Identifier: newenglandmagaziv37bost (find matches)
Title: The New England magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)
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ed to Mr DavidTomlinson the sum of $200.00 to enable him tocomplete the fire engine or hydraulic engine con-structed by him, to be advanced upon good secur-ity in such form and of such nature as shall beapproved by William Lemngwell and Samuel M.Hopkins, for the repayment thereof in two yearswith interest at 7 per cent and that they be au-thorized to draw upon the treasurer for that sumaccordingly. It was further ordered that the committee ofcharity be requested to purchase fifty loads of oakwood at the lowest prices at which they can be ob-tained to be distributed at such times and in suchquantities as the committee shall see proper to thesuffering poor from New England. And thus the story of the work goes ondown the long century and more. Quietly,unostentatiously, the society works for itsown good, for the good of the individualmembers, for the good of New Englandersin New York and elsewhere. In glancingthrough the list of members from year to THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN NEW YORK 533
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Hon. Seth Low, Second Vice-President fear one is astonished at the number oflames of great men which he finds there —nen of the earlier years whose reputationslave stood the test of time; men of to-dayNhose long list of good and great deeds andichievements are known only in small part to the great world, but that small part hasmade them famous. Indeed, take the mem-bers of the New England Society in the Cityof New York as it has existed for the lasthundred years from the active life of thecity during that period and the New York $34 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE

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