Objects And Claims Of The Boston Society Of Natural History

Author : Boston Society of Natural History
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334648397
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Objects and Claims of the Boston Society of Natural History written by Boston Society of Natural History and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Objects and Claims of the Boston Society of Natural History: Prepared by Direction of the Society, at the Request of the Committee of Associated Institutions of Science and Art, Jan. 1, 1861 Such I conceive to be some of the results of the establishment of this Society; and they are the legitimate and honorable results of industry and zeal well directed. They constitute as good a case, I believe, as can be made by any institution among us. The first meetings of the Society were held, and the early collections deposited, in one of the rooms of the old Athenae um Building, in Pearl Street; until, in the summer of 1833, the Society procured the rooms in the third story of the build ing of the Provident Institution for Savings, in Tremont Street. In 1845, an effort was made to obtain by subscription sufficient funds for the purchase of the building in Mason Street, for merly occupied by the Medical Department of Harvard Col lege. The effort was only partially successful at the time; but in 1847 it was renewed, and, through the liberality of the patrons of the Society, succeeded. About thirty thousand dollars were raised; and the Society, in the latter part of 1847, removed to its new building, where it met for the first time, Jan. 5, 1848, and where it now remains. In 1832, Simon E. Greene, Esq., one of the founders, bequeathed to the Society five hundred dollars, with his shells and minerals; the late Ambrose Courtis made several conditional bequests to the Society, which, by compromise, resulted in ten thousand dollars; another bequest, of three thousand dollars, was made by Hon. T. H. Perkins; John Parker bequeathed two thou sand dollars; and a recent legacy of ten thousand dollars, from the late Hon. Jonathan Phillips, has been announced. 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.