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 NSTITUTION 
 
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 . . OF^"^ THE . 
 
 \le\u ]^ampsl7i^e Society 
 
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 Board of Offigers. 
 
 ord, April 24, 
 
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GONStlTUTION^'«>. 
 
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 OF THE 
 
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 . . . . AND .... 
 
 Board of Officers, 
 
 Elected June 17, 1S90. 
 
 Organized in Concord, April 24, 
 1889. 
 

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 By taraa8fj»i 
 
 FEB 9 1916 
 
Articles of Association, 
 
 The undersigned hereby associate together 
 to be a corporation under Chapter 151 of the 
 General Laws of the State of New Hamp- 
 shire, to be known as the New Hampshire 
 Society of the vSons of the Revolu- 
 tion ; the purpose of which Society shall be 
 to keep alive among ourselves and our de- 
 scendants and in the community, the patriotic 
 spirit of the men who, in military or naval 
 service, contributed to the achievement of 
 American Independence; to collect and se- 
 cure for preservation manuscript rolls, re- 
 cords, letters, papers (whether public or 
 private) , relating to the War of the Revolu- 
 tion ; and to promote social intercourse and 
 good feeling among its own members and 
 those of like societies in other states. And, 
 in furtherance of said object, we hereby 
 adopt the following constitution and by-laws : 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Article I. The name and objects of 
 this Society shall be as hereinbefore stated. 
 
 Article II. Any person shall be eligible 
 for membership in this Society who is of the 
 age of twenty-one years, and who is de- 
 scended from an ancestor who performed 
 military or naval service in the Revolution- 
 ary War. The board of management may 
 admit to honorary membership in this Society 
 persons in full sympathy with it though not 
 descended from such an ancestor, honorary 
 members to pay the same fees and assessments 
 as others, but with no right to vote. 
 
 Article III. The officers of this Society 
 shall be a President, Vice-Presidents (in num- 
 ber at the option of the vSociety from tim.e to 
 time ; and a vice-president, acting as presi- 
 
dent, shall have lull powers) , a Secretary and 
 Treasurer, a Finance Committee of three 
 members, and a Board of Managers of seven 
 members besides the President and Secretary, 
 ex-officio ; live members to constitute a 
 quorum ; but when less than five members 
 are present at a meeting of the Board, duly 
 called, the assent of three members for any 
 measure shall be sufficient. 
 
 Article IV. This constitution shall be 
 altered only by a vote of three-fourths of the 
 members, present and voting, at a regular 
 meeting of the Society or at a special meet- 
 ing called for the purpose. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 Section I. Candidates for membership 
 may send their names, with evidence of qual- 
 ification, to the Secretary, and upon a favor- 
 able report from the Board of Managers and 
 payment of one dollar, shall become mem- 
 bers. 
 
 Section II. Each member shall pay an- 
 nually, after the first year, the sum of one 
 dollar ; and the payment of tw^enty dollars 
 shall constitute any member a life member, 
 who shall thereafter be exempt from annual 
 dues. 
 
 Section III. The annual meeting shall 
 be held on the 17th of June, at which a gen- 
 eral election of officers, by ballot, shall take 
 place, except when such date shall fall on 
 Sunday, in which event the meeting shall be 
 held on the following day. A majority vote 
 shall be requisite to a choice. Old officers 
 shall hold until the election and acceptance 
 of new. 
 
Section IV. The annual meeting and all 
 special meetings shall be held at the State 
 House in Concord, until otherwise ordered, 
 and shall be called by notice given in two or 
 more papers at least one week prior to the 
 day of meeting ; and in addition thereto, 
 each member shall be notified by the vSecre- 
 tary by the issuance of printed postal cards. 
 
 Section V. The Board of Managers shall 
 call special meetings through the Secretary 
 upon the written request of five members, 
 and at such other times as they may deem 
 expedient. They shall recommend plans for 
 promoting the objects of the Society, shall 
 digest and prepare business, shall direct and 
 superintend its finances, and have charge of 
 its interests generally, and have the power to 
 fill all vacancies. 
 
 Section VI. These by-laws may be 
 amended conformably to the provision for the 
 amendment to the constitution. 
 
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 Officers elected June I7th, 1890. 
 
 President, 
 Hon. CHARLES R. iMORRISON, Concord. 
 
 Vice-Presidents, 
 
 Hon. George C. Gilmore, - - Manchester. 
 
 Mrs. Adelaide Cilley Waldron, - Farmington. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Morrison Bennett, - - Alton. 
 
 Henry H. Buzzell, Esq., - - - Gilford. 
 
 Edward F. Smyth. Esq., - - - Tilton. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson Weeks, Esq., - Hopkinton. 
 
 Moses French, Esq., - - • Manchester. 
 
 Hon. Sylvester Dana, - - - Concord. 
 
 Judge Daniel Clark, - - - Manchester. 
 
 Board of Managers, 
 The President and Secretary, ex-officio. 
 Hon. Hiram K. Slayton, - - Manchester. 
 
 Hon. John M. Hill, - - - Concord. 
 
 Charles E. Staniels, .... Concord. 
 Hon. Henry O. Kent, - - - Lancaster. 
 
 Hon. Joshua G. Hall, ... - Dover. 
 Hon. William W. Bailey, - • Nashua. 
 
 Hon. James W. Patterson, - - - Hanover. 
 
 Finance Committee, 
 
 Hon. George B. Chandler, - - Manchester. 
 
 Gen. Howard L. Porter, - - - Concord. 
 
 Hon. Thomas Cogswell, - - Gilmanton. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, 
 Rev. Charles L. Tappan, - - - Concord. 
 
Members of the Society. 
 
 Admihed April 24. 
 
 , 1889. 
 
 Edward Aiken, 
 
 - Amherst. 
 
 Sylvester Dana, - - - - 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Lewis Downing, Jr., 
 
 - 
 
 Moses French, - - - . 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 Henry M. Fuller, - 
 
 - Concord. 
 
 Samuel Lankton Gerould, - 
 
 HoUis. 
 
 George C. Gilmore, 
 
 - Manchester. 
 
 George W. Hill, - - - - 
 
 Concord, 
 
 John Haven Hill, - 
 
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 John McClary Hill, - 
 
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 Isaac Weare Hammond, 
 
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 Fred Leighton, - . - - 
 
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 Charles Robert Morrison, 
 
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 Leonard Allison Morrison, - 
 
 Windham. 
 
 Howard L. Porter, - 
 
 - Concord. 
 
 Allan H. Robinson, 
 
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 Hiram King Slayton, 
 
 - Manchester. 
 
 Charles Eastman Staniels, 
 
 East Concord, 
 
 Thomas Jefferson Weeks, 
 
 - Hopkinton. 
 
 Worthen Denet Whittaker, - 
 
 Hinsdale. 
 
 Admitted May 15, 
 
 18S9. 
 
 Joshua Gilman Hall, 
 
 - Dover. 
 
 John S, Kidder, - - - - 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 Hiram F. Newell, - 
 
 - Pomfret, Ct. 
 
 James Willis Patterson, 
 
 Hanover, 
 
 Edward F. Smyth, - 
 
 - Tilton. 
 
 Daniel F. Straw, - . - - 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 John Waldron, ... 
 
 - Farmington. 
 
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 John Tapley Welch, 
 
 Thomas Wheat, 
 
 Charles Hubbard Wilson, 
 
 Dover. 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Admitted June 14, 1889. 
 
 Edward C. Aiken, ... - Manchester. 
 
 William W. Bailey, - - - Nashua. 
 
 Albert S. Batchellor, - - - Littleton. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Morrison Bennett, - Alton. 
 
 Henry H. Buzzell, .... Lake Village. 
 
 Miss Ada E. Crosby, - - ■ Milford. 
 John W. Crosby, .... 
 
 George H. Davis, - - - Concord. 
 
 Reuben C. Danforth, ... " 
 
 Isaac B. Dodge, .... Amherst. 
 
 James A. Edgerly, ... - Great Falls. 
 
 George Emerson, - . - Manchester. 
 
 Freeman A. Garland, - - - Nashua. 
 
 Frank H. George, - - - Concord. 
 
 Henry O. Kent, .... Lancaster, 
 
 Jcel F. Osgood, .... Amherst. 
 
 Charles Langdon Tappan, - - Concord. 
 
 Mrs. Adalaide (Cilley) Waldron, - Farmington. 
 
 Abraham L. William?, - - - Enfield. 
 
 Admitted June 17, 1889. 
 
 Charles F. Hoyt, .... Manchester. 
 
 Mrs. Annie M. (Abbott) Parker, - Concord. 
 Charles S. Parker, - - - - " 
 
 Franklin R. Thurston, ... 
 
 Admitted June 22, 1889. 
 *George W. Nesmith, - - - Franklin. 
 
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 Admitted Sept. 6, 1889. 
 William S. Briggs, - - . . Keene. 
 
 Oliver E. Branch, - - . Weare. 
 
 George Byron Chandler, - - - Manchester. 
 
 Thomas Cogswell, - . . Gilmanton. 
 
 Francis C. Faulkner, - - . Keene. 
 
 Orrin D. Huse, - - . . Sanborn ton. 
 
 J. W. Lamson, - - . . Manchester. 
 
 George Avery Leavitt, - - Sanbornton. 
 Albert Judson Nay, - . - Manchester. 
 
 Christopher C. Shaw, - - - Milford. 
 John W. Sturtevant, - - - Keene. 
 
 Joseph B. Walker, - - . Concord. 
 
 Admitted Oct. 14, 1889. 
 
 John Ballard, Concord. 
 
 fAbraham Emerson, - - Candia. 
 
 James Swan Morrison, - - . Athens, Georgir 
 
 Admitted May 13, 1890. 
 
 *John Hosley(to date from Nov. 27,'S9) Manchester. 
 Bradbury Longfellow Cilley, - - Exeter. 
 Harry Pearle Hammond, - - Concord. 
 William B. Stearns, .... Manchester. 
 
 Admitted June 16, 1S90. 
 
 Dixi Crosby, Hanover. 
 
 Josiah C. Eastman, - - . Hampstead. 
 George N. Eastman, - - . Farmington. 
 
 Admitted June 17, 1890. 
 Daniel Clark, - - . . . Manchester. 
 Amos Hadley (honorary Jnainber), Concord. 
 
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 Howard Fremont Hill, - - Concord. 
 
 Mrs. Rosalie Hammond Porter, - " 
 
 Arthur L. Meserve, - - - Bartlett. 
 
 Admitted July 8, 1890. 
 George F. Danforth, - - - Rochester, N. Y 
 
 James Mitchell, - - - - Manchester. 
 
 Admitted July 15, 1S90, 
 John Kimball, .... Concord. 
 
 * Deceased. 1 90 years old. 
 
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