hooper 

Reed,  Ralph  Inman 

Reed,  Sampson 

Reid,  Harriet  D. 

Remick,  Frank  Woodbury 

Renton,  Peter,  Guardian 

Revere,  John 

Revere,  Joseph  Warren 

Revere,  Lucretia  Watson 

Revere,  Pauline 

Reynolds,  Edward,  Jr. 
Reynolds,  William  Joseph 
Rhodes,  James  Ford 
Rice,  Alexander  Hamilton 
Rice,  Arabella 
Rice,  Cora  Lee 
Rice,  Henry 
Rice,  Henry  Allen 
Rice,  Henry  Gardner 
Rice,  John  Parker 
Rice,  Lewis 
Rice,  Melvin  Eugene 
Rice,  Samuel  Buckminster 
Rich,  Benjamin 
Rich,  Benjamin,  Jr. 
Rich,  Isaac 
Rich,  Samuel  H. 
Richards,  Anna  Mitchell 
Richards,  Annie  Louise 
Richards,  Dexter  N.,  Trustee 
Richards,  Francis 
Richards,  Francis  Ashbumer 
Richards,  Francis  Gardiner 
Richards,  George  Edward 
Richards,  George  Henry 
Trustee 


23s 

235 

.254 

973 

»35 

512 

657 

263 

149* 

438 

143 

Trustee 

363 

158 

363* 

363 

77 

438 

105 

363 

577 

232* 

123 

S3 

,882 

93 

,896 

53 

53.76 

212 

313 

776* 

953 

565 

953* 

"5. 

512 

504. 

708 

104, 

112 

61, 

232 

658 

825* 

112 

72 

71 

954 

72 

188* 

5* 

879 

3c 

.99 

99 

99 

188 

30* 

300*, 

662* 

PROPRIETORS 


203 


Richards,  John  30 

Richards,  John,  Jr.  99 

Richards,  Reuben,  Jr.  188 

Richards,  WiUiam  Bordman  567 

Richards,  William  Reuben  567* 

Richardson,  Catherine  Elizabeth  937* 

Richardson,  Horace  247 

Richardson,  Jeffrey  17,  382 

Richardson,  Jesse  Putnam  103 

Richardson,  William  247 

Richardson,  William  Lambert  17* 

Richardson,  Hill  Company  58 

Richmond,  Rosita  Lavalle  ^34* 

Riley,  George  W.  T.  451 

Rindge,  Frederick  Hastings  205,  952* 

Rindge,  Samuel  Baker  205,  242, 

Ripley,  Alfred  Lawrence  971* 

Ritchie,  William  103 

Rives,  Grace  Winthrop  913,  915 

Rives,  William  Cabell,  Jr.  663* 

Robbins,  Caira  117* 

Robbins,  Chandler  1020 

Robbins,  Chandler,  Jr.  227 

Robbins,  Edward  Hutchinson  385 

Robbins,  James  Murray  177 

Robbins,  Reginald  Chauncey  198* 

Roberts,  George  Litch  584* 

Robeson,  Andrew  462 

Robeson,  Andrew  462 

Robeson,  Anna  Rodman  974 

Robeson,  Mary  Arnold  462 

Robeson,  William  Rotch  974 

Robins,  Elizabeth  Wildes  568* 

Roby,  Henry  145 

Rodman,  Aima  Lothrop  963 

Rodman,  Samuel  William  397,  542 

Rogers,  Anna  Perkins  68* 

Rogers,  Emma  486*,  919* 

Rogers,  Henry  Bromfield  68,  659 

Rogers,  James  Chrystie  544 

Rogers,  John  254,  796 

Rogers,  John  Gray  796 

Rogers,  John  Kimball  408* 

Rogers,  William  963 

Rogers,  William  Sanford  50 

Rollins,  Ebenezer  166 

Rollins,  William  331 

Roosevelt,  Katharine  736* 

Root,  James  Edward  853 

Ropes,  George  1036 


Ropes,  John  Codman 

660 

Administrator 

234 

Trustee 

53° 

Ropes,  Joseph  Samuel 

857 

Ropes,  William 

245,  660,  857 

Ross,  Denman  Waldo  54* 

Ross,  Ellen  Haven,  Trustee  980* 

Ross,  Henry  Francis,  Trustee  980* 

Ross,  John  Hamilton,  Trustee  980* 

Ross,  Waldo  Ogden  980 

Rotch,  Abbott  Lawrence  321* 

Rotch,  Arthur  80 

Rotch,  Benjamin  Smith  321 

Rotch,  Lisette  de  Wolf  80 

Rowell,  Wilbur  Everett,  Trustee  403* 

Russell,  Benjamin  203 

Russell,  Dora  Walton  719* 

Russell,  Edward  50 

Russell,  George  Robert  341 

Russell,  James  Savage  479 
Russell,  Joseph  Ballister,  Trustee  651 
Russell,  Joseph  Henry,  Trustee  171,  707 

Russell,  Le  Baron  58 

Russell,  Louisa  Parrott  44^* 

Russell,  Margaret  Pelham  436* 

Russell,  Marian  341* 

Russell,  Marion  873* 

Russell,  Mary  Ann  Palfrey  181* 

Russell,  Mary  Ellen  719 

Russell,  Samuel  Hammond  299 

Russell,  Sarah  Shaw  341 

Russell,  Thomas  873* 

Russell,  William  Goodwin  873 

Trustee  373 

Ruthven,  Helen  249 


Salisbury,  Edward  Elbridge  52 

Salisbury,  Josiah  52 

SaHsbury,  Nancy  81 

Salisbury,  Samuel  52 

Salisbury,  Samuel  48,  81 

Saltonstall,  Henry  *  981 

Saltonstall,  Leverett  78,  1041 

Saltonstall,  Philip  Leverett,  Trustee      78* 
Saltonstall,      Richard      Middlecott, 

Trustee  13,  78*,  499 

Saltonstall,  Robert  387* 

Saltonstall,  Rose  Lee,  Trustee  78* 

Sampson,  Calvin  Proctor  819* 


204 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 


277* 
467, 661 
466 
466* 

335 

472* 

28 


Sampson,  Charles  Edward 

Sampson,  George  R. 

Sargeant,  Cyrus 

Sargeant,  Cyrus,  Jr. 

Sargent,  Charles 

Sargent,  Charles  Sprague 

Sargent,  Christiana  Keadie 

Sargent,  Daniel  1 1 

Sargent,  George  Darius  885 

Sargent,      Mrs.      George      Darius 

(Adelaide  Joanna  Sargent)  885* 

Sargent,  Henrietta  472 

Sargent,  Howard  28 

Sargent,  Ignatius  472 

Sargent,  James  Otis,  Trustee  905 

Sargent,  Jane  Welles  594* 

Sargent,  John  Osborne  905 

Sargent,  John  Turner  Welles  554 

Sargent,  Louisa  Lee  665* 

Sargent,  Lucius  Manlius  377 

Sargent,  Nellie  Louise  999* 

Sargent,  William  Arthur  251* 

Savage,  James  486,  919 

Saville,  Antoinette  Hale  129* 

Saville,  Henry  Martyn  129 

Sawyer,  Charles  Frederic  532 

Sawyer,  Edward  1007* 

Sawyer,  George  Augustus  45^* 

Sawyer,  J.  Herbert  50* 

Sawyer,  Matthias  Plant  236,  474 

Sawyer,  Micajah  73 

Sawyer,  Samuel  Elwell  979 

Sawyer,  Thomas  73 

Sawyer,  William  45,  662 

Sayles,  Henry  346* 

Sayles,  Maria  Francoeur  346 

Sayles,  Willard  346 

Scholfield,  Arthur  i8 

Scholfield,  Joseph  609 

Schouler,  James  263* 

ScoUay,  Catherine  690 

Scott,  Sarah  Maud  593* 

Searle,  Charles  Putnam  645* 

Searle,  George  103,  130 

Sears,  Annie  Lyman  835* 

Sears,  Caroline  Bartlett  284* 
Sears,  David  78,  663,  908,  909,  910,  911, 
912,913,914,915,916,  917 
Sears,  David                          78,  493,  772 

Sears,  David  493* 

Sears,  Ellen  Victoria  185 


Sears,  Emily  Esther  493,  772 

Sears,  Francis  Bacon  1022* 

Sears,  Frederick  Richard     495,  911,  912 
Sears,  George  Oliver  185* 

Sears,  Henry  Francis  772* 

Sears,  Joshua  336 

Sears,  Joshua  Montgomery    76,  554,  894* 
Sears,  Knyvet  Winthrop  497,  914 

Sears,  Mary  Crowninshield  914* 

Sears,  Philip  Howes  513* 

Sears,  Sarah  Carlisle  336* 

Sears,  Sarah  Pratt  833*,  834* 

Seaver,  Benjamin  374 

Seaver,  Charles  Milton    .  374 

Seccombe,  Elizabeth  94'* 

Sedgwick,  Arthur  George  1023 

Selectmen    of    Littleton,    Massachu- 
setts 714*)  7i5>  716,  717,  718 
Selectmen    of     Templeton,    Massa- 
chusetts 709,  710,  711,  712,  713 
Sever,  Emily  470* 
Sewall,  Lucy  Ellen  207 
Sewall,  Richard  Black  65* 
Sewall,  Samuel  Edmund                       207 
Shackford,  Charles  Chauncy                270 
Shailer,  WiUiam  Hosmer                      351 
Sharp,  Helen                                          585* 
Sharp,  John  Cauldwell                         585 
Shattuck,  Clarissa  Baxter                      144 
Shattuck,  Frederick  Cheever                293* 

Trustee  269* 

Shattuck,  George  Brune  169* 

Shattuck,  George  Cheyne  109 

Shattuck,  George  Cheyne,  Jr.  269 

Shattuck,  George  Otis  893 

Shattuck,  Lemuel  144 

Shattuck,  Miriam  Stedman  144* 

Shaw,  Anna  Blake  818* 

Shaw,  Charles  Brown  332 

Shaw,  Cora  Lyman  668*,  826* 

Shaw,  Francis,  Trustee  497* 

Shaw,  Francis  George  424 

Shaw,  Frank  283 

Shaw,  Gardiner  Howland    468,  668,  826 
Shaw,  Hannah  Buck  542 

Shaw,  Henry  Southworth  402 

Shaw,  Isabella  Pratt  480 

Shaw,  John  Oakes,  Jr.,  Executor        489 
Shaw,  Lemuel  489 

Shaw,  Lemuel  489 

Shaw,  Pauline  Agassiz  115* 


PROPRIETORS 


205 


Shaw,  Quincy  Adams  671,  936* 
Shaw,  Robert  Gould    175,424,451,468, 
669,  670 

Executors  of        820,  821,  822, 

823,  824,  825,  826,  827,  828,  829 

Shaw,  Robert  Gould  451,  672 

Shaw,  Robert  Gould  480,  542* 

Shaw,  Samuel  Savage  45** 

Executor  489 

Shaw,  Southworth  402 

Shaw,  Susan  Welles  139* 

Shaw,  William  Smith  44,  103 

Sheaf e,  William  981 

Sheaf e,  William,  Jr.  981* 

Shelton,  Philo  Strong  471 

Shepard,  Edward  Olcott  590 

Shepherd,  Rezin  Davis  116 

Sherburne,  Reuben  802* 

Sherwin,  Thomas  226 

Shillaber,  Katharine  Brewer  709* 

Shimmin,  Blanche  872* 

Shimmin,  Charles  Franklin  872 

Shimmin,  Mary  Hartiot  872 

Shimmin,  William  872 

Shumway,  Ellen  Minerva  701,  945* 

Shurtleff,  Augustine  208 

Shurtlefl,  Samuel  Atwood  208 

Shute,  Helen  Winnifred  512 

Shute,  Nathaniel  Appleton  512 

Sibley,  Henry  Clark  617*,  646 

Siedhof,  Sara  Hale  687 

Sigourney,  Henry  243 

Sigoumey,  Henry  243* 

Silsbee,  George  Saltonstall  932 

Simmons,  John,  and  Son  483 

Simmons  Female  College  171*)  707* 

Simpson,  Frank  Ernest  673* 

Simpson,  Michael  Hodge  485,  673 

Sise,  Albert  Fleetford  625 

Sise,  Edith  625* 

Skinner,  Francis  8*,  674 
Skinner,  Francis,  and  Company  469,  851 

Skinner,  Lucian  706 

Slade,  Daniel  Denison  659 

Slade,  Denison  Rogers  ^59* 

Slade,  Jarvis  675 

Slafter,  Carlos  94** 

Slafter,  Edmund  Farwell  942 

Sleeper,  Jacob  301 

Slocum,  Anna  Dirsvell  886* 

Slocum,  Laura  886 


Slocum,  Sarah  Elizabeth  886 

Slocum,  William  Henry  886 

Small,  Francis  William  465 

Small,  Frank  Otis  465 

Smith,  Caroline  Marshall  758* 

Smith,  Charles  Card  934* 

Smith,  Charles  Francis,  Trustee  878* 

Smith,  Charles  Lothrop  455 

Smith,  Chauncey  758 

Smith,  Edward  Sutton  294 

Smith,  Elizabeth  Hall  842* 

Smith,  Frances  Barnard  842 

Smith,  Hannah  842 

Smith,  Henry  Barney  577 

Smith,  James  W.  473 
Smith,  Jerome  Van  Crowninshield      294 

Smith,  John  De  Wolfe  796 

Smith,  Joseph  Cornelius  728* 

Smith,  Thomas  Carter  842 

Smith,  William  Spooner  44* 

Snell,  George  202 

Snelling,  Nathaniel  Greenwood  109 

Snelling,  Samuel  George  147 

Snow,  Constance  1012* 

Snow,  Samuel  1012 

Snow,  Samuel  Thomas  555 

Snow,  Theodore  William  1045 

Sohier,  Edward  Dexter  939 

Trustee  239,  530 

Sohier,  Elizabeth  Putnam  737,  738* 

Sohier,  Susan  Cabot  625,  738 

Sohier,  William  178 

Trustee  171,  707 

Sohier,  William  Davies  178 

Sohier,  William  Davies  178* 

Trustee  737* 

Soule,  Augustus  Lord  474 

Soule,  Maria  Goodwin  474* 

Soule,  Richard  676 

Spalding,  Dora  Narcissa  414* 

Sparks,  Jared  800 

Sparks,  Mary  Crowninshield  800 

Sparks,  William  Eliot  800 

Spaulding,  Henry  George  265* 

Spaulding,  Mahlon  Day  260* 

Speare,  Alden  539 
Spelman,  Henry  Munson,  Trustee       156* 

Spinney,  Samuel  Rogers  396 

Spooner,  William  Brown  605 

Sprague,  Charles  387 

Sprague,  Charles  352 


206 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN.EUM 


Sprague,  Mary  Bryant  978 

Sprague,  Richard  T.  885 

Spring,  Marshall  Binney  168* 

Stanton,  Francis  182 

Stanton,  Horace  Baxter  613* 

Stanwood,  Arthur  Grimes  462* 

Stanwood,  Eben  Caldwell  778 

Stanwood,  Edward  72* 

Stanwood,  Francis  Manning  165* 
Stanwood,  Frederic                      7CX3,  1013* 

Stanwood,  Lemuel  67 

Stark,  George  850 

Stark,  John  Francis  850* 
Staunton,  John  Armitage           969,  1036 
Stearns,  Harris  Brackett,  Trustee        583* 

Stearns,  James  Pierce  483* 

Stearns,  John  420 

Stearns,  John  420 

Stearns,  John  Goddard,  Jr.  423* 

Steams,  William  B.  1045 

Stebbins,  Roderick  573* 

Stetson,  Amos  William  785 

Stevens,  Benjamin  Franklin  349* 

Stevens,  Catherine  661 

Stevens,  Charles  A.  1036 

Stevens,  Eben  S.  770 

Stevens,  Hattie  L.  892 
Stevens,  Horace  H.  ^^,  770, 91 1, 912, 949 

Stevens,  John  82 

Stevens,  Paran  677 

Stevens,  Virginia  205 
Stevens,  William  Burdick     199,  440,  495 

Stevens,  William  Burdick  199* 

Stevenson,  Joshua  Thomas  678 

Stevenson,  Robert  Hooper  398* 

Stewart,  Annie  Adams  289 

Stickney,  Josiah  470 

Stillman,  John  M.  410 

Stimpson,  Frederick  Henry  677 

Stimpson,  Susan  Storer  677 

Stimson,  Caleb  57 

Stimson,  Caleb  Morton  57 

Stimson,  Frederic  Jesup  247* 

Stockton,  Howard  926* 
Stoddard,  Charles                          441,  753 

Stoddard,  George  Howland  1 35* 

Stone,  Albert  397* 

Stone,  Arma  Blake  285* 

Stone,  Anson  Joseph  539 

Stone,  Frederic  794 

Stone,  Frederic  Mather,  Trustee  372* 


Stone,  Henry  Baldwin  303 

Stone,  Joseph  292,  878 

Stone,  Joshua  Clapp  396 

Stone,  Lawson  B.  504 

Stone,  Lincoln  Ripley  218* 

Stone,  Lucy  Bowditch  765* 

Stone,  Mary  Lowell  559 

Stone,  Minnie  Harris  292 

Stone,  Silas  Emlyn  482 

Stone,  William  Eben  848* 

Stone,  William  W.  312 

Storer,  Edith  Paine  838* 

Storer,  Robert  Boyd  308 
Storey,  Charles  William,  Executor     1049 

Storey,  Joseph  Charles  88* 

Storey,  Moorfield  1033* 

Storrow,  Charles  126 

Storrow,  Charles  Storer  350 

Storrow,  James  Jackson  726 

Guardian  589 

Trustee  192,  530 

Storrow,  James  Jackson,  Trustee        288 

Storrow,  Thomas  Wentworth  18 
Story,  Franklin  Howard,  Trustee  27,  414, 

4IS»  504.  762,  763,  765.  767,  768,  769, 
770,  771 

Story,  Franklin  Howard,  Jr.  139 

Story,  William  117 

Stowell,  George  Leverett  207 

Strong,  Edward  Alexander  174* 

Strong,  Woodbridge  213 

Sturgis,  Henry  Parkman  679 

Sturgis,  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman  679 

Sturgis,  James  858 

Sturgis,  Mabel  Russell  897* 

Sturgis,  Nathaniel  Russell  56 

Sturgis,  Russell  56,  95 

Sturgis,  Russell  11 

Sturgis,  Russell,  Jr.,  Guardian  904* 

Sturgis,  William  155,  979,  980,  981,  982, 

983*  984*  985^  986,  987 

Sturtevant,  Edward  Lewis  364 

Sturtevant,  Joseph  N.  364 

Sturtevant,  Thomas  Leggett  364 

Sullivan,  George  29 

Sullivan,  Helen  86* 

SuUivan,  Henry  Dorr  767 

SuUivan,  John  Langdon  119 

Sullivan,  Richard  119 

Sullivan,  Richard  119* 

SuUivan,  Thomas  Russell  767* 


PROPRIETORS 


207 


Sullivan,  William 
Sumner,  Men  Melancthon 
Sumner,  Charles 
Sumner,  Ellen  Frances 
Suter,  Hales  Wallace 
Suter,  John  Wallace 
Swain,  George  Fillmore 
Swan,  Robert  Thaxter 
Swan,  Sarah  A. 
Swan,  William  D. 
Sweet,  Henry  Nettleton 
Sweet,  Walter  Howard 
Sweetser,  Arthur  Leslie 
Swett,  Elizabeth  Beyer 
Swett,  George  Woodbury 
Swett,  Samuel 
Swett,  Samuel  Woodbury 
Swett,  Tasker  Hazard 
Swett,  William  Bourne 
Swift,  Henry  Walton 
Swift,  William  Henry 


241 
487 
295 
487* 
582*,  632 
632* 
667* 
207* 

72 
955 
191 

751 
956* 

36 
191 

201 

II,  191 

36 

36 

1016* 

385,  620 


Taft,  Amariah  Aulando  421 

Talbot,  Samuel  D.,  Jr.  409 

Talbot,  Thomas  Hammond  412 

Tappan,  Elizabeth  Loring  173* 

Tappan,  Frederick  Herbert  173 

Tappan,  John  17J 

Tappan,  John  Gallison  173 

Tappan,  Lewis  131 
Tappan,  Lewis  William  484,  681 
Tappan,  Lewis  William,  Jr.  53,  76,  1028 

Tappan,  Mary  Swift  173* 

Tappan,  Sewall  404 

Tarbell,  John  Franksford  274 

Tarbell,  John  Parker  274 

Tarbell,  Katherine  Amelia  274* 

Taylor,  Charles  94 

Taylor,  Charles  Henry,  Trustee  13 

Taylor,  Henry  245 

Taylor,  John  Phelps  776 

Taylor,  Joseph  Richard  134 

Taylor,  William  75 

Tebbetts,  Caroline  W.  568 

Tebbetts,  William  Carr  568 
Templeton,  Selectmen  of    709,  710,  711, 
712,  713 

Tenncy,  Edward  Payson  200* 

Teschemacher,  Henry  Frederick  621 


Teschemacher,  Hubert  Engelbert        621 
Thacher,  Charles  i 

Thacher,  George  856 

Thacher,  George  Winslow  447 

Thacher,  Henry  Charles  678 

Thacher,  Isaac  856 

Thacher,  Julia  Edgar  292* 

Thacher,  Martha  Bray  678* 

Thacher,  Peter  Oxenbridge  19 

Thacher,  Thomas  Chandler  447* 

Thaxter,  Adam  Wallace  476,  859 

Thaxter,  Levi  Lincoln  1034 

Thaxter,  Roland  1034 

Thayer,  Adfele  Grainger  511* 

Thayer,  Charles  Lowell  322 

Thayer,  Christopher  Toppan  447 

Thayer,  Ebenezer  Francis  966 

Thayer,  Ethel  Randolph  477 

Thayer,    Eugene    Van    Rensselaer, 

Trustee  968,  969,  970,  971,  972,  973 
Thayer,  Ezra  Ripley  477* 
Thayer,  Frederick  William  685 
Thayer,  Harriet  L.  322 
Thayer,  John  Eliot  250,  477,  964,  965, 
966,  967,  968,  969,  970,  971,  972,  973 
Thayer,  Maria  Wilder  685 
Thayer,  Nathaniel  477,  683,  967,  968, 
969,  970,  971,  972,  973 
Thayer,  Nathaniel  967* 
Trustee      968,  969,  970,  971,  972, 

973 

Thayer,  William  Roscoe  685 

Thomas,  Alexander  316 

Thomas,  Isaiah  62 

Thomas,  James  Francis  233* 

Thomas,  Mary  Sarah  303 

Thomas,  Rufus  Kimball  316* 

Thomas,  Seth  James  667 

Thomas,  Washington  Butcher  376 

Thomas,  William  391,  684 

Thompson,  Strong  Benton  956 

Thompson,  William  H.  601 

Thomson,  James  D.  167,  245 
Thomdike,  Albert          38*,  96,  170,  511 

Thorn  dike,  Augustus  162 

Thomdike,  Augustus  426* 

Thomdike,  Charles  161 

Thomdike,  Charles  426 

Trustee  150 

Thomdike,  Cora  Nickerson  391* 

Thomdike,  George  Quincy  323 


208 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENtEUM 


Thomdike,  Israel  170,  258 

Thomdike,  John  Larkin  421* 

Thorndike,  John  Prince  323 

Thomdike,  Samuel  Lothrop  38,  995* 

Trustee  252* 

Thwing,  Supply  Clap  824 

Ticknor,  George  124,  887 

Tidd,  Jacob  i8 

Tilden,  Charles  Linzee  881* 

Tilden,  George  W.  53 

Tilden,  Joseph  53 
Tileston.  Edmund  Pitt         957,  958,  959 

Tileston,  John  Boies  987 

Tileston,  Mary  Wilder  987* 

Tilton,  Joseph  Brown  4 

Timmins,  George  Henry  879 

Trustee  478 

Timmins,  Henry  478 

Tobey,  Gerard  Curtis  591* 
Tobey,  Rufus  Babcock,  Conservator  676* 

Tolman,  Thomas  559 

Torr,  George  Henry  209* 

Torrey,  Charles       59,  66,  186,  207,  312, 
602,  685,  705,  797 


Torrey,  Henry  Warren 

386 

Torrey,  John  Gore 

882 

Torrey,  Joseph  A. 

728 

Torrey,  Samuel 

20,  187 

Touro,  Abraham 

94 

Tower,  David  B. 

181 

Townsend,  Edward  Britton 

824,  1038 

Townsend,  Ellen  Britton 

1038 

Townsend,  Solomon  Davis 

234 

Townsend,  William  Edward 

902 

Tracy,  Frederick  Uriah 

397 

Train,  Charles  Russell 

254 

Train,  Elizabeth  Phipps 

828* 

Train,  Enoch 

682 

Trask,  William  Ropes 

660* 

Executor 

857 

Treadwell,  Daniel  Hearll 

602 

Treadwell,  Emily  Marshall 

602* 

Treadwell,  John  Pearse 

602 

Tribou,  David  Howard 

3.  "3* 

Trueman,  Robert 

1045 

Trull,  John  Wyman 

318 

Tuck,  Caroline 

432 

Tuck,  Elizabeth  Jane 

432 

Tucker,  Alanson 

412 

Tucker,  John  L. 

475 

Tucker,  Lawrence 

775* 

124, 


139 

775 

775 

41 

41* 

124 

127 
90 

999 

686 

62,  686,  999 

686 

62 

1022 

827* 

827 


Tucker,  Richard  Devens 
Tucker,  Susan  Elizabeth 
Tucker,  William  Warren 
Tuckerman,  Edward,  Jr. 
Tuckerman,  Edward,  Jr. 
Tuckerman,  Gustavus 
Tuckerman,  Henry  Harris 
Tuckerman,  William  S. 
Tudor,  Elizabeth 
Tudor,  Fanny  Hortense 
Tudor,  Frederic 
Tudor,  Henry  James 
Tudor,  William 

Trustee 

Tufts,  Annie  Hooker 
Tufts,  Arthur  Webster 
Tufts,  Nathan  Adams  986 

Tufts,  Quincy  583 

Turner,  Alfred  Thomas  609 

Turner,  Charles  Willard  867 

Turner,  Edward  Clarence  443* 

Turner,  Helen  829 

Turner,  John  Newton  829 

Turner,  Nathaniel  Dana  829 

Turner,  Otis  556 

Tuttle,  James  353 

Tyler,  Charles  Hitchcock  334* 

Tyler,  John  Eugene  237 

Tyler,  John  Steele  431 

Tyler,  Mary  Caroline  ioi6 

Tyler,  William  C.  no 

Tyson,  George  60 


U 


Underwood,  Ida  Cushing  347* 

Underwood,  William  687 
Upham,  George  Phinehas,  Trustee      846 

Upham,  Henry  846 

Upham,  Henry  846 

Upham,  Jabez  Baxter  260 

Upham,  Phineas  283 

Upham,  Susan  14* 

Upton,  George  Bruce  84,  871 

Upton,  George  Bruce,  Jr.  871 


Vaiilant,  Alice  Clapp  720* 

Van  Brunt,  Henry  799 


PROPRIETORS 


209 


Van  Derlip,  Willard  C.  354 
Vaughan,  William  Manning  14 

Vaughan,  William  Warren,  Trustee    252* 

Veazie,  Alice  R.  810 

Veazie,  Joseph  810 

Viaux,  Florence  Ballou  132* 

Vinton,  Alexander  Hamilton  853 

Vose,  Josiah  Thomas,  Trustee  289 


W 


Wadleigh,  Horace  Wayland  180 
Wadsworth,  Adelaide  Elizabeth  823* 
Wadsworth,  Alexander  823 
Wadsworth,  Edwin  Dexter  679* 
Wadsworth,  Elizabeth  Greene,  Trus- 
tee 499* 
Wadsworth,  Lucy  Goodwin  852* 
Wainwright,  Benjamin  Greene  358 
Wainwright,  H.  C,  and  Company     485, 
673,  821 
Wainwright,  Henry  748 
Walcott,  Charles  636* 
Walcott,  Charles  Folsom  636 
Walcott,  Henry  Pickering  501* 
Walcott,  Martha  Pickman  636 
Walcott,  Samuel  Baker  636 
Waldo,  Henry  Sidney  306 
Waldron,  Samuel  W.  144 
Wales,  George  Washington          211,804 
Wales,  Henry  Ware  732 
Wales,  Lloyd  W.,  Executor  113 
Wales,  Mary  Anne  811 
Wales,  Thomas  Beale     46,  265,  668,  805 
Wales,  Thomas  Crane  618 
Walker,  George  1036 
Walker,  Grant  473* 
Walker,  Harriet  Smith  986 
Walker,  Joseph  Albert  87 
Walker,  Mary  Sophia                   916,  986 
Walker,  William  Johnson  232 
Walley,  Samuel  Hall  125 
Walley,  Samuel  Hurd  701 
Wallis,  Robert  Norcross  645 
Ward,  Anita  Saltonstall  518* 
Ward,  Artemas  174 
Ward,  Caroline  Elizabeth  518* 
Ward,  George  Cabot  271 
Ward,  Henry  Artemas  174 
Ward,  John  Gallison  270 


Ward,  Samuel  Gray 
Ward,  Thomas  Wren 


689,  746 
154,  270,  271, 

690,745 

Ward,  Thomas  Wren  270 

Wardwell,  William  Henry  608 

Wardwell,  William  Theodore  608 

Ware,  Adela  Barnes  957* 

Ware,  Annie  Storrow  70 

Ware,  Charles  Eliot  450 

Ware,  Charlotte  Louisa  70 

Ware,  John  209 

Ware,  Mary  Lee  45c* 

Ware,  Thornton  Marshall  70* 

Warner,  Henry  Elbridge  412* 

Warner,  Hermann  Jackson  224* 

Warner,  Joseph  Bangs  4^9* 

Warren,  Cornelia  813* 

Warren,  Cyrus  Moors  478 

Warren,  Edward  70 

Warren,  Fiske  430,  751* 

Warren,  George  Washington  24,  170, 

691,  960 

Warren,  George  Willis  960 

Warren,  Gretchen  Osgood  430 

Warren,  Harriet  Atwood  691,  960 

Warren,  John  70 

Warren,  John  Collins  231,  479 

Warren,  Jonathan  Mason  479 

Warren,  Samuel  Dennis  706 

Warren,  Samuel  Dennis  706* 

Warren,  Susan  Cornelia  706 

Warren,  William  Ross  478* 

Washburn,  Francis  Tucker  622 

Washburn,  William  664* 

Waters,  Clara  Erskine  121* 

Waters,  Edwin  Forbes  121 

Waterston,  Robert  249 

Waterston,  Robert  Cassie  1026 

Watson,  Benjamin  Marston  6i,  103 

Watson,  Paul  Barron  194,  1038* 

Watson,  Robert  Sedgwick  770 

Watson,  Thomas  Andrew  1019* 

Webster,  Andrew  Gerrish  624 

Webster,  Augustus  Floyd  812* 

Webster,  Daniel  204 

Webster,  David  Locke,  Trustee  363 

Webster,  Elizabeth  H.  149 

Webster,  Joseph  Rowe  413 

Webster,  Mary  Phillips  413* 

Weeks,  James  Hubbard  364 

Weiss,  John  461 


M 


210 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Welch,  Charles  Alfred  523 

Trustee  324,  384*,  939* 

Welch,  Edith  560 

Welch,  Francis  Clarke  523* 

Trustee    130*,  143*,  150,  156*, 

157*,  184*,  264,  300*,  317*,  323*,  371*, 
419*,   471*,  499*,   510*,  530*,   662*, 
671*,  930*,  939* 
Welch,  Francis  William  464* 

Welch,  John  Hunt  318 

Weld,  Aaron  Davis  692 

Weld,  Benjamin  69 

Weld,  Caroline  Langdon  693 

Weld,  Charles  Goddard  689* 

Weld,  Christopher  Minot,  Trustee      388* 
Weld,  Ellen  Homer  147* 

Weld,  Francis  Minot  669* 

Weld,  George  Francis  357* 

Weld,  George  Walker  884 

Weld,  Isabella  Melissa  884 

Weld,  Otis  Everett  937 

Weld,  William  Fletcher  693 

Weld,  William  Fletcher  147 

Welles,  Arnold  Francis  125 

Welles,  Benjamin  903,  904,  905 

Welles,  Benjamin  Samuel  903 

Welles,  George  Derby  125 

Welles,  Jane  480,  694 

Welles,  John         125,  480,  481,  694,  897, 
898,  899 
Welles,  Laura  Derby,  Executrix  455 

Welles,  Samuel  100 

Welles,  Susan  Jones  694 

Wellington,  Henry  W.  903 

Wells,  John  887 

Wendell,  Barrett  280,  743* 

Wendell,  Jacob,  Jr.  743 

Wesson,  Caroline  Lucretia  495 

West,  David,  Jr.  109 

Weston,  Alden  Bradford  165,  695 

Weston,  Ezra  695 

Weston,  Henry  Clay  305 

Wetherell,  George  Homans  410* 

Wetmore,  Thomas  313 

Wharton,  William  Fisher  653* 

Wheeler,  Alexander  Strong  155* 

Trustee  708*,  868* 

Wheeler,  Henry,  Trustee  762*,  763*,  764* 
Wheelock,  Thomas  Reed  1013 


Wheelwright,  Abby  Steams 


95' 


Wheelwright,  Andrew  Cunningham    276* 


Wheelwright,  Charles  H.  506 

Wheelwright,  Charles  Henry  184 

Wheelwright,  Edmund  March  164* 

Wheelwright,  Edward  798 

Wheelwright,  Ellen  Neville  95 

Wheelwright,  Isaphene  Moore  798* 

Wheelwright,  Lot  184 

Wheelwright,  William  Wilson  184 

WheUdon,  William  WUder  615 

Whipple,  Charlotte  Bullard  20 

Whipple,  Edwin  Percy  20 
White,  Benjamin  Franklin    117,  i8o,  669 

White,  Charles  Tallman  382 

White,  Emma  Story  895* 

White,  Francis  Adams  969 

White,  James  Clarke  787* 

White,  Sarah  Brackett  382* 

White,  William  Howard  969* 

White,  William  Orne  485* 

Whiteside,  Alexander,  Trustee  269* 

Whiting,  Harold  373 

Whiting,  Nathaniel  419 

Whiting,  Rose  Standish  373* 

Whiting,  William  373 

Whitman,  James  Henry  624*,  789* 

Whitman,  Sarah  Wyman  723 

Whitmore,  Charles  John  696,  895 

Whitmore,  Charles  Octavius  696 
Whitmore,  Sarah  Olcott  Murdock      696, 

895 

Whitney,  Anm'e  Williams  799 

Whitney,  Asa  136 

Whitney,  Benjamin  Duick  136 

Whitney,  Benjamin  White  648 

Whitney,  Charles  239 

Whitney,  David  Rice  697* 

Whitney,  Ellerton  Pratt  864* 

Whitney,  George  Alfred  381,  961 

Whitney,  George  Alfred  381 

Whitney,  Harriet  Adelaide  746* 

Whitney,  Henry  Melville  611* 

Whitney,  Israel  992 

Whitney,  James  Phineas  381,  961 

Whitney,  John  Heath  956 

Whitney,  Joseph  337,  864 

Whitney,  Joseph  Cutler  337 

Whitney,  Josiah  Dwight  196,  201 

Whitney,  Mary  799* 

Whitney,  Moses  198 

Whitney,  Sullivan  690 

Whitney,  Warren  Jacob  198 


C4^^t/^/ 


PROPRIETORS 


211 


Whitney,  Williaai  Fiske  343 

Whiton,  David  962 

Whittemore,  Thomas  642* 

Whittemore,  Thomas  J.  226 

Whittier,  Albert  Rufus  420* 

Whittier,  Charles  Albert  810,  852 
Whittier,  James  Anson  Lawrence       577 

Whitwell,  Benjamin  117 

Whitwell,  Frederick  Augustus  117 

Whitwell,  Mary  Hubbard  1022 

Whitwell,  Samuel  117,  180 

Whitwell,  William  113,  117 

Whitwell,  William  Scollay  1022 

Whitwell,  Bond  and  Company  115 

Whorf,  Edward  Henry  463,  812 

Wiggin,  Benjamin  198 

Wigglesworth,  Ann  782 

Wigglesworth,  Edward  133,  698 

Wigglesworth,  Edward,  Jr.  698* 

Wigglesworth,  George  133* 

Wigglesworth,  Mary  783 
Wigglesworth,  Thomas        108,  133,  782, 
783,  784 
Wigglesworth,  Thomas               108*,  784* 

Trustee  783 

Wilbur,  George  Browning  674* 

Wild,  Catherine  Hall  699 

Wild,  Charles  229 

Wild,  James  Christie  699 

Wilde,  George  Frederick  728 

Wilde,  William  Allan  618* 

Wildes,  Moses  Bradstreet  819 

Wildes,  Solomon  700 

Wilkins,  Charles  701 

Wilkins,  John  Hubbard  702,  963 

Wilkinson,  Ezra  49 

Willard,  Agnes  Fairbanks  535* 

Willard,  Elisha  Wheeler  326 

Willard,  John  Ware  724* 

Willard,  Joseph  508 

Willard,  Joseph  916* 

Willard,  Joseph  Augustus  409 

Willard,  Mary  Adams  326 

Willard,  Simon  724 

Williams,  Anna  Phillips  376* 

Williams,  Antoinette  0-.  949 

Williams,  Arthur  949 

Williams,  Charles  Amory  93^* 

Trustee  315*  370*,  572*,  1044* 

Williams,  Charles  Herbert  795 
Williams,  David  Weld         320,  321,  703 


Williams,  Edward  Alexander  172 

Williams,  Francis  Henry  122 
Williams,  George  Foster               185,  704 

Williams,  Henry  Bigelow  319* 

WiUiams,  Henry  Willard  795 

Williams,  John  178 
Williams,  John  Davis  185,  319,  320,  321 
WiUiams,  John  Davis,  Trustee  315*,  370*, 
572*,  1044* 

Williams,  John  Davis  Weld  319 

Williams,  John  Earl  705 

Williams,  John  Q.  A.  634 

Williams,  Langdon  467 

Williams,  Moses  651* 

Trustee  3^3* 

Williams,  Moses  Blake  482 

Williams,  Robert  949 

Williams,  Robert  Breck  150* 
Williams,  Samuel  Gideon         18,  24,  118 

Williams,  Samuel  King  475 

Williams,  Sarah  Ann  Elizabeth  17Z 

Williams,  Stephen  Henry  5 

Williams,  Susanna  172 

Williams,  Thomas  122 

Williams,  Thomas  Williams  172 

Williams,  Timothy  43 

Williamson,  William  Cross  588* 

Willis,  Benjamin  242 

Willis,  Benjamin  242 
Willis,  Hamilton                           242,  706 

Willis,  Henry  706 

WiUis  and  Company  706 

Wilson,  Charles  Edward  153* 

Wilson,  Frances  Lewis  590 

Winchester,  Daniel  Low  607* 

Winchester,  Eliza  Gill,  Trustee  171 

Winchester,  William  Parsons  171 

Wing,  Benjamin  Franklin  449 

Wing,  Emeline  449 

Winslow,  Andrew  Robinson  95 1* 

Winslow,  Benjamin  Pollard  158 

Winslow,  Erving  200 
Winslow,  George                         200,  loio 

Winslow,  George  Scott  977 

Winslow,  George  Scott  686* 

Winslow,  Harriet  Stillman  626* 

Winslow,  Isaac  158 

Winslow,  John  Barber  951 

Winslow,  John  D.  87 

Winslow,  Samuel  Wallis  608 

Winslow,  William  Henry  1010 


212 


THE   BOSTON   ATHEN^UM 


Winsor,  Henry,  Jr. 

439 

Wormeley,  Ralph  Randolph 

37 

Winsor,  Justin 

921 

Wright,  Charlotte 

65 

Winthrop,  Elizabeth 

648* 

,888* 

Wright,  Eben 

577* 

Winthrop,  Robert  Charles 

125 

,888 

Wright,  Edwin,  Trustee 

870,  985 

Winthrop,  Robert  Charles, 

Jr.    648 

,888 

Wright,  Hartley  Hezekiah 

65 

Winthrop,  Thomas  Lindall 

42 

Wright,  John  Stratton 

354 

Wolcott,  Joshua  Huntington 

43.  29s 

,708 

Wright,  William  Burnett 

584 

Wolcott,  Roger 

43 

Wrisley,  Frank 

7 

Wolcott,  Roger 

43* 

Wrisley,  Helen  WiUiams 

7* 

WolfF,  John  Eliot 

271* 

Wyman,  Edward 

474 

Wolff,  Philippe 

271 

Wyman,  Elizabeth 

214 

Wood,  Arthur  WendeU 

770* 

Wyman,  Jeffries 

140 

Wood,  Charles  Greenleaf 

866 

Wyman,  Margaret  Curry 

214* 

Wood,  EUen  Nichols 

1049 

Wyman,  Morrill,  Jr. 

417* 

Wood,  William 

104 

Wyman,  Rufus 

140 

Wood,  William  Barry 

1049 

Wyman,  Rufus 

ai4 

Woodbridge,  Lucy  Ann 

438 

Wyman,  Susan 

140 

Woodbury,  Charles  Levi 

107 

Woodbury,  Ellen  Carolina  de 

sQuincy 

107* 

Y 

Woodbury,  John  Page 

854* 

Woodman,  Cyrus 

85s* 

Young,  Alexander 

371 

Woods,  Annie  Louise 

242* 

Young,  Ammi  Bumham 

233 

Woods,  Henry 

242 

Young,  Benjamin  Loring 

553* 

Woodward,  Ebenezer,  Trustee 

412 

Young,  Charles  Loring 

398 

Woolson,  Eda  Adams 

773*. 

1034* 

Young,  George 

390 

Worcester,  Benjamin 

124* 

Young,  George  Brooks 

»S3 

LIST   OF   LIFE  SUBSCRIBERS 


Timothy  Alden 

Jacob  Bigelow 

Kirk  Boott 

George  Watson  Brimmer 

Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster 

Charles  Burroughs 

Frederick  Cabot 

William  Eilery  Channing 

Elisha  Clap 

John  Codman 

Henry  Colman 

Edmund  Trowbridge  Dana 

Samuel  Luther  Dana 

Blowers  Danforth 

Asa  Eaton 

Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 

William  Emerson 

Alexander  Hill  Everett 

Robert  Field 

Leonard  Foster 

James  Freeman 

Nathaniel  Langdon  Frothingham 

John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner 

Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner 

Christopher  Gore 

John  Gorham 

Thomas  Gray 

Benjamin  Daniel  Greene 

Francis  William  Pitt  Greenwood 

Thaddeus  Mason  Harris 

Joseph  Head,  Jr. 

Abiel  Holmes 

Charles  Jackson 

James  Jackson 

John  Thornton  Kirkland 

Edward  Jackson  Lowell 


Francis  Cabot  Lowell 
William  Lyman 
Joseph  McKean 
Joseph  William  McEean 
Isaac  Mansfield 
Minister  of  King's  Chapel 
David  Moody 
David  J.  Moody 
Paul  Moody 
Jedidiah   Morse 
Andrews  Norton 
Francis  Parkman 
William  Edward  Payne 
Octavius  Pickering 
John  Pierce 
Eliphalet  Porter 
Andrew  Ritchie 
Francis  Sales 
Winthrop  Sargent 
James  Savage 
William  Smith  Shaw 
Isaac  Smith 
John  Stickney 
Gilbert  Stuart 
Charles  Tappan 
Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher 
Samuel  Cooper  Thacher 
Israel  Thomdike 
George  Ticknor 
Joseph  Tuckerman 
William  Tudor,  Jr. 
John  Collins  Warren 
Benjamin  Welles 
William  WeUs 
Sidney  Willard 
Solomon  Willard 


Note.  —  A  middle  Initial  without  a  period  indicates  that  there  was  no 
middle  name. 


X 

MEMBERS   OF   THE   STAFF 


X 

MEMBERS   OF   THE  STAFF 

William  Smith  Shaw,  A.M.,  Librarian       .     .  1 807-1822 

Clerk  of  the  United  States  District  Court.     A  promoter  of  the 

North  American  Review- 
Joseph  McKean 1809 

John  D.  Waters 1817-1821 

Micah  W.  Hill,  Assistant  Librarian       ....  1818-1820 

Joseph  Backus,  Assistant  Librarian        ....  18  20- 18 25 

in  charge 1 822-1 825 

Samuel  J.  Emerson 1 821-1822 

John  A.  Preston 1 822-1 823 

Stephen  Abrams,  Janitor 1823-1848 

Seth  Bass,  M.D.,  Librarian 1 825-1 846 

Assistant  Librarian,  1846— 1847. 

Sherburn  Rowe        1 828-1 830 

William  P.  Johnson 1831-1832 

Francis  G.  Allen 1 834-1 836 

Archibald  Guthrie 1^37 

G.  B.  Spaulding 1839 

Francis  Henry  Rowland 1 841-1844 

Tappan  Sargent 1844 

Fisher  M.  T.  Keeler 1845 

C.  F.  P.  Hildreth 1846 

Charles  Frederick  Schneider 1 846-1 848 

Charles  Folsom,  A.M.,  Librarian       ....  1 847-1 856 

Librarian,  Harvard    College,    1823— 1826.     Charge  d'affaires  at 

Tunis. 

Jerome  Seidensticker 1 847-1 849 

Charles  Bullard  Fairbanks,  Assistant  Librarian    .  1847- 1853 


2i8  THE   BOSTON  ATHENiEUM 

Timothy  Lyons,  Janitor 1 848-1 862 

Joseph  L.  Holton 1849 

William  B.  Rowland 1849 

William  Thaddeus  Harris 1850 

Ezra  Abbot,  Jr.,    1851,    1 853-1 854;    Assistant 

Librarian 1 854-1 856 

Charles  Sprague  Lincoln 1853 

George  Arnold,  Jr 1853-1856 

C.  Harris 1854 

Stephen  Buttrick  Noyes 1 854-1855 

Librarian,  Brooklyn  Mercantile  Library. 
William  Frederick  Poole,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  Li- 
brarian     I 856-1 868 

Assistant  Librarian    1 851;  Librarian,   Public  Library,   Cincinnati, 

1869— 1873,    and    Chicago,    1874-1887;    Librarian,  Newberry 

Library,  Chicago,  1887-1894.     Originator  of  "  Poole's  Index." 
Manton  Malone  Marble,  Assistant  Librarian       .  1856 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Harnden 1 856-1 860 

William  Joseph  Adams,  Assistant  Librarian    .     .  1856-1866 

William  Sheehan,  1 856-1 862;  Janitor      .      .     .  1862-1866 

Joseph  William  Jenks 1 857-1 858 

Henry  Ward  Poole 1 859-1 860 

Sarah  E.  Gill 1859-1866 

(Mrs.  Eugene  Bullard.) 

Reuben  H.  Fletcher 1 860-1 861 

Mary  Abbie  Bean 1 860-1 869 

Librarian,  Brookline  Public  Library,  1871-1893. 

William  Isaac  Fletcher 1 861-1866 

Librarian,  Amherst  College  Library. 

Charles  Russell  Lowell 1857-18 70 

Albion  Cate 1864 

Eli  M.  Whitney 1864 

Emma  Jane  Bean 1864-1870 

Edward  Sweeney         1865 

Charles  [T.]  Evans 1866-1872 

Librarian,  Indianapolis  Public  Library.     Bibliographer. 


MEMBERS   OF  THE  STAFF  219 

Caroline  Maria  Hewins 1 866-1 867 

Librarian,  Hartford  Public  Library. 
Sara  A.  Timmermann        1866-1869 

(Mrs.  Arthur  Sibley.) 

William  Price,  Janitor i866?-i876? 

Harriet  Howe  Ames 1 867-1 869 

Librarian,  Hoyt  Public  Library,  East  Saginaw,  Michigan. 
Charles  Ammi  Cutter,  A.B.,  Librarian    .     .     1 869-1 892 

Librarian,  Forbes  Library,  Northampton,  1894— 1903. 

Originator  of  "  The  Expansive  Classification." 
M.  Angeline  B.  Robinson -1869- 

(Mrs.  Thomas  Swadkins.) 
Mrs.  Anna  Carter  (Dudley)  Keen        ....     1869-1872 
Isabel  Clarke 1869-1875 

(Mrs.  Augustine  Ferry.) 
Emma  Leonore  Clarke      ........      1 869-1 890 

Librarian,  Framingham  Town  Library. 

Mary  Robertson i869?-i874 

Mary  Jane  Regan 1869- 

Clara  A.  Spalding 1870,  1872-1873 

(Mrs.  Edward  S.  Ellis.) 
Elizabeth  Dana  Henchman 1870-1876 

(Mrs.  E.  D.  H.  Moody.) 
Lillie  Frances  Brown    ....     1871-1875?;    1878-1881 
Rebecca  Ingraham  Thompson i87i?-i878 

(Mrs.  Norman  P.  Hayes.) 

John  Albee 1872-1873 

Augusta  Isabella  Appleton 1872-1889 

Sarah  Peters  Bowker 1872-1875,  1879-1888 

(Mrs.  Richard  Bliss.) 

Flora  C.  Barker -1873- 

Mary  Elizabeth  Wilcox 1873-1874 

Eliza  Watts  Brown 1873-1875  ? 

(Mrs.  Arthur  F.  Luke.) 
Annie  Olivia  Calkin 1873-1882 

(Mrs.  William  A.  Stearns.) 
Charles  Duncan 1873-1876 


220  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Elizabeth  Catherine  Allen 1873-1893 

Eva  Maria  Goetz 1 874-1881 

(Mrs.  Charles  Duncan.) 

Miss  Wall -1874- 

Ellen  Frances  Knowles 1874- 

Mary  A.  H.  Keyes 1874  ?-i887  ? 

(Mrs.  John  McGowan.) 
Mrs.  Emma  Angeanett  Otis i874?-i892 

(Mrs.  Edmund  S.  Clark.) 

881 

877 
881 

882 


Marietta  G.  McElroy 1875?- 

William  Buchanan,  Janitor 1876?- 

Arthur  Clarence  Hayes 1876- 

Warren  W.  Doe,  Janitor 1878- 

Mary  Ellen  Wilder 1878- 

Kittie  K.  Burnell 1879?- 

Agnes  Howard  McKendry 1879- 

(Mrs.   Austin  Holden.)     Assistant  Librarian, 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

John  H.  Price 1880- 

Ellen  Bradford 1880- 

(Mrs.  Solomon  B.  Stebbins.) 

Caroline  Ellis  Fisher 1880- 

(Mrs.  Charles  H.  Williams.) 

Rebecca  Frances  Keyes 1880- 

Sophia  Elizabeth  Haven    1880-1884,1887-1888,   1895- 

Anna  Grey  Soule 1881- 

(Mrs.  Samuel  Lapham.) 

Thomas  F.  Brady 

Arthur  Jacob  Knewles 1881- 

Assistant  Librarian,  Social  Law  Library,  Boston. 

James  Clapp  Withington,  Janitor 1882- 

T.  B.  Christophe 1882- 

George  C.  Thomas 

John  Clapp  Withington 1882- 

Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow  Morris      .     ...     .     .  1882- 

(Mrs.  M.  F.  O'Donoghue.) 


881 
894 

882 
881 

884 

896 

891 

881 

884 

894 
883 
882 
891 
883 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  STAFF  221 

Elizabeth  A.  McGonagle 1 882-1905 

Florence  Soule 1882-1891 

Kate  Emery  Sanborn 1882-1891 

(Mrs.  Gardner  Maynard  Jones.) 

Susan  Catherine  Smith 1882- 

Linda  Frobisher  Wildman 1883- 


Thomas  Sutton        

Edwin  T.  Hand 

Edward  Benjamin  Brown 1883- 

Harriet  Eliza  Green 1884- 

Bertha  Hortense  Merrill 

Raymond  Lawrence  Costello 1887- 

Katharine  Laura  Green 1889- 

(Mrs.  Edward  C.  Rowse.) 

Elizabeth  Lowell  Everett 1890- 

Susan  Clark  Kennedy        ........ 

Mary  Honoria  Wall 1890- 

(Mrs.  John  Henry  Gill.) 

Malina  Anvers  Gilkey 1891- 

Jeannie  Mary  Williams 1891- 

Edith  Elizabeth  Chase 1891- 

Annie  Holbrook  White 1891- 

George  Archambeau,  Janitor  1 894-1 906       .     .  1891- 

Jennie  Mabel  De  Meritt        1892- 

Winnifred  Faxon  White        1892- 

Mrs.  Louise  Appleton  Bradbury 1892- 

Alice  Sarah  Wyman 1892- 

Laura  Field  Weeks 1892- 

Florence  May-Winsor 1892- 

(Mrs.  John  M.  B.  Churchill.) 

William  Coolidge  Lane,  A.B.,  Librarian     .  1893- 


Asst.  Librarian,  Harvard  University,  1 887-1 893;  Librarian,  1 897 


William  Moses  Blatt 1893- 

Helen  Ware  Rice 1893- 

Lottie  Louise  Whitney 1^93" 

(Mrs.  Lewis  B.  Tarlton.) 


883 
883 

892 
885 

890 
891 

891 
890 
906 

893 

894 

893 

893 
906 

901 

893 

904 

893 
893 


897 


894 
894 
897 


222  THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 

Annette  E.  Barnes 1 893-1 894 

Thomas  Franklin  Currier 1894 

Cecilia  Wanda  Kueffner 1894 

Hiller  Crowell  Wellman 1894- 18 96 

Librarian,  Springfield  City  Library, 

Lewis  Wright,  Janitor  1906- 1894- 

Frederick  A.  Keyser 1894- 1900 

Martha  Sever 1895 

William  Robinson  Griffin 1 895-1 902 

Etta  Lebreton  Rabardy 1895- 

Walter  Lewis  Barrell 1 896-1900 

Franklin  Osborne  Poole 1 896-1902 

Librarian,  Association  of  the  Bar,  New  York. 

Hortense  Webster 1 897-1901 

(Mrs.  Harry  Hale  Goss.) 

Annie  Brooks  Brown 1 897-1 898 

Charles  Knowles  Bolton,  A.B.     Librarian  .  1898- 

Assistant,  Harvard  University  Library,  1890— 1893. 

Librarian,  Public  Library,  Brookline,  1894-1897. 

Pleasantine  Wilson 1898 

Marion  Gates  Vinal 1 898-1903 

(Mrs.  Roland  Otto  Meisenbach.) 

Emily  Bouve  Osborn 1900-1903,  1907 

Charles  Casteels 1 900-1 901 

Henry  Spaulding  Coffin 1 900-1 901 

Charles  Newcomb  Baxter 1901- 

Gertrude  Lydia  Babcock 1901-1902 

William  Andrew  Fix 1901-1903 

Jessie  May  Douglass 190 1 -1904 

Harriet  Webster  Staples 1 902-1903 

Louise  Greenwood  Stewart 1902- 

John  Frederick  Breen 1902-1905 

James  Aloysius  O'Leary 1903-1906 

Susan  Mary  Wilson 1904- 

Sarita  Gore  Flint 1904-1905 

Louise  Merrill 1904- 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  STAFF  223 

Rebecca  Whitney  Wright 1905- 1906 

Frances  Crocker  GifFord 1906- 

Mary  Frances  Burke 1906- 

Raymond  Newell  Brown 1906-1907 

Theresa  Bates  Walley 1906- 

William  Gustave  Ernest  Mutz 1906- 

Frank  John  Kerr 1906- 


INDEX 


An  alphabetical  list  of  Proprietors  follows  the  chronological  list. 
(See  page  175.) 


Abbot,  Ezra,  his    praise  of   the  printed 

catalogue,  48,  96;  an  assistant  librarian, 

218 
Abrams,  Stephen,  a  janitor,  217 
Adams,  Brooks,  secretary,  117 

Caleb,  a  donor,  77 

Charles   Francis,  president,  50,  115; 

a  donor,  84;  vice-president,  116 

Charles  Francis,  secretary,  117 

Charles  Francis,  2d,  a  trustee,  121 

Daniel,  a  donor,  80 

Hannah,  first  woman  reader,  10,  40  ; 

portrait  by  Harding,  viii,  40,  81 
John,  his  collection   of   documents, 

63 
John  Quincy,  his  books  lent,  26 ;  his 

collection  of  documents,  63,  84 

Joseph  H.,  a  donor,  80 

Phineas,  first  editor  of  Monthly  An- 

thologyj  22 
WiUiam  Joseph,  an  assistant  librarian, 

218 

Zabdiel  Boylston,  mentioned,  8r 

Albee,  John,  an  assistant,  219 
Alcott,  Amos  Bronson,  a  reader,  9 
Alden,  Timothy,  a  subscriber,  213 
Allen,  Elizabeth  Catherine,  an  assistant, 

220 

Francis  G.,  an  assistant,  217 

Allston,  John  E.,  a  donor,  82 

Washington,  his  portrait  of  Benjamin 

West,  82 ;  bust  by  Clevenger  given,  82 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 

28;  in  Beacon  Street  building,  36 
Ames,  Harriet  Howe,  an  assistant,  219 
Amory,  Charles,  a  trustee,  119 

John,  a  donor,  78 

Jonathan,  a  donor,  75,  77 

Nathaniel,  a  donor,  76,  77 

Rufus  Greene,  residence  purchased, 

26 
Thomas  Coffin,  and  Bowyer's  historic 

lottery,  25 

Thomas  Coffin,  a  donor,  80 

Andrews,  Caleb,  a  donor,  77 

Ebenezer  Turell,  a  donor,  78 

William  Turell,  mentioned,  96 ;  secre- 
tary, 117;  a  trustee,  119 
Anthology  Reading-Room,  24 
Anthology  Society  formed,  23 


Appleton,  Augusta  Isabella,  an  assistant, 

219 

Ebenezer,  a  donor,  T} 

Francis  Henry,  a  donor,  83 

— 1 —  Francis  Henry,  mentioned,  96 

Nathan,  a  benefactor,  47;  a  donor,  75, 

76,  77,  80,  83,  84,  85;  treasurer,  116 

Samuel,  his  executors  purchase  shares, 

47,  give  a  fund,  70;  a  donor,  75,  84 

Thomas  Gold,  a  donor,  83 

William,  a  donor,  •]•],  79,  80,  83,  84, 

85 
William,  Jr.,  secretary,  117;  a  trus- 
tee, 120 
Appleton  Fund,  70 

Apthorp,  John  Trecothick,  a  donor,  75,  77 
Archamb^u,  George,  a  janitor,  221 
Arlington  Street  property  bought,  52,  53 ; 

sold,  53 
Armstrong,  Samuel  Turell,  a  donor,  84 
Arnold,  George,  Jr.,  an  assistant,  218 

Howard  Payson,  a  donor,  87 

Art  Gallery,  Pearl  Street,  32 ;  dimensions, 
33 ;  —  Beacon  Street,  36,  39 ;  catalogues, 
published,  97-99 ;  catalogues  of  the  Braun 
photographs,  105 
Art  loan  exhibition,  first,  31 
Arundel  chromolithographs,  61 
Aspinwall,  William,  his  Notarial  records, 

65,  104 
Athenaeums  in  other  cities,  55 
Atkinson,  Charles  Follen,  a  donor,  87 
Audubon,  John  James,  his  engravings  of 

birds,  33 
Austin,  Daniel,  a  donor,  83 

Edward,  a  donor,  83 

Ivers  James,  a  don  v,  85 

James  Trecothick,  a  donor,  78 

Samuel,  a  donor,  83  ;  a  trustee,  1 19 

Ayer,    Mary   Farwell,  her    Check-Ust   of 
Boston  Newspapers,  62, 86 


B 


Babcock,  Gertrude  Lydia,  an  assistant,  222 

Babson,  Joseph  E.,  a  reader,  49 

Backus,  Joseph,  an  assistant  librarian,  122, 

217 
Bacon,  Daniel  Carpenter,  a  donor,  8^ 

Francis,  a  donor,  83 

Balfour,  David  Miller,  a  reader,  54 


IS 


226 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Ballou,  Maturin  Murray,  a  reader,  54 
Bancroft,  George,  character  of  his  reading,  9 
Barker,  Flora  C,  an  assistant,  219 
Barnard,  Charles,  a  donor,  76 

George  Middleton,  a  donor,  83 

Barnes,  Annette  E.,  an  assistant,  222 
Barrel!,  Walter  Lewis,  an  assistant,  222 
Bartlett,  Thomas,  a  donor,  78 
Bass,  Seth,  librarian,  34,  122,  217;  an  as- 
sistant librarian,  217 
Batchelder,  Samuel,  a  donor,  80,  83 
Bates,  George,  mentioned,  81 
Battles,  Edward,  a  donor,  80 
Baxter,  Charles  Newcomb,  his  list  of  pub- 
lications issued  by  the  Athenaeum,  91- 
106;  an  assistant,  222 
Beacon  Street  building,  35,  36;  occupied, 
37;  alterations,  1889,  50;   removal  to  a 
new    building  considered,   53;     repairs, 

1904.  53 
Beacon    Street    property    purchased,   35; 

trustees  authorized  to  sell,  53 
Bean,  Emma  Jane,  an  assistant,  218 

Horace,  mentioned,  81 

Mary  Abbie,  an  early  assistant,  42,  218 

Beck,  Charles,  a  donor,  83,  84 
Belknap,  John,  a  donor,  77,  y8 
Bemis,  George,  his  gift  for  international 

law,  64,  71 
Bemis  Fund,  71 
Bigelow,  Erastus  Brigham,  a  trustee,  120 

Jacob,  a  donor,  79,  80;  mentioned,  81 ; 

a  subscriber,  213 
Billings  (Robert  Charles)   Fund,  65,  72; 

publications  of,  106 
Binney,  Amos,  a  trustee,  119 
Blake,  Stanton,  a  trustee,  121 

William  Pinson,  bookseller,  21 

Blatt,  William  Moses,  an  assistant,  221 
Bolton,  Charles  Knowles,  his  paper  on  the 
history  of  the  Athenaeum,  13-56;  libra- 
rian, C2,  122,  222 

Ethel  Stanwood,  editor  of  Topliff's 

Travels,  106 
Bond,  George,  a  donor,  77,  78,  79,  80 
Books  classified,  28 
Books  first  lent  to  proprietors,  30 
Books  taken  out,  records  of,  6 
Booksellers  in  Boston,  number  of,  i6 
Boott,  John  Wright,  a  donor,  •;■;,  79 

Kirk,  a  donor,  79;  a  subscriber,  213 

Bordman,  William  Henderson,  a  donor,  83 
Boston  Athenaeum,  incorporated,  24;  ob- 
jects, 26 ;  removal  to  Tremont  Street,  26 ; 
absorption  of  other  libraries,  28 ;  removal 
to  Pearl  Street,  28;  lecture  hall.  29;  Art 
Gallery,  32;  Beacon  Street  building,  35, 
36;  special  collections,  43,  59-^6;  ab- 
sorption by  Boston  Public  Library 
threatened,  43-46;  removal  to  a  new 
building  considered,  53 ;  publications, 
91-106 
Boston  Athenaeum  described,  in  1826,  30; 

in  1845,  34  i  '"  '85°)  38;  in  1870,  49 
Boston  Library  Society,  21 
Boston  Medical  Library,  28,  80,81 


Boston  newspapers,  early,  62 

Boston  Public  Library  organized,  43, 44 ; 
threatens  to  absorb  the  Athenaeum,  43-46 

Bowditch,  Alfred,  mentioned,  97;  treas- 
urer, 116 

Charles  Pickering,  a  donor,  64,  86 ; 

mentioned,  97;  treasurer,  116;  a  trustee, 
121 

Jonathan   Ingersoll,  a  donor,  83 ;    a 

trustee,  119 

Nathaniel,  mentioned,  vii,  44,  79,  80 ; 

a  donor,  78,  79;  bust  by  Frazee,  82;  a 
trustee,  118 

Nathaniel  Ingersoll,  a  donor,  70,  82; 

mentioned,  loi;  a  trustee,  119 

Bowditch  Fund,  70 

Bowker,  Sarah  Peters,  an  assistant,  219 

Bowyer's  historic  lottery,  25 

Boyden,  Uriah  Atherton,  a  donor,  85,  86; 
a  trustee,  120 

Bradbury  Charles,  a  donor,  75,  77,  81 

Mrs.  Louise  Appleton,  an  assistant, 

221 

Bradford,  Ellen,  an  assistant,  220 

Bradlee,  Josiah,  a  benefactor,  47  ;  a  donor, 
75>  76,  77,  78  ;  mentioned,  76 

Joseph  Putnam,  a  donor,  76,  77,  78, 

81 

Brady,  Thomas  F.,  an  assistant,  220 

Breeches  Bible,  43 

Breen,  John  Frederick,  an  assistant,  222 

Brewster,  William,  a  book  from  his  li- 
brary, 43 

Brimmer,    George  Watson,  a   donor,   76, 

79,  82  ;  a  subscriber,  213 
Martin,  a  trustee,  119 

Martin,  a  benefactor,  47;  a  donor,  85, 

86  ;  a  trustee,  120 
Broadsides,  65 
Bromfield,  John,  no  portrait  found,  viii,  38 ; 

his    gift,    38,    69;    biographical    notice 

mentioned,  106 
Bromfield  Fund,  69 
Brooks,    Edward,  a    donor,    79,   80,   84  ; 

mentioned,  79  ;  a  trustee,  118 

Francis,  a  donor,  85 

Gorham,  a  donor,  yy,  79,  80 

Peter  Chardon,  a  donor,  75,  76,  78,  79, 

80,  81 

Brown,  Annie  Brooks,  an  assistant,  222 

Edward  Benjamin,  an  assistant,  221 

Eliza  Watts,  an  assistant,  219 

James,  a  donor,  84;  a  trustee,  120 

John  Mills,  a  donor,  80 

Lillie  Frances,  an  assistant,  219 

Raymond  Newell,  an  assistant,  223 

Browne,  Edward  Ingersoll,  a  donor,  86 
Bryant,  John,  a  donor,  76 

John,  Jr.,  a  donor,  84 

Buchanan,  William,  a  janitor,  220 
Buckingham,  Joseph  Tinker,  a  donor,  79 
Buckminster,  Rev.  Joseph  Stevens,  men- 
tioned, vii;  a  founder,  24,  no,  112  ;  his 
work  in  England,  25  ;  portrait  by  Stuart, 
given,  85 ;  biographical  notice  mentioned, 
106;  a  trustee,  117;  a  subscriber,  213 


INDEX 


227 


Bullard,  Asa,  mentioned,  81 

Stephen  Hopkins,  a  donor,  8^ 

William  Story,  a  donor,  83,  85 

Bumstead,  John,  a  donor,  77 
Burke,  Mary  Frances,  an  assistant,  223 
Burnell,  Kittie  K.,  an  assistant,  220 
Burroughs,  Charles,  a  subscriber,  213 

George,  a  donor,  79 

Bussey,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  76 
By-Laws  published,  91-92 
Byroniana,  60 


Cabot,  Edward  Clarke,  architect  of  Beacon 
Street  building,  35;  a  trustee,  120 

Frederick,  a  donor,  79 ;  a  subscriber, 

213 

George  Edward,  a  trustee,  121 

Henry,  a  donor,  77 

James   Elliot,  mentioned,  vii,  97;   a 

donor,  86;  vice-president,  116;  a  trus- 
tee, 120,  121 

John  Higginson,  a  donor,  80 

Calkin,  Annie  Olivia,  an  assistant,  219 

Canning,  George,  miniature  lent  by  Daniel 
Webster,  32 

Carter,  James  Gordon,  a  donor,  79 

Cary,  Thomas  Greaves,  mentioned,  46, 
96;  president,  115;  vice-president,  116; 
a  trustee,  119 

Casteels,  Charles,  an  assistant,  222 

Catalogue  printed,  47,  48 

Catalogues  published,  92-95 

Gate,  Albion,  an  assistant,  218 

Channing,  Walter,  mentioned,  81 

William  EUery,  a  reader,  10;  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 

Chapman,  Jonathan,  a  donor,  77 

Chase,  Edith  Elizabeth,  an  assistant,  221 

Theodore,  a  donor,  83 

Cheverus,  John,  a  donor,  75,  76 

Chickering,  Jonas,  a  donor,  83,  84 

Child,  David  Weld,  a  donor,  78 

Lydia  Maria,  a  reader,  10;  allowed 

to  take  out  books,  40  ;  her  "  Appeal  " 
published,  40 

Children,  books  for,  56 

Choate,  Rufus,  books  read  by,  7 

Christophe,  T.  B.,  an  assistant,  220 

Circulars  published,  95-97 

Clap,  Elisha,  a  subscriber,  213 

Pliny,  a  donor,  80 

Clapp,  Joshua,  a  donor,  78 

Clarke,  Edward,  a  donor,  79 

Emma  Leonore,  an  assistant,  219 

Isabel,  an  assistant,  219 

James  Freeman,  a  reader,  10 

Clay,  Henry,  bust  by  Clevenger  given,  82 

Clevenger,  Shobal  Vail,  a  donor,  82 

Codman,  Charles  Russell,  a  donor,  75,  76, 
77;  a  trustee,  120 

Henry,  a  donor,  77  ;  secretary,  116;  a 

trustee,  118 

John,  a  subscriber.  213 

Coffin,  Ebenezer  S.,  a  donor,  83 


Coffin,  Henry  Spaulding,  an  assistant,  222 

John  Gorham,  mentioned,  80,  81 

Colbum,  Warren,  a  donor,  80 

Collections,  special,  43,  59-66 

Colnan,  Henry,  a  subscriber,  213 

Confederate  literature,  62 

Consolidation  of  libraries  in  Boston,  28 

Consolidation  with  Boston  Public  Library 
threatened,  43-46 

Coolidge,  John  Templeman,  Jr.,  a  trustee, 
121 

Joseph,  a  donor,  Tj,  78 

Joseph,  mentioned,  viii ;  a  donor,  79, 

81;  a  trustee,  118 

Joseph,  a  donor,  84 

Joseph  Randolph,  Jr.,  mentioned,  97; 

a  trustee,  121 

Samuel  F.,  a  donor,  80 

Costello,  Raymond  Lawrence,  an  assistant, 
221 

Courtis,  Ambrose  S.,  a  donor,  69 

Crafts,  R.,  a  donor,  82 

Crawford,  Thomas  [G.],  his  works  of  sculp- 
ture, 98 

Criticism  of  the  Athenaeum,  30 

Crockett,  William  Albert,  a  reader,  54 

Crosby,  William  G.,  his  Poetical  illustra- 
tions, 98 

Crowninshield,  Edward  Augustus,  men- 
tioned, 96;  a  trustee,  119 

Francis    Boardman,    mentioned,   vii, 

101 ;  his  motion  not  to  sell  the  Athe- 
naeum, 46;  a  trustee,  120 

Cruft,  Edward,  a  donor,  79 

Samuel  Breck,  mentioned,  96 

Cummings,  Charles  Amos,  mentioned,  vii, 
97;  a  trustee,  121 

Cummings  (Charles  Amos)  Fund,  72 

Currier,  Thomas  Franklin,  an  assistant, 
222 

Curtis,  Charles  Pelham,  a  trustee,  118 

Charles  Pelham,  Jr.,  secretary,  117 

Thomas  Buckminster,  a  donor,  85 ;  a 

trustee,  119 

Thomas  Buckminster,  a  trustee,  120 

Gushing,  John  P.,  a  donor,  83,  84,  85 

Cutler,  Pliny,  a  donor,  76,  78 

Cutter,  Charles  Ammi,  librarian,  48,  122, 
219;  prints  the  catalogue,  48;  his  in- 
fluence, 48,  49;  declines  re-election,  51; 
mentioned,  94;  his  pamphlet  mentioned, 
105 

D 

Dabney,  Jonathan  Peele,  mentioned,  54, 

Dana,  Edmund  Trowbridge,  a  donor,  69 ; 

a  founder,  no;  a  subscriber,  213 

Edmund  W.,  a  donor,  84 

Richard  Henry,  mentioned,  97 

Samuel   Luther,  a  donor,  79,  80;   a 

subscriber,  213 
Danforth,  Blowers,  mentioned,  8 1 ;  a  sub* 

scriber,  213 
Thomas,  a  donor,  75 


228 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Darling,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  80 
Darracott,  George,  a  donor,  80 
Davis,    Isaac   P,    and    Bowyer's    historic 

lottery,  25;  a  donor,  77, 81,  84;  a  trustee, 

118 

Tames,  Jr.,  a  donor,  83,  85 

John,  a  founder,  24,  iii;  Bowyer's 

historic  lottery,  25 ;  a  donor,  79 ;  bust  by 

Clevenger    given,    82;    president,    115; 

vice-president,  115;  a  trustee,  n8 

John  Brazer,  a  donor,  80 

Jonathan,  a  donor,  77 

Joshua,  a  donor,  77 

Daye  (Stephen)  Fund,  72 

Deane,  Charles,  mentioned,  vii;  a  donor, 

86;  vice-president,  116;  a  trustee,  120 
Dearborn,  Henry  Alexander  Scammell,  a 

donor,  76,  79,  80 
De  Meritt,  Jennie  Mabel,  an  assistant,  221 
Derby,   Hasket,  editor  of  Le  Forestier's 

Relation,  106 
Dexter,  Franklin,  a  donor,  it,  79 ;  a  trus- 
tee, 118 

George  M.,  architect,  35 

Henry,   his  statue    of    "The   Back- 

woodsman,"  84 

Samuel,  a  trustee,  118 

William  Sohier,  secretary,  117 

Dixwell,  John,  mentioned,  81 

John  James,  a  donor,  83 

Doe,  Warren  W.,  a  janitor,  220 

Doggett,  John,  a  donor,  80 

Dorr,  John,  a  donor,  76 

Samuel,  a  donor,  77,  78 ;  a  trustee, 

118 
Douglass,  Jessie  May,  an  assistant,  222 
Dow,  Phineas,  a  donor,  80 
Downing,  Sir  George,  mentioned,  66 
Dowse,  Thomas,  gift  from  his  executors, 

60,  70;  his  gift  of  water-colors,  61,  85 
Dreyfus  affair,  books  on,  66 
Dues,  annual,  29 

Duncan,  Charles,  an  assistant,  219 
Dupee,  James  Alexander,  mentioned,  96 
Dutch  history  collection,  66 
Dutton,  Warren,  a  donor,  77 
Dwight,  Edmund,  a  donor,  84 

Edmund,  Jr.,  a  donor,  83,  85 

Thomas,  a  donor,  82 


Eaton,    Rev.   Asa,  a  reader,   39;    a  sub- 
scriber, 213 
Eliot,  Rev,  John,  writer  for  Monthly  An- 


scriber,  213 

John, 
thology,  23 


Samuel,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lot- 
tery, 25;  a  trustee,  iiS 

Samuel,  LL.D.,  president,   50,   115; 

a  donor,  86;  mentioned,  96;  a  trustee, 
120 

Samuel  Atkins,  his  motion  in  meeting 

to  decide  consolidation,  46;  a  donor,  75, 
79,  80,  83,  84 ;  a  trustee,  1 19 

William  Havard,  a  donor,  75,  77,  78 


Eliot's  Indian  Bible,  43 
Ellis,  Rev.  George  Edward,  a  donor,  84 
Emerson,   George  Barrell,  a  reader,  8;  a 
donor,  79,  86;  mentioned,  79 

Ralph  Waldo,  a  reader,  10,  49;  his 

lectures,  33 ;  his  first  editions,  62 ;  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 

Samuel  J.,  an  assistant,  217 

Rev.  William,  editor  of  Monthly  An- 
thology, 23;  a  founder,  23,  24,  109,  in; 
a  trustee,  24,   117;   biographical  notice 
mentioned,  106;  a  subscriber,  213 
Eustis,  William  Tappan,  a  donor,  83 
Evans,  Charles  [T.],  an  assistant,  218 
Everett,  Alexander  Hill,  a  subscriber,  213 

Edward,  a  reader,  8 ;  a  donor,  79,  83; 

a  trustee.  118 
Elizaoeth  Lowell,  an  assistant,  221 


Fairbanks,  Charles  Bullard,  an  assistant 

librarian,  217 

Gerry,  a  donor,  80 

Famsworth,  Amos,  mentioned,  81 

Fast  Day  proclamations,  65 

Fearing,  Albert,  mentioned,  96 ;  a  trustee, 

119 
Felton,  Cornelius  Conway,  a  reader,  10 
Field,  Robert,  a  founder,  11 1;  a  subscriber, 

213 
Fine  Arts  Department,  60,  6i 
Fine  Arts  Fund,  69 
First  editions  of  American  authors,  62 
Fisher,  Caroline  Ellis,  an  assistant,  220 
Fix,  William  Andrew,  an  assistant,  222 
Flagg,  Josiah  Foster,  a  donor,  80;   men- 
tioned. Si 
Fletcher,  Reuben  H.,  an  assistant,  218 

Richard,  a  donor,  84 

William  Isaac,  an  assistant,  218 

Flint,  Santa  Gore,  an  assistant,  222 

Folsom,  Charles,  librarian,  37,  122,  217; 

letter  on  duties  of  a  librarian,  37;  his 

views  OH  women  as  members  of  staff,  41 ; 

his  policy  as  librarian,  42 

Foster,  Leonard,  a  donor,  80;  a  subscriber, 

213 

Thomas,  mentioned,  81 

William,  a  donor,  76,  80 

Founders,  107-112 

Francis,  Ebenezer,  a  donor,  75,  76,  78 

Frazee,  John,  his  busts  of  John  Lowell,  T. 

H.   Perkins,    Nathaniel    Bowditch,   and 

Joseph  Story,  82 
Freeman,  James,  a  subscriber,  213 
French,  Caroline  L.  W.,  a  donor,  87 
Frothingham,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Langdon,  a 

reader,  8;  a  subscriber,  213 
Funds,  69-72 


Gardiner,  Rev.  John  Sylvester  John,  writer 
for  Monthly  Anthology,  23 ;  biographical 


INDEX 


229 


notice  mentioned,  105;  a  founder,  109; 
a  subscriber,  213 

Robert  Hallowell,  a  founder,  24,  11 1, 

112;  a  trustee,  117;  a  subscriber,  213 

William  Howard,  mentioned,  loi 

Gardner,  John  Lowell,  a  donor,  79;  a  trus- 
tee, 119 

Gentlemen  adventurers  in  Bowyer's  historic 
lottery,  25 

Ghost,  The  Athenaeum,  33,  34 

Gibbon,  Edward,  a  book  from  his  library, 

43 
Gifford,  Frances  Crocker,  an  assistant,  223 
Gilkey,  Malina  Anvers,  an  assistant,  221 
Gill,  Sarah  E.,  an  early  assistant,  42,  218 
Gilman,    Daniel    Coit,    his    catalogue    of 

Washington's  Library,  42 
Goddard,  Nathaniel,  a  donor,  77 

William,  Jr.,  a  donor,  80 

Goetz,  Eva  Maria,  an  assistant,  220 
Goodwin,  Ozias,  a  donor,  83 
Gore,   Christopher,   a  donor,   80;  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 
Gorham,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  79 

John,  mentioned,  81 ;  a  subscriber,  213 

Gould,  Benjamin  Apthorp,  mentioned,  82 

Grant,  Moses,  a  donor,  83 

Gray,  Francis  Calley,  a  donor,  75,  76,  77, 

78,  79,  81,  82,  83,  84;  mentioned,  79,  80; 

president,   115;    vice-president,   116;    a 

trustee,  118 

Horace,  a  donor,  77,  78,  79,  80 

Mrs.  Horace,  a  donor,  87 

John  Chipman,  fa  benefactor,  47 ;  a 

donor,  76,  79,  80,  81,  83,  84;  mentioned, 

79 
John  Chipman,  mentioned,  97 ;  vice- 
president,  116;  a  trustee,  120 

Russell,  a  trustee,  121 

Samuel  Calley,  a  donor,  75,  T] 

Thomas,  a  founder,  no;  a  subscriber, 

William,  a  donor,  85 

William  Rufus,  a  donor,  "jt,  78 

Green,  Harriet  Eliza,  an  assistant,  221 

Katharine  Laura,  an  assistant,  221 

Greene,  Benjamin  Daniel,  a  donor,  76,  79, 
82,  83 ;  a  subscriber,  213 

Mrs.  Gardiner,  a  donor,  82 

John  Singleton  Copley,  a  donor,  82 

Greenleaf,  Ezdciel  Price,  a  donor,  84 
Greenough,  Charles  Pelham,  a  donor,  87; 
a  trustee,  121 

Horatio,  his  bust  of  J.  T.  Kirkland, 

82 

Richard  Saltonstall,  his  bust  of  W.  H. 

Prescott,  83;  his  "Shepherd  Boy  and 
Eagle,"  85 ;  his  Carthaginian  girl,  85 
Greenwood,  Francis  William  Pitt,  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 
Griffin,  Appleton  Prentiss  Clark,  his  Cata- 
logue of  the  Washington  collection,  42, 
43,  60,  94;  his  account  of  the  manu- 
scripts, 65,  102 

William  Robinson,  an  assistant,  222 

Grinnell,  Joseph,  a  donor,  82 


Groome,  Francis  Hindes,  his  collection  of 

Gypsy  literature  purchased,  64,  86 
Guild,  Benjamin,  bookseller,  21 ;  a  donor, 

79 
Edward  Chipman,  recollections  of  the 

Athencsum,  34 
Gumey,  Ephraim  Whitman,  a  trustee,  120 
Guthrie,  Archibald,  an  assistant,  217 
Gypsy  literature,  64 


H 

Habitu6s,  54,  55 

Hale,  David,  a  donor,  79 

Enoch,  Jr.,  a  donor,  79;  mentioned, 

79,  80,  81,  96;  a  trustee,  119 
Nathan,  a  donor,  77,  79 

Hall,  Andrew  Townshend,  a  donor,  69,  86 ; 
mentioned,  96;  vice-president,  116;  a 
trustee,  119 

George,  a  donor,  80 

Joseph,  a  donor,  77,  78 

Halle,  Ernst  von,  mentioned,  62 

Hammond,  Daniel,  a  donor,  76,  ^Z 

Hand,  Edwin  T.,  an  assistant,  221 

Harding,  Chester,  his  portrait  of  Miss 
Adams,  40,  81 ;  his  paintings,  60 

Hamden,  Mrs.  A.  B.,  first  woman  assistant, 
42,  218 

Harris,  C,  an  assistant,  218 

Charlotte,  a  donor,  69 

Henry,  a  donor,  71,  80 

Samuel  Devens,  a  donor,  "JT,  80 

Thaddeus  Mason,  his  ghost,  33,  34 ; 

a  subscriber,  213 

William  Thaddeus,  an  assistant,  218 

Harris  Fund,  71 

Haven,  Sophia  Elizabeth,  an  assistant,  220 

Hawkes,  Gilbert,  a  reader,  54 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel,  his  notes  on  Read- 
ing-Room,  7;  "The  Ghost  of  Dr.  Har- 
ris," 33,  34;  his  description  of  the 
Athenaeum  and  Richard  Hildreth,  38, 39 ; 
mentioned  by  H.  W.  Peirce,  39 ;  his  first 
editions,  62 

Hayes,  Arthur  Clarence,  an  assistant,  220 

Hercules  M.,  a  donor,  "n 

Hay  ward,  George,  a  donor,  79 ;  mentioned, 

80,  81;    president,   115  ;  vice-president, 
116;  a  trustee,  118 

Joshua  Henshaw,  mentioned,  81 

Head,  Francis  C,  a  donor,  77,  79 

Joseph,  a  donor,  77,  78 ;  a  subscriber, 

213 
Heard,  John,  Jr.,  a  donor,  75,  ^^ 
Hemenway,  Augustus,  a  trustee,  121 
Henchman,  Elizabeth  Dana,  an  assistant, 

219 
Henshaw,  David,  a  donor,  76 

Samuel,  a  donor,  80 

Hessian  manuscripts,  87 
Hewins,  Caroline  Maria,  an  assistant,  219 
Higginson,  James  Perkins,  a  donor,  79 
Stephen,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lot- 
tery, 25 


230 


THE   BOSTON  ATHENAEUM 


Higginson,  Mrs.  Waldo,  a  donor,  86 
Hildreth,  C.  F.  P.,  an  assistant,  217 

Richard,  a  reader,   10;  described  by 

Hawthorne,  38,  39 

Hill,  Clement  Hugh,  a  trustee,  120 

Micah  W.,  an  assistant  librarian,  217 

William,  a  donor,  80 

Hillard,  George  Stillman,  a  reader,  10,  49; 
bust  by  J,  A.  Jackson  given,  86 ;  men- 
tioned, 96;  a  trustee,  119 
Hobbs,  Prentiss,  a  donor,  So 
Holmes,  Abiel,  a  subscriber,  213 

Oliver  Wendell,  a  reader,  10;  his  first 

editions,  62 ;   a  donor,  83 ;  mentioned, 
96;  a  trustee,  119 

Oliver  Wendell,  Jr.,  a  trustee,  121 

Holton,  Joseph  L.,  an  assistant,  218 
Homer,  Sidney,  a  donor,  69 
Hooker,  Anson,  mentioned,  81 
Hooper,  Henry  N.,  a  donor,  80 

Robert  Chamblet,  a  donor,  82 

Robert    William,    mentioned,    vii;  a 

donor,  86 ;  gift  from  his  estate,  86 ;  vice- 
president,  116;  a  trustee,  120 

Samuel,    mentioned,    69 ;    treasurer, 

ii6;  a  trustee,  119 
Hosmer,  Zelotes,  a  donor,  84 
Houdon,  Jean  Antoine,  subscribers  to  cast 

of  his  statue  of  Washington,  83 
Hours  when  open,  1826,  30 
Houses,  collection  of  views  of  old,  61 
How,  James,  a  donor,  80 
Howard,  John  Clarke,  a  donor,  78 
Howe,  Miss,  the  Boston  Beauty,  31 

Samuel  Gridley,  a  reader,  8 

Howes,  William  Burley,  a  donor,  71 
Howes  Fund,  71 
Hubbard,  John,  a  donor,  75,  tj 
Hudson,  John  Elbridge,  a  trustee,  121 
Humphrys,  David,  and   Bowyer's  historic 

lottery,  25 
Hurd,  Thomas,  a  donor,  80 


lasigi,  Joseph,  a  donor,  84 

Inches,  Charlotte  Louise,  a  donor,  86 

Elizabeth  Brimmer,  a  donor,  86 

Henderson,  a  donor,   76,   78,  86;  a 

trustee,  118 
Ingalls,  William,  mentioned,  81 
International  law  collection,  64 


Jackson,  Charles,  a  donor,  78,  79,  80;  a 

trustee,  118;  a  subscriber,  213 

Mrs.  Charles,  a  donor,  86 

Charles  Cabot,  a  trustee,  121 

James,  a  donor,  78;  a  founder,  no; 

a  subscriber,  213 

John,  portrait  given,  86 

John    Adams,  his   bust    of  Wendell 

Phillips,  83 ;  his  bust  of  G.  S.  Hillard, 

86 


Jackson,  Patrick  Tracy,  a  donor,  76,  77, 78, 

79.  80 
James,  George  Abbot,  mentioned,  96 
Janitor's  duties,  1821-2,  27 
Jenkins,  Solon,  a  donor,  80 
Jenks,  Joseph  William,  an  assistant,  218 

Theodore,  a  donor,  80 

Johnson,  William  P.,  an  assistant,  217 
Jones,  John  Coffin,  a  donor,  78 

Thomas  K.,  a  donor,  79 

Joy,  Miss,  a  donor,  85 

Benjamin,  a  donor,  77,  78 

Joy's  buildings,  24 


K 


Keayne,  Robert,  his  will,  16 

Keeler,  Fisher  M.  T.,  an  assistant,  217 

Keen,    Mrs.   Anna    Carter   (Dudley),    an 

assistant,  219 
Kellogg,  Elijah,  a  reader,  54 
Kemble,  Fanny,  a  donor,  85 
Kennedy,  Susan  Clark,  an  assistant,  221 
Kerr,  Frank  John,  an  assistant,  223 
Keyes,  Mary  A.  H.,  an  assistant,  220 

Rebecca  Frances,  an  assistant,  220 

Keyser,  Frederick  A.,  an  assistant,  222 
Kilham  and  Mears,  donors,  80 
King's  Chapel  Library,  18,  28,  63 
Kirkland,  Rev.  John  Thornton,  a  founder, 
24,    III;    a   trustee,   24,    117;   bust  by 
Greenough   given,   82;    pamphlet    pub- 
lished,   95 ;    biographical    notice    men- 
tioned, 106;  a  subscriber,  213 
Knowles,  Arthur  Jacob,  an  assistant,  220 

Ellen  Frances,  an  assistant,  220 

Kueffner,  Cecilia  Wanda,  an  assistant,  222 
Kuhn,  George  Horatio,  a  donor,  83 


Lamb,  Thomas,  a  donor,  77 

Lane,  William  Coolidge,  liljrarian,  51,  122, 
221 ;  his  Appendix  to  the  Washington 
Catalogue,  43,  60,  95 ;  introduces  chang- 
es, 51;  declines  re-election,  52 

Lawrence,  Abbott,  a  donor,  75,  77,  78,  S3, 
84 

Mrs.  Abbott,  a  donor,  85 

Amos,  a  donor,  75,  76,  ^^,  78,  79,  80, 

81,  S3;  mentioned,  79;  a  trustee,  118 

Amos  Adams,  a  donor,  83 ;  mentioned, 

96 ;  a  trustee,  119 

Asa  Famsworth,  mentioned,  32 

Samuel,  a  donor,  77,  83;  a  trustee, 

119 

Timothy  Bigelow,  his  collection  of 

armor,  86 

W.  A.,  a  donor,  82 

William,  a  donor,  tj,  78,  79,  80,  84 

William  Richard,  a  trustee,  119 

Le  Forestier,  Fran§ois,  his  Relation,  65, 
106 

Lecture  Hall,  29,  30,  76,  78 


INDEX 


231 


Lee,  Francis,  a  donor,  79 

Mrs.  George  Gardner,  a  donor,  85 

Henry,  a  donor,  79,  80,  83 

Henry,  Jr.,  a  donor,  83,  85 

Joseph,  Jr.,  and   Bowyer's    historic 

lottery,  2; 

Thomas,  Jr.,  and  Bowyer's  historic 

lottery,  25  ;    donor,  77,  83,  85 

Leslie,  Charles  Robert,  his  portrait  of  Ben- 
jamin West  given,  76 

Lester,  Ebenezer  A.,  a  donor,  80 

Lewis,  Winslow,  a  donor,  79 

Librarian,  his  duties,  37 

Librarians,  list  of,  122 

Lincoln,  Charles  Sprague,  an  assistant, 
218 

Solomon,  a  trustee,  121 

Livermore,  George,  mentioned,  vii,  44,  47, 
96;  a  donor,  83;  vice-president,  116;  a 
trustee,  119 

Lloyd,  James,  Jr.,  and  Bowyer's  historic 
lottery,  25  ;  a  donor,  75 

James,  a  donor,  83 

Lodge,  Henry  Cabot,  a  trustee,  120 

Lombard,  Israel,  a  donor,  83 

Longfellow,  Alexander  Wadsworth,  a  trus- 
tee, 121 

Henry  Wadsworth,  his  first  editions, 

62 ;  a  donor,  84 

Loring,  Charles  Greely,  a  donor,  79,  85 

William  Joseph,  a  donor,  80  ;  a  trus- 
tee, 119 

Lothrop,  Thornton  Kirkland,  a  donor,  64, 
86;  a  trustee,  121 

Lowell,  Abbott  Lawrence,  his  aid  in 
choosing  law  books,  64;  a  trustee,  121 

Charles   Russell,  mentioned,  vii ;  his 

work  on  the  catalogue,  42,  47,  48;  an 
assistant,  218 

Edward  Jackson,  a  donor,  76,  79,  80; 

a  subscriber,  213 

Edward  Jackson,  mentioned,  vii ;  his 

heirs  give  books,  87  ;  a  trustee,  121 

Francis  Cabot,  a  donor,  79,  82,  83 ;  a 

subscriber,  213 

James   Russell,   mentioned,   54 ;   his 

first  editions,  62 

John,  a  founder,  24,  iii ;  president,  28, 

115;  interest  in  lecture  hall,  29;  men- 
tioned, 44,  76,  95  ;  a  donor,  75,  76,  ^^, 
78,  79,  80 ;  bust  by  Frazee  given,  82 ; 
vice-president,  115;  treasurer,  116;  a 
trustee,  118 

John,   Jr.,  a  donor,   'jj,  79,  80;  gift 

from  his  estate,  82 ;  mentioned,  79 ;  his 
will  mentioned,  105;  a  trustee,  118 

John  Amory,  a  benefactor,  47  ;  pres- 
ident, 50,  115;  vice-president,  50,  116; 
a  donor,  77,  79, 80, 81 ;  gift  from  his  estate, 
86;  mentioned,  79,  96;  a  trustee,  119 

Lunt,  Henry,  a  donor,  tj 

Lyman,  Arthur  Theodore,  a  donor,  85; 
president,  115;  treasurer,  116;  secretary, 
117;  a  trustee,  120 

George,  a  donor,  81 

George  Theodore,  a  trustee,  119 


Lyman,  George  Williams,  a  benefactor,  47; 
a  donor,  83,  84,  85 

Theodore,  Jr.,  mentioned,  75  ;  a  donor, 

76,  77,  83;  a  trustee,  118 

William,  a  donor,  "]•],  79;  a  subscri- 
ber, 213 

Lyons,  Timothy,  a  janitor,  218 


M 


McElroy,  Marietta  G.,  an  assistant,  220 
McGonagle,  Elizabeth  A.,  an  assistant,  221 
McKean,    Rev.   Joseph,   his   catalogue  of 
1810,92;  a  subscriber,  213;  an  assistant, 
217 

Joseph  WUliam,  a  subscriber,  213 

McKendry,  Agnes  Howard,  an  assistant, 

220 
McLean,  John,  a  donor,  76 
Mansfield,  Isaac,  a  donor,  76 ;  a  subscriber, 

213 
Manuscripts,  65,  102 

Marble,  Manton  Malone,  an  assistant  libra- 
rian, 218 
Marshall,  Emily,  mentioned,  31 

John,  bust  given,  82 

Josiah,  a  donor,  'J^ 

Martin,  William,  his  bookshop,  21 
Mason,  Jeremiah,  bust  by  Clevenger  given, 

82 
Jonathan,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lot- 
tery, 25  ;  a  donor,  78 

William  Powell,  a  donor,  80,  85,  86 

Massachusetts    Bay  Company,  order    for 

books,  1629,  15 
Massachusetts  Scientific  Library  Associa- 
tion, 28,  79,  80 
Mather  family's  library,  iS,  19 
Matthews,  Albert,  editor  of  Check-list  of 
Boston  newspapers,  63 ;  a  donor,  64,  86 ; 
a  trustee,  121 

Nathan,  a  donor,  86 

May,  Joseph,  mentioned,  81 

Samuel,  a  donor,  77,  85 ;  a  trustee,  119 

Mein,  John,  his  bookstore  and  library,  20 
MerrUl,  Bertha  Hortense,  an  assistant,  221 

Louise,  an  assistant,  222 

Miles,  Solomon  Pearson,  a  donor,  79 
Mills,  Charles  Henry,  a  donor,  83,  85 

James  Kellogg,  a  donor,  83,  85 

Minns,  Thomas,  mentioned,  72  ;  a  trustee, 

121 
Monthly  Anthology,  22,  23 
Moody,  David,  a  donor,  80;  a  subscriber, 

213 

David  J.,  a  donor.  So;  a  subscriber, 

213 

Paul,  a  donor,  80 ;  a  subscriber,  213 

Morland,  William  Wallace,  a  donor,  86 
Morris,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  an  assist- 
ant, 220 
Morse,  Mrs.  Harriet  Jackson,  a  donor,  71 

Jedidiah,  a  subscriber,  213 

John  Torrey,  Jr.,  a  trustee,  121 

Morse  (Samuel  Torrey)  Fund,  71 


232 


THE   BOSTON  ATHEN^UM 


Motley,  Thomas,  a  donor,  80, 81 
Mountford,  Rev.  William,  a  reader,  49 
Munson,  Israel,  a  donor,  76,  77 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  32,  39,  55 
Music  scores,  56 

Mutz,  William  Gustave  Ernest,  an  assist- 
ant, 223 

N 

"  Napoleon  "  of  the  British  Museum,  54 
Neagle,  John,  his  portrait  of  Stuart  given,  84 
Neal,  Nathan  Ward,  a  donor,  84 

Theodore  Augustus,  a  donor,  83 

New-England-Library,  19 

Newell,  Richard  A.,  a  donor,  80 

Newman,  Augustus,  a  donor,  80 

Newspapers,  early  Boston,  62 

Nichols  Lyman,  a  donor,  72 

Nichols  (Lyman)  Fund,  72 

Norton,  Andrews,  a  donor,  83 ;  a  subscriber, 

213 
Charles  Eliot,  mentioned,  vii,  96,  loi ; 

a  donor,  83  ;  a  trustee,  120 
Noyes,  Stephen  Buttrick,  an  assistant,  218 


o 

O'Leary,  James  Aloysius,  an  assistant,  222 
Oliver,  Francis    Johonnot,   a   donor,    77 ; 

mentioned,  79,  80 
Open  shelves,  5 
Osbom,  Emily  Bouv6,  an  assistant,  222 

Francis  Augustus,  mentioned,  96 

Osgood,  David,  mentioned,  81 

Otis,  Mrs.  Emma  Angeanett,  an  assistant, 

220 

George  Washington,  mentioned,  81 

Harrison  Gray,  a  donor,  75,  77 ;  bust 

by  Clevengergiven,  82;  a  trustee,  117 
Oxenbridge,  Rev.  John,  his  books,  17 
Oxnard,  Henry  P.,  a  donor,  83 


Paige,  James  William,  a  donor,  80 

P ,  Mr.,  a  reader,  3^ 

Paine,  Robert  Treat,  mentioned,  97 
Palfrey,  John  Gorham,  character  of    his 

reading,  9 
Panini,  Giovanni  Paolo,  his  pictures,  98 
Park,  Lawrence,  mentioned,  32 
Parker,  Daniel  Pinckney,  a  donor,  75,  77, 

7^^^^     .        ,       .  .... 
Franas  Edward,  mentioned,  vii ;    a 

donor,  71,  86;  a  trustee,  120 

Francis  Jewett,  a  donor,  85 

Henry  Melville,  secretary,  117 

Henry  Tuke,  a  donor,  84  ;  secretary, 

117;  a  trustee,  120 

John,  a  donor,  76,  77,  79 

Parker  Fund,  71 

Parkman,    Rev.  Francis,  a  donor,  78;  a 

subscriber,  213 


Parkman,  Francis,  mentioned,  vii ;  character 
of  his  reading,  9 ;  a  donor,  86  ;  a  trustee, 
120 

George,  mentioned,  81 ;  a  donor,  84 

Samuel,  Jr.,  a  donor,  77 

Parody,  meeting  to  decide  consolidation, 

46,47 

Parsons,  Theophilus,  a  founder,  24,  in; 
president,  115 

Thomas  William,  Jr.,  a  reader,  8 

Payne,  Edward  William,  a  donor,  80;  a 
subscriber,  213 

William,  a  donor,  75,  77,  79 

Peabody,  Elizabeth  Palmer,  a  reader,  10, 
40 ;  a  donor,  84 

Francis,  a  donor,  84 

George,  a  donor,  84 

Pearl  Street  house,  28 ;  sold,  35 

Peirce,  Heman  Winthrop,  his  reference  to 
the  Athenaeum  Gallery,  39 

Pelham,  William,  bookseller,  21 

Perkins,  Edward  Newton,  mentioned,  vii ; 
a  donor,  83;  a  trustee,  119,  120 

James,  the  elder,  gift  of  house,  28, 

75  ;  mentioned,  44  ;  subscribers  for  his 
portrait,  75;  vice-president,  115  ;  a  trus- 
tee, 118 

James,  the  younger,  a  donor,  29,  78, 80 

Samuel,  a  donor,  80 

Samuel  G,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lot- 
tery, 25  ;  a  donor,  76 

Thomas  Handasyd,  and  Bowyer's  his- 
toric lottery,  25;  chairman  of  building 
committee,  29;  his  executors  purchase 
shares,  47 ;  gives  a  table,  54,  84 ;  a  donor, 
29,  76,  77,  78,  81,  82,  83,  84 ;  his  family 
give  portrait  of  Tudor,  85 ;  mentioned, 
81 ;  bust  by  Frazee  given,  82  ;  president, 

"5 

Thomas  Handasyd,  Jr.,  a  donor,  77, 

81 

William,  a  donor,  S^y  86 

Phillips,  Edward,  a  donor,  77 

Jonathan,  a  donor,  77,  83 

Wendell,  portrait  by  Jackson  given,  85 

William,  a  donor,  75,  76,  78 

William,  a  trustee,  119 

Pickens,  John,  a  donor,  77 

Pickering,  Henry,  a  donor,  76 

Octavius,  a  subscriber,  213 

Pickman,  Clarke  Gayton,  a  donor,  84 

William,  a  donor,  84 

Pierce,  John,  a  subscriber,  213 

Pike,  Abraham  S.,  a  donor,  80 

Pollock,  Allan,  a  donor,  80 

Poole,  Franklin  Osborne,  his  Index  to  the 
Washington  Catalogue,  43,  60,  95  ;  an 
assistant,  222 

Henry  Ward,  an  assistant,  218 

William  Frederick,  his  policy  as  libra- 
rian, 42;  his  collection  of  Confederate 
literature,  43,62;  librarian,  47,  122,218; 
his  plan  for  a  catalogue,  47 ;  an  assistant 
librarian,  218 

Poor,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  80 

Porter,  Eliphalet,  a  subscriber,  213 


INDEX 


233 


Pratt,  William,  a  donor,  76,  77,  79 

Mrs.  William,  a  donor,  85 

Prescott,   William,  a  donor,  76,   78,   83; 

bust  given,  82 
William  Hickling,  mentioned,  vii,  96 ; 

character  of  his  reading,  9  ;  a  donor,  76, 

77)  78,  79,  80,  81,  84  ;  bust  by  Greenough 

given,  83;  a  trustee,  119 
Presidents,  list  of,  115 
Preston,  John  A.,  an  assistant,  217 
Price,  Ezekiel,  his  papers,  65 

John  H.,  an  assistant,  220 

William,  a  janitor,  219 

Prince,   John,  Jr.,  and  Bowyer's  historic 

lottery,  25 

Rev.  Thomas,  his  library,  19 

Proprietors,  lists  of,  published,  99-101 
Publications,  91-106 
Putnam,  Jesse,  a  donor,  77,  78 
William  Lowell,  a  trustee,  121 


Q 

Quincy,  Edmund,  a  reader,  1 1 

Eliza  Susan,  mentioned,  46 

Josiah,  books  read  by,  8 ;  president, 

28,  115;  quoted,  40;  his  "Appeal"  to 
save  the  Athenaeum,  44-46 ;  a  donor,  76, 
77,  78,  81;  mentioned,  76,  105;  vice- 
president,  115;  a  trustee,  118 
Josiah,  Jr.,  a  donor,  83,  84 ;  treas- 
urer, 116;  secretary,  117 


R 


Rabardy,  Etta  Lebreton,  an  assistant,  222 

Randall,  John,  a  donor,  76 ;  mentioned,  81 

Read,  James,  a  donor,  83 

Reading-Room,  36 

Regan,  Mary  Jane,  an  assistant,  219 

Reports  published,  101-102 

Revere,  Joseph  Warren,  a  donor,  78,  79, 

80 
Reynolds,    Edward,   a    donor,    79;    men- 
tioned, 81 
Rhodes,  James  Ford,  a  trustee,  121 
Rice,  Alexander  Hamilton,  a  donor,  86;  a 
trustee,  120 

Helen  Ware,  an  assistant,  221 

Henry,  a  donor,  76 

Henry  Gardner,  a  donor,  77 

John  Parker,  a  donor,  78 

Nathan,  a  donor,  83 

Rich,  Obadiah,  a  founder,  24,  112 
Richards,  John,  a  donor,  75,  76,  77;  vice- 
president,  116;  a  trustee,  118 

William  Reuben,  secretary,  117 

Richardson,  Jeffrey,  a  donor,  76,  77 
Ripley,  George,  a  rea'der,  10 
Ritchie,  Andrew,  a  subscriber,  213 

Harrison,  a  donor,  84 

Robbins,  Chandler,  Jr.,  mentioned,  81 

Edward  Hutchinson,  Jr.,  a  donor,  78, 

79,  80,  83 


Robertson,  Mary,  an  assistant,  219 
Robinson,  Horatio,  mentioned,  81 

M,  Angeline  B.,  an  assistant,  219 

Rogers,  Henry  Bromfield,  mentioned,  vii ; 

a  donor,  86;   treasurer,    ii6;  a  trustee, 

119 
Rogerson,  Robert,  a  donor,  79 
Rollins,  Ebenezer,  a  donor,  77,  81 

William,  mentioned,  82 

Rotch,  Benjamin  Smith,  a  trustee,  120 
Rowe,  Sherbum,  an  assistant,  217 
Rowland,  Francis  Henry,  an  assistant,  217 

William  B,,  an  assistant,  218 

Roxburghe  Club  publications,  66 
Rules  and  regulations  published,  102-104 
Russell,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  j'^ 
Joseph,  a  donor,  80 


Sales,  Francis,  his  books  purchased,  84 ;  a 

subscriber,  213 
Salisbury,  Samuel,  a  donor,  78 
Sanborn,  Kate  Emery,  an  assistant,  221 
Sargent,    Daniel,    and    Bowyer's    historic 

lottery,  25 
Henry,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lottery, 

25 

Howard,  a  donor,  81 

Ignatius,  a  donor,  77 

John  Turner,  and  Bowyer's  historic 

lottery,  25 

Tappan,  an  assistant,  217 

Winthrop,  writer  for  Monthly  Anthol- 
ogy, 23;  a  subscriber,  213 
Sarti,  Antonio,  his  exhibition,  98 
Savage,   James,    a   founder,    1 1 1 ;    a  sub- 
scriber, 213 
Sawyer,  Matthias  Plant,  a  donor,  69 

William,  a  donor,  75,  77,  78,  80 

Schneider,  Charles  Frederick,  an  assistant, 

217 
Scholars,  attitude  of  Athenaeum  toward,  37 
Schoolcraft,  Mrs.  Mary  Howard,  a  donor, 

ScoUay's  buildings,  25 

Sculpture  Gallery,  Pearl  Street,  33;  Bea- 
con Street,  36 

Searle,  George,  a  donor,  77,  79 

Sears,  David,  a  benefactor,  47;  a  donor, 
75,  76,  77,  83,  84,  85;  a  trustee,  118 

Henry   Francis,  a  donor,  64,   86 ;  a 

trustee,  121 

Seaver,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  77 

Secretaries,  list  of,  116,  117 

Seidensticker,  Jerome,  an  assistant,  217 

Sever,  Martha,  an  assistant,  222 

Sewall,  Samuel,  mentions  Boston  Library, 
17;  comments  on  a  lending  library,  19 

Shares  issued  in  1821,  1S26,  30;  in  1844, 
35;  in  1854-1858,  47 

Shattuck,  George  Brune,  a  trustee,  121 

George  Cheyne,  a  benefactor,  47  ;  a 

donor,  76,  78,  81,  84 

George  Cheyne,  Jr.,  a  donor,  84 


234 


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Shaw,  Gardiner  Rowland,  mentioned,  96; 
a  trustee,  119,  120 

Lemuel,  bust  by  Clevenger  given,  82 

Lemuel,  Jr.,  mentioned,   vii ;    secre- 
tary, 117;  a  trustee,  120 

Robert  G.,  and  Co.,  donors,  83 

Robert  Gould,  a  donor,  76,   77,   78 ; 

his  executors  purchase  shares,  47 

Samuel  Savage,  his  historical  sketch 

cited,  21 

William    Smith,    a    founder    of    the 

Athenaeum,  23-24, 109, 1 1 2 ;  a  trustee,  24 ; 
librarian,  26,  122,  217;  his  portrait,  26; 
his  collection  of  American  pamphlets,  43 ; 
mentioned,   76,  95 ;    a  donor,   78 ;  bio- 
graphical notice  mentioned,  106;  secre- 
tary, 116;  a  subscriber,  213 
Sheehan,  William,  a  janitor,  218 
Shepherd,  Rezin  Davis,  a  donor,  "ji 
Shurtleff,  Samuel  Atwood,  mentioned,  81 
Siddons,  Mrs.  Sarah  Kemble,  mentioned, 

Silsbee,  Nathaniel,  a  donor,  84 
Sinclair,  James,  a  donor,  80 
Smith,  Isaac,  a  subscriber,  213 

Susan  Catherine,  an  assistant,  221 

Snelling,  George  Henry,  a  donor,  79 
Society  for  cultivating  philosophical  knowl- 
edge, apparatus  purchased  of,  28 
Sohier,  George  Bnmmer,  his  books  given, 
86 

William  Davies,  mentioned,  97 

Soule,  Anna  Grey,  an  assistant,  220 

Florence,  an  assistant,  221 

Sparks,  Jared,  a  reader,  9;   a  donor,  83, 

Spalding,  Clara  A.,  an  assistant,  219 

Spaulding,  G.  B.,  an  assistant,  217 

Spooner,  Lysander,  a  reader,  54 

Staircase,  36,  50 

Stanton,  Francis,  a  donor,  75 

Staples,  Harriet  Webster,  an  assistant,  222 

Starbuck,  Charles  C,  a  donor,  80 

Stearns,  John,  a  donor,  84 

William  Gordon,  letter  quoted,  31 ;  a 

donor,  83 
Stevens,   Benjamin  Franklin,  mentioned, 

42 
Henry,  and  Washington's  liteuy,  42, 

59.  70 
Stewart,  Louise  Greenwood,  an  assistant, 

222 
Stickney,  John,  a  subscriber,  213 
Stimson,  rrederic  Jesup,  a  trustee,  121 
Stockton,  Howard,  mentioned,  97  ;   vice- 
president,  116;  a  trustee,  120 
Storrow,  Charles  Storer,  a  trustee,  120 
Story,  Joseph,  bust  by  Frazee  given,  82 
Strong,  Woodbridge,  mentioned,  81 
Stuart,  Gilbert,  made  life  member,  29 ;  his 
portraits  of  George  and   Martha  Wash- 
mgton  purchased,  32,  81 ;  his  paintings, 
60;  portrait  by  Neagle  given,  84;   his 
portrait  of  J.  S.  Buckminster,  83 ;  a  sub- 
scriber,  213 
Sturgis,  William,  a  benefactor,  47 ;  a  donor, 


75>  76,  78,  79,  80;  mentioned,  79;  a 
trustee,  118 

Subscription  for  shares  in  1853,  a  fund,  70 

Sullivan,  Richard,  a  donor,  75  ;  a  trustee, 
118 

William,  a  donor,  80 

Sully,  Thomas,  his  portrait  of  William 
Tudor,  85 

Sumner,  Charles,  a  reader,  10, 49  ;  Sumner 
staircase,  36,  50 

Sutton,  Thomas,  an  assistant,  221 

Sweeney,  Edward  an  assistant,  218 

Swett,  Samuel,  a  donor,  76,  77,  80;  a  trus- 
tee, 118 

William  Bourne,  a  donor,  77 

Swift,  James  T.,  a  donor,  86 


Tappan,  Charles,  a  donor,  76;  a  subscriber, 

2»3 

John,  a  donor,  76,  77,  78,  79,  80 

Lewis,  mentioned,  76;   a  donor,  75, 

76,  77,  78,  80 

Taylor,  Charles,  a  donor,  78 

Thacher,  Peter  Oxenbridge,  writer  for 
Monthly  Anthology,  23 ;  a  founder,  24, 
no,  III ;  a  trustee,  24,  117;  mentioned, 
75 ;  a  donor,  79 ;  biographical  notice 
mentioned,  106;  vice-president,  116;  a 
subscriber,  213 

Samuel  Cooper,   biographical   notice 

mentioned,  106 ;  a  founder,  109;  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 

Thanksgiving  Day  proclamations,  65 

Thaxter,  Adam  Wallace,  Jr.,  mentioned, 
96;  a  trustee,  119 

Thayer,  Christopher  Toppan,  a  donor,  86  ; 
a  trustee,  120 

John  Eliot,  mentioned,  44;  a  bene- 
factor, 47;  a  donor,  83,  85 

Theological  Library,  28 

Thomas,  George  C,  an  assistant,  220 

William,  mentioned,  96 ;  a  trustee,  1 19 

Thompson,  Rebecca  Ingraham,  an  assist- 
ant, 219 

Thoreau,  Henry,  his  first  editions,  62 

Thomdike,  Albert,  secretary,  117 

Augustus,  a  donor,  76 

Charles,  a  donor,  75 

Israel,  a  donor,  75,  76,  'j'j,  78,  79,  80, 

81;  a  trustee,  118  ;  a  subscriber,  213 

Israel,  Jr.,  a  donor,  78,  79;  men- 
tioned, 79 

John  Prince,  a  donor,  80 

Thwing,  Annie  Haven,  her  gift  of  pictures, 
61,87 

Ticknor,  George,  a  reader,  8,  9 ;  his  appeal 
for  consolidation  between  the  Athenxum 
and  Boston  Public  Library,  44 ;  a  donor, 
76,  17,  78,  79,  80,  81,  83  ;  mentioned,  79, 
80,  81;  vice-president,  116;  a  trustee, 
118;  a  subscriber,  213 

Tilden,  Bryant  P.,  bust  by  Clevenger  given, 
82 


INDEX 


235 


Tilden,  Joseph,  a  donor,  75,  77;  treasurer, 

116 ;  a  trustee,  n8 
Timmermann,  Sara  A.,  an  assistant,  219 
Topliff,  Samuel,  his  Travels,  65,  106 
Torrey,  Charles,  a  donor,  78 

Henry  Warren,  gift  from  his  estate,  86 

Samuel,  a  donor,  75 

Town  House,  library  in,  1 7 
Town  Library,  subscription  for,  18 
Townsend,  Solomon  Davis,  mentioned,  81 
Treadwell,  Daniel,  a  donor,  71,  79;  men- 
tioned, 79 
Treadwell  Fund,  71 
Treasurers,  list  of,  116 
Tremont  Place  property  sold,  52 
Tremont  Street,  house  there,  26 ;  plans  for 

building   on,   35 
Trentanove,  Raimondo,  his  bust  of  Wash- 
ington, 76,  77 
Trustees,  list  of,  117-121 
Trustees'  Room,  53,  54 
Tucker,  Richard  Devens,  a  donor,  75,  76, 

n,  78, 79, 80, 81 

Tuckerman,  Edward,  a  donor,  75,  77,  78 
Rev.  Joseph,  writer  for  Monthly  An- 
thology, 23 ;  a  founder,  1 10 ;  a  subscriber, 

Tudor,  Frederic,  a  donor,  81 

WiUiam,  portrait  by  Sully  given,  85 ; 

biographical  notice  mentioned,  106;  a 
founder,  no;  a  subscriber,  213 


u 

United  States  Documents,  63 


Vaughan,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  75 
Vice-Presidents,  list  of,  115,  116 
Vinal,  Marion  Gates,  an  assistant,  222 


w 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  W.  W.,  a  donor,  85 
Wales,  George  Washington,  mentioned,  vii ; 

a  donor,  86;  a  trustee,  120 

Thomas  Beale,  a  donor,  76,  Tj,  83 

Walker,  William  Johnson,  mentioned,  80, 

81 
Wall,  Miss,  an  assistant,  220 

Mary  Honoria,  an  assistant,  221 

Walley,  Samuel  Hall,  a  donor,  77 

Theresa  Bates,  an  assistant,  223 

Walter,  Arthur   Maynard,  a  founder,   24, 

109;   a  trustee,  24;   biographical  notice 

mentioned,  106 
Ward,  Samuel  Dexter,  a  donor,  80 

Samuel  Gray,  a  trustee,  120 

Thomas  Wren,  mentioned,  vii,  79;  a 

donor,  70,  75,  76,  77,  78,  79;  treasurer, 

116 
Ward  Fund,  70 


Ware,  Charles  Eliot,  mentioned,  vii;  a 
donor,  86;  a  trustee,  120 

John,  a  donor,  79, 83  ;  mentioned,  80, 

81 

Warren,  John  Collins,  a  donor,  79,  80,  83 ; 
mentioned,  81;  a  founder,  no;  a  sub- 
scriber, 213 

Washington,  Bushrod,  his  books  purchased, 

59 

George,  portrait  by  Stuart  purehased, 

32,  81;  his  library  purchased,  59,  69,  83; 
bust  by  Trentanove  subscribed  for,  tj  ; 
cast  of  Houdon's  statue  subscribed  for, 

83 
Martha,  portrait  by  Stuart  purchased, 

32,81 
Washington  Collection  purchased  for  the 

Athenseum,  42,  59,  60;  catalogue,  42,  94 
Washington  Fund,  69 
Washingtoniana,  59,  60 
Waterhouse,  Benjamin,  writer  for  Monthly 

Anthology,  23 

Mrs.  Benjamin,  a  donor,  84 

Waters,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  a  donor,  80 

John  D.,  an  assistant,  217 

Waterston,  Robert,  a  donor,  79 

Robert  Cassie,  a  donor,  82,  86 

Webster,  Daniel,   mentioned,   viii;    books 

read  by,  8  ;    lends  miniature  of  George 

Canning,    32 ;    a   donor,    79  ;    bust    by 

Clevenger  given,  82 

Hortense,  an  assistant,  222 

Weeks,  Laura  Field,  an  assistant,  221 

Weld,  James,  a  donor,  80 

Welles,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  77 ;  a  founder, 

no;  a  subscriber,  213 
Wellnian,  Hiller  Crowell,  an  assistant,  222 
Wells,  VVilliam,  a  donor,  77  ;  a  founder, 

no;  a  subscriber,  213 
Wendell,  Barrett,  his  paper  on  the  influence 

of  the  Athenaeum,  3-12 ;  mentioned,  97  ; 

a  trustee,  121 
West,  Benjamin,  portrait  by  Leslie  given, 

76 ;  portrait  by  Allston  given,  82 
Wheelwright,  Andrew  Cunningham,  a  do- 
nor, 86 
Whipple,  Edwin  Percy,  a  reader,  10,  49 
White,  Annie  Holbrook,  an  assistant,  221 

Winnifred  Faxon,  an  assistant,  221 

Whiting,  William,  a  donor,  84 
Whitney,  Asa,  a  donor,  75 

Eli  M.,  an  assistant,  218 

Lottie  Louise,  an  assistant,  221 

Whittier,  John  Greenleaf,  his  first  editions, 

62 
Whitwell,  Samuel,  Jr.,  a  donor,  76,  77,  78, 

79,80 
Wiggin,  Benjamin,  a  donor,  75,  78 
Wigglesworth,  Misses,  donors,  85,  86 
Edward,  mentioned,  vii ;  a  donor,  84, 

86;  a  trustee,  118 
Thomas,  a  donor,  76,  77,   78,  81 ;  a 

trustee,  118 

Thomas,  Jr.,  a  donor,  83 

Wight,  Ebenezer,  mentioned,  81 
Wilcox,  Mary  Elizabeth,  an  assistant,  219 


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Wild,  Charles,  mentioned,  81 
Wilder,  Mary  Ellen,  an  assistant,  220 
Wildman,   Linda  Frobisher,  an  assistant, 

221 
Wilkins,  John  Hubbard,  a  donor,  79 
Willard,  Sidney,  a  subscriber,  213 
Solomon,  a  donor,  79 ;  a  subscriber, 

213 

Williams,  Charles  Herbert,  secretary,  1 1 7 

Jeannie  Mary,  an  assistant,  221 

i?^"  Davis,  a  donor,  76,  78,  84 

Thomas,  a  donor,  78 

Timothy,  and  Bowyer's  historic  lot- 
tery, 25  ;  a  donor,  75,  76,  77,  79 

Wilson,  George  Grafton,  his  aid  in  choosing 
law  books,  64 

Pleasantine,  an  assistant,  222 

Susan  Mary,  an  assistant,  222 

Winchester,  Amasa,  a  donor,  80 

Edmund,  a  donor,  80 

Winslow,  Isaac,  a  donor,  "n 


Winsor,  Florence  May-,  an  assistant,  221 
Winthrop,    John,    portrait    by    Beaumont 
given,  82 

Robert  Charles,  Jr.,  a  trustee,  121 

Thomas  Lindall,  and  Bowyer's  his- 
toric lottery,  25  ;  a  donor,  •]•;,  82 
Withington,  James  Clapp,  a  janitor,  220 

John  Clapp,  an  assistant,  220 

Wolcott,  Roger,  a  trustee,  121 
Women  as  readers  in  Library,  40 ;  as  mem- 
bers of  staff,  41,  42 
Worcester,  Joseph  Emerson,  a  donor,  84 
Wormley,  Ralph  Randolph,  a  reader,  39 
Wright,  Lewis,  a  janitor,  222 

Rebecca  Whitney,  an  assistant,  223 

Wyman,  Alice  Sarah,  an  assistant,  221 


Young,  Alexander,  a  reader,  9 


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