Download or read book The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Massachusetts, Vol. 20 written by Lynn Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Massachusetts, Vol. 20: For the Year 1916 On March 20 we suffered the loss of our President, the late Dr. C. H. Woodbury, who was untiring in his efforts to promote the welfare of the Society through his personal devotion and administrative zeal. Of him so much that is good has been written that I will not attempt to add to it at this time. At the adjourned meeting of March 20, held March 29, Mr. Henry Fuller Tapley was elected president. The Finance Committee issued on May 31 a circular appealing directly to each member for contributions to pay Off a floating debt and other obligations of approximately which had been gradually accumulating. Ten members had previously pledged $100 each toward the payment. Through the Committee's efforts together with those of other members of the Council, the Treasurer was able to report at the Council meeting, held August that a total Of had been contributed and that all outstand ing Obligations, excepting the mortgage, had been paid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.