Opis: Report of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Cambridge in Memorial Hall, Harvard College - Eliot Charles W.

Excerpt from Report of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Cambridge in Memorial Hall, Harvard College: January 18th, 1877

A public meeting to promote the raising of money for the preservation of the Old South Meeting-house was called by the Cambridge members of the General Committee at the Sanders Theatre (Memorial Hall), Old Cambridge, on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7.30 P.M.

The meeting was called to order by the Hon. Emory Washburn and Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University was chosen Chairman. On taking the chair President Eliot said: -

Ladies and Gentlemen: -

We all feel a strong purpose, I doubt not, to do whatever in us lies to preserve the most interesting building which now stands in New England. Its life has been very gravely threatened. Before we can clearly decide what we will do in these premises, it is necessary to get a distinct view of what has already been done. I have heard it stated frequently during the last two or three months that the Old South has already been saved. I wish that were true; but it is very far from the truth. Thanks to the enthusiastic and devoted exertions of a few ladies during the past summer, this community has an opportunity of saving the Old South; but it is not saved. To buy it, about $400,000 must be raised sooner or later. Towards that sum, about $50,000 have already been contributed by a very large number of persons, a large proportion of the subscription being in small sums. The treasurer of the committee informs us that if $100,000 can now be raised in addition to this $50,000 by the first of April next, certain generous persons have pledged a further sum of $100,000 to this object.

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Szczegóły: Report of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Cambridge in Memorial Hall, Harvard College - Eliot Charles W.

Nazwa: Report of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Cambridge in Memorial Hall, Harvard College January 18th, 1877 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Eliot Charles W.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330543504
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 36
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Report of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Cambridge in Memorial Hall, Harvard College - Eliot Charles W.