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Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, A Brief history of the Society (search)
the state charter which had been granted, and then and there adopted by-laws and elected officers for the ensuing year. Charles D. Elliot was elected president; since then we have had John F. Aver for four years and the present incumbent, Frank M. Hawes, for two years. Step by step this little plant grew, fostered by material which very few communities are blessed with, but the leading spirit did not live long to, see the results. John S. Hayes, our first chairman and founder, died March 7, 1898, during the first year of its existence. The first literary treat given under the auspices of the Society was by Dr. John Fiske, of Cambridge, celebrated the world over in his department. It was given in Unitarian Hall on a Sunday evening before a large audience. His subject was General Lee of Revolutionary Fame, whose headquarters during the siege of Boston in 1775 were in the old house on Sycamore Street, where we held our meetings for some few years. December, 1898, there was