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FINAL REPORTS
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BUILDING COMMITTEE
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COMMITTEE OF FIFTY,
26 June, 1878.
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PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE,
PREPARED BY ITS CHAIRMAN.
THE MEMORIAL HALL in Cambridge, as is generally
known, was substantially completed in the latter part
of June, 1875, at which time the usual ceremonies of Com-
mencement Day were held in its Sanders Theatre, the last
portion of the structure that had remained unfinished; and
it is quite possible that the general public, and even its spe-
cial friends, were satisfied to know the fact from inspection,
and do not care to learn the details of its history from the
Committee under whose auspices the building was erected.
And yet there has been something so precious and even
sacred in this undertaking; the structure is so commanding
by its size and so peculiar in many of its features, its several
parts have proved to be so well adapted to the uses for which
they were designed, and, more than this, its walls and halls
are so impregnated already with memories and associations
that are, and must continue to be, dear to all who venerate
patriotism, learning, or public service, that some sketch of its
rise and progress, if not for present use, at least for future
reference, would seem to be proper and even necessary.
The first suggestion of “some memorial of the Sons of
Harvard who had fallen in the War” was made, it is believed,
by the late Ex-President JAMES WALKER in the course of a
public address, delivered by him as early as 1863 before a
large audience gathered at Cambridge; and, like every thing
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else that proceeded from that venerated man, it made a deep
impression upon the minds of all who heard it. Owing to
the troubled state of the times, however, no action in relation
to it was taken before the 12th of May, 1865, when, in pursu-
ance of a public invitation, a meeting of the graduates of the
College was held in Chickering's Rooms on Tremont Street in
Boston to consider the subject. It was fully attended; and
the Hon. CHARLES G. LORING, who had called it, was made
its chairman, and addressed it with earnestness and power.
His remarks on the propriety and even necessity of erecting
some permanent testimonial to the Sons of Harvard who had
fallen in the War were received without a dissenting voice.
But a suggestion of his at the close, that there were other
objects than this special one which deserved consideration, —
that the College had long been in great need of a dining-hall
for the Alumni, and a theatre for exhibitions and Commence-
ment exercises, and that he hoped it would be possible to
erect some building which should furnish a fitting memorial,
and at the same time provide for these wants, – gave rise to
a general expression of feeling and opinion; and it became
quite evident that, whilst some favored his views, there were
others who thought that the combination of any object, how-
ever important in itself, with that of the proposed memorial,
would be altogether inappropriate and inexpedient. The dis-
cussion closed by the appointment of a committee of nine
persons, with Mr. LORING as chairman, to consider and report
upon the whole subject.
' This Committee had several meetings, and on July 14 made
an elaborate report, which was subsequently printed. In it
they state “that, although a considerable diversity of opinion
originally existed, and may to some extent continue to exist,
among their members, a large majority, after long discussion,
are of opinion that a memorial hall is the most desirable form,
not only as best embracing all the purposes of any mere
monument, but as securing at the same time the combination
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with them of numerous sacred and interesting past and future
associations, of which no other form can possibly admit.”
And they go on to discuss in full and seriatim the various
propositions suggested by the minority, with their merits and
defects, and close with the following Resolution : “That in
the opinion of the graduates of Harvard College a memorial
hall, constructed in such a manner as to indicate in its exter-
nal arrangements the purpose for which it is chiefly designed,
in which statues, busts, portraits, medallions, and mural tab-
lets, or other appropriate memorials, may be placed, com-
memorative of the graduates and students of the College who
have fallen, and of those who have served, in the army and
navy during the recent Rebellion, in conjunction with those of
the past benefactors and distinguished sons of Harvard now
in her keeping, and with those of her sons who shall here-
after prove themselves to be worthy of the like honor, will be
the most appropriate, enduring, and acceptable commemora-
tion of their heroism and self-sacrifice; and that the con-
struction of such a hall, in a manner to render it a suitable
theatre, or auditorium, for the literary festivals of the College,
and of its filial institutions, will add greatly to the beauty, dig-
nity, and effect of such memorials, and tend to preserve them
unimpaired, and with constantly increasing associations of
interest to future ages.” The Report and Resolution having
been accepted and adopted by the meeting were, by its order,
presented to the Association of the Alumni on Commence-
ment Day, July 19; and, after brief discussion, were, by this
body, referred to a Committee of Fifty with full powers, and
with power to fill vacancies, the Hon. CHARLEs G. LoRING
being made their chairman.
The Committee of Fifty held several meetings, at which the
question of “a monument or a memorial hall ” was fully
and ably discussed; but, without final decision, they sub-
mitted it to a sub-committee of six, who on September 23
reported in favor of the latter, and at the same time pre-
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sented the plan of a building by Messrs. WARE & VAN
BRUNT, estimated to cost $75,000; and, on motion of Dr.
WALKER, their report was adopted.
At a subsequent meeting on September 30, the Committee
of Fifty voted “that the proposed hall be built to embrace all
the purposes needed, and that a monument to those students
and graduates who have fallen in the war be erected in some
appropriate part of the same, and that the sub-committee
be authorized to employ as ārchitects Messrs. WARE & VAN
BRUNT.” *
On December 12, in accordance with the recommendation
of the sub-committee, the design offered by these gentlemen
was accepted unanimously; and a vote was passed “that meas-
ures be taken to raise the sum required.”
At this meeting, also, the following committees were ap-
pointed : a Committee of Finance, consisting of twelve per-
sons; a Building Committee of five; and a Committee of four,
to draw up an appeal to the Alumni and the friends of the
College. - - -
This appeal was accordingly made, and, with the signatures
of all the members of the Committee of Fifty attached to it,
was printed, and extensively circulated under the date of
February 12, 1866; and on Commencement Day, July 26, it
was laid before the Alumni, accompanied by an elevation .
and ground plan, and a description of the design by the
architects.
In the mean time, the Committee of Fifty had made appli-
cation to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for a
site for the proposed building on the college grounds ; and,
having received from that Corporation the following vote,
passed January 20, 1866, “that they approve the plan sub-
mitted, and, when sufficient means are provided, will author-
ize the erection of the building on some suitable site in or near
the college grounds, and will appropriate for its construction
the funds received from the late Charles Sanders, provided,
and so far as, the purposes to which the building is devoted
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are consistent with the conditions of Mr. Sanders's will,” they,
on July 14, 1866, appointed a joint committee, consisting of
the Building and Central Finance Committees, to select and
procure a site. And at the same meeting they passed the
following important vote: “That the Building Committee
have full power, after a site shall have been procured, to pro-
ceed to the erection of a building in general accordance with
the plan adopted by the whole Committee on December 12,
1865, with such modifications as may, in their judgment, be ren-
dered necessary by the site selected and other considerations.”
This vote, by its terms, it will be seen, gave to this Committee
full power to modify the design according to its discretion;
and that such was its intent more fully appears from the
report of the chairman of the Committee of Fifty to the
Alumni, in which it is said “that a literal conformity to
this plan is not required, but, on the contrary, that all mod-
ifications required by convenience, architectural principles,
and good taste, are clearly within the discretion of the Com-
mittee, as always necessarily implied in any general plan
for the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was
designed,” and that “changes in its peculiar features, in its
elevations, ornamental designs, and proportions, are all within
the scope of the powers of the Building Committee, who are
under a responsibility in the matter to the present age and
to posterity, which may safely be relied upon as securing a
faithful, successful, and honorable discharge of their high
trust.”
The Finance Committee organized themselves permanently
on January 27, 1866, by the appointment of AMOS A. LAW-
RENCE as Chairman, and HENRY LEE, Jr., as Treasurer; and,
at their second meeting, having received from THEODORE
LYMAN, of the Class of 1855, an offer to be one of twenty, each
to subscribe five thousand dollars, they set to work with zeal
and vigor to canvass the public; and in July their treasurer
was able to report subscriptions to the amount of $177,770,
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classified as follows: from Alumni, $122,42O ; from the
families of Alumni, $2,500; from friends of the College who
are not Alumni #52,850. Certainly a noble and most gen-
erous response to the call which had been made, and a striking
proof of the sympathy and feeling of the public in regard to
this undertaking. -
It is due to this Committee to say that, to their good
judgment, perseverance, and untiring activity, the College is
mainly indebted for this noble structure ; for, evidently, with-
out the funds procured by them, the Committee of Fifty and
this Building Committee, with all their plans and endeavors,
would have been entirely useless. And, among its members,
it is just to add that no one was more conspicuous for zeal
and success than the late lamented STEPHEN M. WELD, of the
Class of 1826.
By the terms of the subscription, all sums of one thousand
dollars, or more, were allowed to be paid in five annual instal-
ments; the first instalment being payable on January 1, 1867,
and the last on January 1, 1872, with interest on the same,
if not promptly paid. And this provision, though deemed by
the Committee essential to the success of the project, neces-
sarily led, as will be seen, to great embarrassment and delay
in the progress of the work. * , •
In the mean time, the Joint Committee on the site had met
with an unexpected difficulty. After a very careful survey of
the college grounds, they had come to the unanimous conclu-
sion that the Delta, so called, offered the only suitable place
for the proposed building, and had asked the consent of the
Corporation to its appropriation to this purpose; but this body,
after much deliberation, decided that they could not grant it,
except upon the condition “that the Committee should procure
for the College a suitable playground in some other con-
venient locality.” This decision was as serious in its results
as it was unanticipated. It involved much additional labor
and a large unforeseen expenditure. It must delay, it might
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put an end to, the undertaking. The Committee tried to
have it reconsidered, on the ground that the Corporation had
previously voted to provide “a suitable site” for the building
on their grounds, and that, in the opinion of the Committee,
the Delta was the only one to which that term could properly
apply, but without effect. They then resurveyed the grounds;
but, coming to the same result as before, they set seriously to
work to see if they could comply with the condition which
had been imposed upon them. After much trouble and vexa-
tion, they succeeded, near the close of the year 1867, in pur-
chasing a suitable lot of land, called the Jarvis Field, and
lying on both sides of Oxford Street, for the sum of $33,974.95.
It contained 277,096 square feet; and of this amount they set
off 226,629 feet, lying west of this street, for the college play-
ground; and the remaining 50,467 feet, lying east of it, they
reserved for future sale for the benefit of the Building Com-
mittee, the deed being put in the name of J. I. Bowditch,
AMOS A. LAWRENCE, and HENRY LEE, Jr., as Trustees, until
final arrangements could be perfected. -
An attempt to raise the amount of the purchase by sub-
scription having produced only two thousand dollars, the whole
cost of the land, with this exception, was paid from the funds
received from the subscriptions for the erection of the build-
ing, in the hands of the treasurer. The draft made on the
treasury by this transaction convinced the Building Committee
that there would not be sufficient funds on hand, within a
year or two, to justify the commencement of the work; and,
in consequence, Mr. WARE, one of the architects, with their
consent, went to Europe, in the hope that his inquiries and
observations would prove of use to them. The Finance Com-
mittee, however, neither discouraged nor wearied, continued
their laborious efforts without interruption, and, as their
records show, with large success.
The Building Committee held its first meeting on May 17,
1866, but, in consequence of the above purchase of land, were
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not called together again until the autumn of 1868, during
which and the following winter they, with Mr. CHARLEs W.
ELIOT as a new member, Mr. TURNER SARGENT having re-
signed, held many and protracted meetings, at which the
revised plans and estimates of the architects, and the whole
subject-matter in its details and relations, together with the
best mode of procedure, were carefully considered. Having at
last arrived at some definite conclusions, they, on the 15th of
May, 1869, made, through their chairman, a Report, accom-
panied by plans, estimates, and specifications, which were laid
before the Finance, and subsequently the General, Committee
for consideration and approval.
In this Report, they state “that they had seriously set them-
sélves to work to perfect and carry out in detail the plan
approved by the Alumni, but that it soon became apparent
that, in some essential respects, it would not answer the uses
for which it had been designed. In their opinion, both the
dining-hall and the theatre were too small, and the approaches
to the latter contracted and inconvenient. The principal
doorway of the edifice was wanting in strength and effect,
the tower was too narrow on the front and too wide on the
sides, and the monumental character attempted to be given
to the exterior western hall was justly liable to the criticism
it had received. They had therefore, after long deliberation,
come to the conclusion that it was necessary to enlarge the
original plan, and to transfer, as far as possible, the memorial
character of the north-westerly end of the building to the
Central Tower, and at the same time to form within it a
Central Vestibule leading to all parts of the edifice, which,
by its size, position, and architectural structure and orna-
mentation should make a suitable Memorial Hall, and give
to this cherished feature the prominence and significance it
ought to possess throughout the building.”
To the consideration and perfection of this extended design,
the Committee say that they and the architects have given no
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inconsiderable time and thought, and now present it, with the
accompanying detailed drawings, specifications, and estimates,
as the best and final result of their joint labor; their only
regret being that, owing to the greater size of the building
and the greatly increased prices for labor and material, the
cost of carrying it out will very largely exceed the estimate
made in 1865, and their own previous expectations. They
then go on to state that they have carefully examined the
figures given to them by the architects, which are based on
proposals received from contractors deemed by them to be
competent and reliable, and are compelled to estimate the
cost of erecting the structure, as now matured, at a sum,
in round numbers, not less than $400,000, whilst they find
that the funds on hand and in prospect on April 1, 1869,
as appears from the account of the treasurer, are only
$278,384. -
“In considering the question how, with these resources, a
building whose final cost will probably be so large can be
erected,” the Committee declare, “they undoubtedly have had
a difficult problem to solve, but that, after long and mature
consideration, they have come unanimously to the conclusion
that in this case the question is really one of time only, the
accumulation of the invested funds alone on hand at this
date, if kept properly invested, being sufficient to build and
complete the building, as now matured, with certainty, within
ten or twelve years, and they are quite confident that the
honor and benefit which will accrue from the possession of
such a dining-room, theatre, and memorial hall as these plans
contemplate, will prove to be ample justification and compen-
sation for any necessary delay, even if it should extend to the
period named.”
They then go on to prove the soundness of the conclusions
at which they had arrived by presenting a detailed calcula-
tion in figures, showing that the invested funds on hand on
April 1, 1869, exclusive of the Sanders Fund, subject to an
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annuity, and the land for sale on Oxford Street, would, if
compounded at seven per centum interest, produce the sum
of $404,569.93, on the 1st of April, 1880; and, therefore,
“that the real question before them is not whether the funds
within their control will ultimately meet the cost of the
building, but how and when they should begin the work.”
And on this point they present two propositions, each of
which is accompanied by statements and calculations in
detail : — -
I. To begin in 1870 the Dining and Memorial Hall, and
finish them in 1873, provided that $25,000 can be obtained
during the year 1869, by subscription or otherwise, in re-
payment of the money advanced for the playground ; and
to leave the theatre and the crowning tower to be finished
from the Sanders Funds and the proceeds of the land east
of Oxford Street, with their accumulations, on or before
1883.
2. To wait until 1874, when the fund, with its accumula-
tions, will be sufficient to meet the entire expenditure, and
then to begin the work, and complete it in 1877. The above
Report, having been fully discussed by the Committee on
Finance, was, on May 22, 1869, accepted, and the following
vote passed: “That it is expedient to build the memorial
and dining halls as soon as is warranted by the funds at
command for that purpose ; and to leave the erection of
the theatre and the completion of the crowning tower of the
building until the required amount is made up by the accu-
mulation of the Sanders bequests and the proceeds of the land
east of Oxford Street.” At the same meeting, the treasurer
was authorized to pay out money for building the memorial
and dining halls upon the joint order of the chairman of the
Finance and of the Building Committees; and a committee
was raised to confer with the Corporation of the College in
relation to a contribution from their funds towards the cost of
the new playground.
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The Report was also subsequently submitted to the Com-
mittee of Fifty, who on June 7 passed the following votes:
“That they approve the action 'of the Committee of Finance -
looking to an early beginning of the dining and memorial
halls, according to the architectural plans and estimates
submitted by the Building Committee, and that they have
power to fill any vacancies which may occur in their number.”
They also requested their chairman, now the Hon. JoHN G.
PALFREY, to prepare a report of their doings thus far, to be
submitted to the Association of the Alumni at their annual
meeting on the succeeding Commencement Day, which duty
he performed with his usual ability; and the whole design
and plan of procedure, as now changed and agreed upon, were
duly approved and accepted by that body.
In answer to the application of the Committee on the new
playground, the Corporation of the College, after due con-
sideration of the facts of the case, agreed, on June 5, 1869,
to contribute towards its cost the sum of $15,000, which
was subsequently received by the treasurer of the Finance
Committee.
The whole design and mode of procedure having thus been
definitely settled by all the parties in interest, the Building
Committee, during the remainder of the year, were seriously
engaged in revising and perfecting in detail their plans and
estimates, and in receiving and considering proposals from
contractors. And on January 20, 1870, having found the
funds within their control to be over $200,000, they voted
“to begin the dining and memorial halls in the coming
spring, in accordance with the scheme heretofore adopted
by them and indorsed by the Committee of Fifty.”
Contracts were at once entered into, and preparations for
work commenced ; and, on the 6th of October following, the
cellar of these halls having been excavated, their foundations
securely and properly laid with stone, the underpinning set,
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and a rough flooring placed over the whole, the corner-
stone, in which was inserted a square copper box containing
varibus documents and papers, was duly laid with appropriate
ceremonies and exercises, and in accordance with the follow-
ing programme: –
I. Luther's Psalm. F. H. HEDGE.
2. Prayer by Rev. PHILLIPs BRooks.
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3. Report of the Building Committee and of the Committee of Fifty;
Response by the President of the Alumni, Hon. WILLIAM GRAY ;
Laying of the Stone. --
. Hymn by OLIVER W. Holm Es.
. Address by the Hon. E. RockwooD HoAR.
. Chorus from the Oratorio of St. Peter. J. K. PAINE.
. Benediction by the Rev. Dr. HILL.
The assemblage was large, and the whole occasion rendered
especially imposing by the presence, in addition to the offi-
cers, students, and graduates of the College, of the Governor
and his staff, the United States Senators Sumner and Wil-
son, Major-Generals Meade and Burnside and their staffs,
and many other distinguished men. The copper box referred
to above contained two copies of “Memorials of the Sons of
Harvard who fell in the War,” a Triennial Catalogue of 1869,
and an Annual Catalogue of 1870. - -
The foundations of the building being properly secured
from the effects of the coming winter, no further work was
done until the spring of 1871, when contracts to the amount
of $83,266 were concluded, and the erection of the exterior
walls of the Dining Hall was begun and completed, and that
portion of the building roofed in and slated late in the autumn
of that year. -
On March 2, 1872, the architects presented detailed plans
and specifications of work for the completion of the external
walls, not only of the central portion of the building and its
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four small towers, but also of the great tower, which, as well
as the theatre, in the original plan of procedure, it was not
proposed to erect until the Sanders Funds, with their accumula-
tions, had become sufficient to meet the expenditure; and the
Building Committee approved them, and authorized their chair-
man to execute contracts therefor to the amount of $87,145.45.
The work was accordingly commenced, and finished in the
course of the year.
On March 1, 1873, this Committee, being assured that the
fund known as the Gift of the Class of 1807, and now amount-
ing to $7,817.OI, was at their disposal, that the treasurer
would, on February 28, 1874, have $50,000 in his hands, and
that the lands remaining for sale on the east side of Oxford
Street might be made to yield at least $12,000 during the
year, felt warranted in undertaking to finish the interior of
the two parts of the building already erected, and voted “that
their chairman execute contracts for the same to the amount
of $66,965.” During the succeeding months, the work con-
templated by this vote went steadily on, and was finished in
–June, 1874. Of the lands for sale on Oxford Street, 19,270
square feet were sold to the Trustees of the Museum of Com-
parative Zoëlogy for the sum of $6,937.2O, and the remainder,
31, 197 feet, to Amos A. Lawrence for $12,367. 17.
The inauguration of the portion of the edifice then com-
pleted took place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 23, 1874,
in the Dining Hall, and was attended by a company of gradu-
ates, students, and friends of the College, that filled it to over-
flowing. Indeed, so great was the gathering that a large
portion of the procession itself, which had assembled in the
College Yard, and marched thence to the building, could gain
no admittance to it. The sight of this great Hall, with its
walls lined with the portraits and busts of graduates and
friends, who in times past had deserved to be held in remem-
brance by the College, and its floor covered by living repre-
sentatives of every profession, age, and sex, who had come
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here to do her honor, was deeply impressive, and the exercises
which followed were appropriate and interesting. They were
as follows: —
Hallelujah Chorus, from Beethoven’s “Mount of Olives.”
Prayer by the Rev. HENRY W. BELLOws, D.D.
Chorus from the Oratorio of St. Paul. Mendelssohn.
Report of the Building Committee and of the Committee of F ifty, by
their Chairman.
Chorus from the Creation, “The heavens are telling.” Haydn.
Address by the Hon. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMs.
Hymn written for the occasion by OLIVER WENDELL Holm Es.
Benediction by Dr. BELLows (the Rev. JAMES WALKER, D.D., who
had been selected for this duty, being unable from sickness to
appear).
Mr. HENRY LEE was Chief Marshal as well on this occasion
as on that of laying the corner-stone. The Handel and Haydn
Society kindly volunteered their services. -
With the assent of the Building Committee, the College
has since been in full possession of the Dining Hall and the
Memorial Transept.
During the same month, the Committee of Fifty, finding
that the original subscription, including interest, had, by rea-
son of refusal or inability to make payment, fallen short of its
nominal amount by the sum of $27,500, passed a vote “that
they proceed, whenever they deem it to be expedient, to raise
this amount; that the Central and Finance Committees be a
joint committee on this supplementary subscription, with full
power to add to their number ; and that the Building Com-
mittee, with the advice of counsel, be empowered to give to
the Corporation of the College such use and occupation of
the Hall now completed as may be desirable.”
The Building Committee also voted to accept with grati-
tude all proposals of classes for providing memorial windows,
the design to be agreeable to the Committee, and the conduct
and execution of the work to be in the charge of the archi-
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tects of the Hall; and that the Committee approve the plan
for filling the Dining Hall windows submitted to them : viz.,
“that each window shall contain one or more upright figures
about the size of life, with an ornamental panel or inscription
occupying the ventilator below, all within a border or canopy;
and that these figures shall be typical or historical.”
It was also declared to be the sense of the Committee that
the Corporation of the College might proceed to occupy the
completed portion of the building, and fit up the Dining
Hall and cellar at their expense, on condition that they
should assume all responsibility and risk in relation to
insurance. - - -
On July 11, 1874, it was voted “that the eastern wall of
the cloister should be reserved for tablets for the names of
those who served in and survived the War.”
In the month of March, 1875, the joint Committees of
Finance and Building, having received subscriptions from
thirty-nine individuals to the amount of $15,550, for the pur-
pose of completing the Theatre and aiding the Students’ Din-
ing Association; and the President and Fellows of the College
having voted, on April 26, 1875, “that its Treasurer be au-
thorized to pay to the order of the chairman of the Building
Committee of Memorial Hall the sum of $58,943.25, being the
amount, on September 1, 1874, of Charles Sanders's gift and
bequest for the purpose of erecting a hall or theatre for the
use of the College on days of public ceremonial or festivity;
and that interest be allowed at the rate of six per cent a year,
from September 1, 1874, on the above amount, or on such bal-
ance thereof as may, from time to time, remain in the Treas-
urer's hands,” — the Building Committee, on March 26, 1875,
voted “that they would proceed to erect the Theatre,” and
authorized their chairman to sign contracts in accordance
with the carefully detailed estimates presented to them by
the architects. -
I 8
The work was at once commenced, and has progressed
steadily and successfully, the foundation being laid, the walls
erected, and the building covered in and slated in October,
and the interior begun in November, 1875, and substantially
finished in the succeeding June.
The whole edifice, as now completed, is 305 feet long from
outside to outside and of differing widths ; the Dining Hall
being 64 feet 6 inches wide, the Transept II 3 feet, and the
Theatre IO4.
The great tower is 190 feet in extreme height, and 34 by
38 feet 6 inches in width. The walls of the dining-room are
42 feet in height, and those of the great tower I38 feet
6 inches.
Inside, the Memorial Transept is 103 feet by 29 feet 6inches,
the dining-hall 149 feet by 58 feet 6 inches on the floor, and
above the level of the galleries 58 feet 6 inches by 176 feet,
seating I, IOO persons; and the Theatre, 98 feet 6 inches by
85 feet, seating 1,300 persons. Four small towers flank the
Memorial Transept, the two eastern containing the approaches
to the Theatre, and the two western four rooms, 20 feet by 22;
one of which is especially appropriated for the use of the
Overseers of the College.
In the cellar, no provision had been made by this Committee
for kitchens, heating apparatus, or other conveniences, as it
was not known how far they would be required ; but the
Corporation of the College, having determined to try the
experiment of allowing undergraduates to take their meals
in the dining hall, have amply supplied them ; and this experi-
ment, whilst it has greatly added to the daily usefulness of
the building, has thus far in no degree lessened or interfered
with the cherished and sacred associations which properly
belong to it,
For the design, both in its original outlines and pro-
portions and in its details of construction and ornamenta-
I9
tion, as well as for a careful supervision of the entire work .
from its commencement, the Committee is indebted to the
skill and faithful labor of the architects, Messrs. WARE & VAN
BRUNT. In the size and general features of the structure, and
especially in the adaptation of its several parts to each other,
these gentlemen had serious difficulties to surmount. For to
combine three buildings, – a Memorial Hall, a Theatre, and a
Dining Room, - each of them important in itself and distinct
in use and purpose, in one harmonious composition, and yet to
make the memorial feature the predominating characteristic
of the whole, was by no means a usual or an easy task. The
result of their labors, however, though possibly in this, as in
all similar undertakings, justly liable to criticism, we feel
assured, public opinion will concur in pronouncing as highly
creditable to their architectural ability and good judgment.
It is not the province of this Committee to distribute the
honor of this undertaking. Nevertheless, it is only just and
proper to say here that the University and the public gen-
erally are indebted to the Committee of Fifty; and among
its members in an especial manner, as I am confident they
will all most cheerfully admit, to the ability, zeal, and untiring
activity of its first chairman, the late lamented CHARLES
G. LORING, for the initiation and wise general control and
supervision of this enterprise; to the Central Finance Com-
mittee, and conspicuously to their treasurer HENRY LEE, for
their important and laborious services in soliciting, collecting,
and managing the funds required for the erection of the
building; and last, though not least, to the large number
of graduates and friends of the University, who so cheer-
fully answered the calls made upon them, with generous
subscriptions.
The amount of money which at various times has been
placed within the control of the Building Committee, as ap-
pears by the account of HENRY LEE, Esq., treasurer, is as
follows, viz.:-
2O
From graduates . . . . . . . . $150,784.90
, Friends who were not graduates . . . . 65,460.oo
© — $216,244.90
, Interest and profit . . . . . . . . $73,705.03
, Guarantee by the Treasurer of funds in his
hands . . . . . . . . . . . . I7,2OI.25
, Harvard College on account of the play-
ground . . . . . . . . . . I5,ooo.oo
, Dedication fund, balance e & e II 2.OO
,, Fund in the hands of Professor Childs . 6oo.oo
— 106,618.28
, Sanders Funds: principal on September
I, 1874 e º gº tº & $58,943.25
, Sanders Funds : Interest to February 4,
I878 . . . . . . . . . . . 5,870.57
— 64,813.82
$387,677.oo
And the total cost of land and building, every bill having been
paid, is as follows, viz. : —
Of land . º e º 'º e º e e $13,670.58
, Dining Hall and Transept. . . $292,511.70
, Theatre . . . . . . . . . 80,857.08
373,368.78
^. — 387,039.36
Leaving on February 5, 1878, in the hands of HENRY LEE,
Esq., treasurer of the Committee of Fifty, a balance in
cash of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $637.64
The original estimate of cost for the entire work in 1869,
as may be seen in the Report of the Building Committee in
that year, was four hundred thousand dollars; and it is grati-
fying to remark that the total outlay has fallen short of that
amount by the sum of twelve thousand nine hundred and
sixty dollars and sixty-four cents.
A single duty only remains for your Committee to perform.
It is to ask that this Report of their doings may be accepted
and they themselves discharged from the labors and responsi-
2 I . .
bilities which have so long rested upon them. And this they
do in the hope that the building, which has been erected
under their auspices, will be regarded as a fitting monument
to the dear memories of those graduates and students of the
College who gave their lives for their country, and as a gift
to the University, valuable for various important uses, but
precious, above all, as a perpetual incentive to noble living.
*
All which is respectfully submitted. -
HENRY B. ROGERS,
HENRY LEE, “”
J. ELLIOT CABOT,
THEODORE LYMAN,
CHARLES W. ELIOT,
Building
Committee.
Boston, March 30, 1878.
CO M M ITT E E S.
(The Committee of fiftg.
*CHARLEs G. LORING (Chairman).
JACOB BIGELow
*DAVID SEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .
*JAMES WALKER . . . . . -
JoHN G. PALFREY (Chairman)
STEPHEN SALISBURY .
SIDNEY BARTLETT . .
R. W. EMERSoN .
*FRANCIS C. LOWELL .
HENRY B. ROGERS
WILLIAM AMORY . . . . .
CHRISTOPHER T. THAYER .
*SAMUEL H. WALLEY . . . . . . . .
*STEPHEN M. WELD . .
ROBERT C. WINTHROP . . . . . . . .
*GEORGE T. BIGELOW . •
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES . . . . . .
ROBERT W. HOOPER . .
THOMAS G. APPLETON
JosLAH G. ABBOT . . . . .
WALDO HIGGINSON . . . .
tTHOMAS WIGGLEsworth
*TURNER SARGENT .
AMOS A. LAWRENCE .
HENRY LEE (Treasurer) . . . . . . .
RICHARD H. DANA, JR. . . . . . . .
PATRICK T. JACKSON . . . . . . . .
SAMUEL ELIOT . . . . . . . . . .
EDWARD E. HALE . . . . . . . . .
*JAMES LAwRENCE . . . . . . . . .
EDWARD N. PERKINS
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL
FRANCIS J. CHILD . . . . . . . . .
CHARLEs E. GUILD
CHARLES E. NORTON . . . . . . . .
A.B. of 1812
22
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99
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55
25
23
23
22
33
22
92
2 3
23
2?
• 2 3
93
93
25
53
25
I806
1807
1814
1815
1817
I818
I82 I
I82I
1822
1823
1824
I826
29 .
1826
I828
1829
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1833
I834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1839
1840
1841
1844
1846
1846
1846
CHARLEs F. ChoATE . . . . . . . . . A. B. of I849
SAMUEL BATCHELDER, JR. . . . . . . . . . , 1851
H. H. Coolidge . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1852
GEORGE PUTNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1854
THEODORE LYMAN (Secretary) . . . . . . . , 1855
GEORGE B. CHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1856
JOHN C. ROPES . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1857
JOHN T. MORSE, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . , 1860
*EDW. A. CROWNINSHIELD . . . . . . . . . , 1861
CHARLEs F. Folsom . . . . . . . . . . . , 1862
WILLIAM GREENOUGH . . . . . . . . . . , 1863
RICHARD H. DERBY . tº . . . . . . , 1864
J. INGERSOLL BOWDITCH . . . . . . . A. M. , 1849
*G. HOWLAND SHAw . . . . . . . . . A.M. , 1860
WILLIAM EVERETT (Secretary) . . . . . A.B., 1859
On Aug. 3, 1868, CHARLES W. ELIOT, A.B. 1853, J. ELLIOT CABOT,
A.B. 1840, SAMUEL A. GREEN, A.B. 1851, fBENJAMIN H. SILSBEE,
A.B. 1831, fERANCIS E. PARKER, A.B., and A. J. C. SowDoN, A.B. 1857,
were chosen to fill existing vacancies.
On July 14, 1866, WILLIAM EveRETT resigned as Secretary, and A. J.
C. SowDON was chosen Secretary in his place; and Sept. 2, 1870, Mr.
SOWDON resigned, and THEODORE LYMAN was chosen in his stead. On
Nov. 30, 1867, JOHN G. PALFREY was appointed Chairman, in the place
of CHARLES G. LORING, deceased. ' -
[Those who died are designated by an asterisk, and those who resigned
by a dagger, against their names.]
35uiſting Committee.
HENRY B. RogERs (Chairman), TURNER SARGENT, J. ELLIOT
CABOT, CHARLEs E. NORTON, THEODORE LYMAN. -
On Nov. 30, 1867, HENRY LEE was chosen, in place of TURNER SAR-
GENT, resigned ; and on Aug. 3, 1868, CHARLEs W. ELIOT was chosen,
in place of CHARLES E. NORTON, resigned.
3|aint Committee on the $ite.
The Building Committee and the Central F inance Committee.
Committee on the 3&eport on a 13ttmanent ſºlemorial.
CHARLEs G. LoRING (Chairman), JAMES WALKER, R. W. EMERSON,
HENRY B. ROGERS, ROBERT W. Hooper, SAMUEL ELIOT, CHARLEs
E. NORTON, MARTIN BRIMMER, H. H. Coolidge.
24.
jFinance Committee.
AMos A. LAWRENCE (Chairman) . . . . . . . A.B. of 1835
STEPHEN H. TYNG . . . . , I817
LARZ ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1822
STEPHEN M. WELD . ,, 1826
HENRY W. BELLOWS . . , I832
SAMUEL OSGOOD . . . . tº º 'º & , I832
WALDo HIGGINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1833
THOMAS DONALDSON . . . . . . . . . . . , 1834
JOSEPH SARGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1834
JOSEPH H. WILLIAMs © . e. e º te ,, 1834
HENRY LEE, JR. (Treasurer) . . . . . . . . . . , 1836
J. F. W. WARE • * , I838
JOHN KEBLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1839
CHARLES F. SHIMMIN . . . . . . . . . . . , 1842
FRANCIs J. CHILD . . , 1846
CHARLES J. GUILD . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1846
FREDERICK A. LANE ^- , I849
JOSEPH H. CHOATE . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1852
CHARLES W. ELIOT . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1853
ATHERTON BLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . , I854
HORACE H. FURNESS . . . . . . . . . , I854
PHILLIPS BROOKS - ,, . I855
JOHN C. ROPES . . . . . . ,, 1857
ALEXANDER MCKENZIE * . . . . . . . . , 1859
J. I. BOWDITCH . . . . . . . . . . . A.M. , 1849
G. HOWLAND SHAw . . ,, 1860
GEORGE C. WARD . . . .
WILLIAM EveRETT (Secretary ,, 1859
This is the list as printed in the Appeal.
Central finance Committee.
AMos A. LAwRENCE, HENRY LEE, JR., STEPHEN M. WELD, WALDo
HIGGINSON, F. J. CHILD, W. W. GREENOUGH, CHARLEs F. SHIMMIN,
J. I. BowdiTCH, CHARLEs W. ELIOT, WILLIAM EveRETT.
Aug. 3, 1868, PATRICK T. JACKSON was chosen, in place of S. M.
WELD, deceased ; and June 5, 1869, HORACE H. COOLIDGE, in place of
CHARLES W. ELIOT, resigned.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF
THE HARVARD MEMORIAL FUND,
26 June, 1878.
S Treasurer of the Harvard Memorial Fund, I have the
honor to present this my twelfth and final report,
including : —
I. An account of the moneys received, improved, and ex-
pended in the purchase of land, and the erection of the
Dining and Memorial Hall, the central tower, and staircases
to Sanders Theatre.
2. An account of the moneys received through the hands
of the College Treasurer from the “Sanders Bequest,” and the
moneys raised by subscription to supplement this fund, for the
erection of the Sanders Theatre.
3. A consolidated account of the total receipts and outlay.
4. A list of the contributors to the two funds, – that of the
Alumni necessarily incomplete, some of the contributions hav-
ing been reported in the name of the Class, and the names of
individuals not communicated.
The alternative allowed subscribers, of paying at once, or in
five annual instalments with interest added, involved the keep-
ing nearly one hundred individual accounts with interest, some
of them over five years, as well as the periodical issue of notifi-
4
26
cations, and a voluminous correspondence. This extension of
time of payment likewise caused the loss of a considerable frac-
tion of the subscriptions; a change of circumstances rendering
some unable, and a change of heart others unwilling, to fulfil
their engagements. The loss to the first fund (the Dining
and Memorial Hall fund) of subscriptions, with interest, was
nearly $30,000.
The period from 1866 to 1874, during which the receipts
were in advance of the payments, was one of gradual, then
rapid, decline of stocks, – a time of anxiety and disappointment
to all trustees of property, your treasurer included. I venture,
therefore, to congratulate you upon the fact that the amount
earned on the principal, by interest and by frequent change of
investment (not including the interest received by me on sub-
scriptions), is equal to interest at the rate of nine per cent,
annually compounded ; for which result I am indebted to the
co-operation of my partners.
27
COST OF HARVARD MEMORIAL HALL, AND INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES, 1866 To 1878.
Contract. Extras. Total.
Masonry $113,141.46 $3,483. I 5 || $116,624.61
Stone 47,72O.OO 702.25 48,422.25
Carpenters 70,698.oo I,094 40 7I,792.40
Plasterers . 2,293.OO © tº $ tº 2,293.OO
Painters . . . . . . I 5,514.32 1,781.70 17,296.O2
Copper and Iron Work . 6, II 2.40 2,812 68 8.925.08
Gas Pipes, &c. . . . . I92.OO tº º tº e I92.OO
Water . . . . . 245 2 I e e ſº 245.2 I
Marble Tile Work 5,256.90 60.60 5,319.50
Grading I, OOO.OO tº e G I, OOO.OO
i. $262,175.29 $9,934.78 || $272, IIo.o?
Architects, 5% on $271.992.60 I3,599.63 & e º e I3,599.63
g tº gº $275,774.92 || $9,934.78 $285,709.70
Charity to a Workman injured O OO & e º e 50.OO
Insurance . . . . . . . I,715.62 I,715.62
Engineer, Surveys. I 50.00 I50.OO
BUILDING . $277,690.54 $9,934.78 || $287,625.32
LAND.
Land, less Sales. $13,670.58
Engineer . $405.57 -
Taxes • I,535-44
Fence . I3.83
*-*-ºs- I,954.84
—| 15,625.42 I 5,625 42
BUILDING AND LAND. $293,315.96 $9,934.78 || $303,250.74
EXPENSES.
Printing tº º $581.70 *
Advertising . . . . . 691. I3
Corner Stone Celebration 1,658.71
— 2,931.54 2,931-54
–-Coe—- $296,247.50 $9,934.78 $306,182.28
FUNDS.
Subscriptions from —
Alumni • $143,434.90
Friends . 57,260.oo
e $200,694.90
Donation from Harvard
College . . . . . . . . . . . . . I5,000.OO
Dedication Fund, balance . I I2. OO
Int. & profit. . . $73,503,41
Guarantee from #
Treasurer. . . I7,201.25
90,704.66 306,511.56

BALANCE LEFT .
$329.28
COST OF SANDERS THEATRE, ETC., 1874. To 1878.
Contract. Extras. Total.
Masonry $12,393-oo $555.69 || $12,948.69
Stone 4,700.OO I3O.OO 4,830.oo
Granite. 777.00 tº dº ſº 777.oo
Plastering. & e is tº º sº tº gº I,2OO.OO I,2OO.OO
Carving . . . . . . . $1,036.Oo
Less returned . e 2I.O5
I,OIA-95 tº G & º I,OIA-95
Carpenters tº 31,290 Oo 1,396.13 32,686. I3
Painting * 3,538.58 700.65 4,239.23
Roofing © 2,400 OO tº º º 2,400.OO
Gutters ... . tº 533.OO 533.OO
Water Board e I45.OO I45.OO
Pipes . . g 12.48 I2 48
Iron Work e 675 OO 675 Oo
Copper Work * 972.OO 972.OO
Tin Work . . e 560.OO 56O.OO
Marble Sills . e 45.OO tº tº tº 45.OO
g 1,787.00 215-37 2,002.37
Heating | 546 21 § tº º 546.21
e $62,589.22 || $2,997.84 || $65,587.06
Architects, 5% on $71,853.00 3,592.65 ſº ſº tº tº 3,592.65
$66,181.87 $2,997.84 $69,179.71
Insurance . tº gº 2Io.8o tº e º ſº 2IO.OO
Finishing Basement 602.Oo 602.8o
IMPROVEMENT TO TOWER. $66,994.67 2,997.84 $69,992.51
Models . . . . . $2Oo.oo
Copper Work 2,600.Oo
2,800.oo 2,800.oo
FITTINGS. $66,994.67 $5,797.84 || $72,792.51
Awnings . . $84 oo $84.oo
Chandeliers, 2,758.63 2,758 63
Carpet . . . 489.87 . . . 489.87
Cushions. - 1,276 Io $49.98 1,326.08
Chairs . . . 858.oo . . . 858.00
Numbers. . I 35.40 I 35.4O 5,602 Oo 49.98 5,651 98
wº $72,596.67 $5,847.82 $78,444.49
Heating Apparatus . . I,2OO.OO tº e º & I,2OO.OO
Tablet in Memorial Hall . . . . . 983.73 tº ſº º 983.73
Architects’ Commissions on $4,577.oo . tº e º º 228.86 228.86
—exce- $74,780.40 $6,076.68 || $80,857.08
FUNDS.
Sanders Fund . . . . . . . . $64,813 82
Professor Child, Sale of
Harvard Biographies . . . 600.00
Subscriptions from —
Alumni . . . . . $7,350.00
Friends. . . . . 8,200.00
$15,550.00
Interest $169.12
Profit . . 32.50
201.62 6
I 5,751.02
15,751.02 $31.165.44
BALANCE LEFT
$30836
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SUMMARY OF THE Two FUNDS, May 14, 1878.

Extras.
Contract. Total.
Harvard Memorial Hall. $277,690.54 $9,934.78 || $287,625.32
Sanders Theatre 66,994 67 2,997.84 69,992.5I
© . . . & $344,685.21 || $12,932.62 || $357,617.83
| Fittings, Improvement to Tower, Heat- -
ing Apparatus, Tablet in Memorial
Hall, &c. e e s 7,785.73 3,078.84 Io,864.57
$352,470.94 || $16,011.46 || $368,482.40
ExPENSES. -
Printing, Advertising, and Corner-Stone
Celebration . . . . . . 2,93 I-54 2,931.54
$355,402.48 || $16,011.46 || $371,413 94
Land . I5,625.42 tº e º 'º I5,625.42
$371,027.90 $16,011.46 || $387,039.36
WHENCE DERIVED. --
Contributions from — -
Alumni $150,784.90
Friends . . 65,460.OO
— $216,244.90
Harvard College . I 5,000.00
Sanders Fund . 64,813.82
Dedication Day, balance . II 2.0C)
Professor Child, Sale of
Harvard Biographies 6oo.oo
Int. & profit . $73,705.03
Guarantee from
Treasurer I7,2O1.25 -
— $90,906.28
*- $387,677.oo
BALANCE LEFT IN HANDS OF TREASURER .
$637.64 |
3O
LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO MEMORIAL HALL.
. $1250
IOOO
3. I u mt it i.
I797. 1812.
Horace Binney $500 | William T. Andrews
Charles G. Loring . º, e º
1802. Mrs. M. M. Q. Greene, in mem-
ory of Benjamin D. Greene . Ioo
James H. Duncan . . . . . 50
$2400
1813.
Mrs. Anna T. Loring, in memory
Levi Lincoln . tº e $200
William Minot, for Class. 2OO
Josiah L. Fairbanks, in memory
of John Fairbanks IOO
- $500
18o3.
James Savage . $2Ooo
I806.
George W. Lyman . $200
1807.
David Sears, for Class. . . $5000
1810.
Octavius Pickering . $1oo
1811.
William P. Mason . . . . . $1000
John C. Gray . & e I2OO
Mrs. Charles P. Curtis, in mem-
ory of Charles P. Curtis IOO
Solomon D. Townsend 25
Nathaniel L. Frothingham 2OO
Mrs. Thomas G. Cary, in mem-
ory of Thomas G. Cary. 30O
$2825
of William J. Loring $500
1815.
J. Amory Lowell. $200
John G. Palfrey . IOO
John P. Bigelow . - e - 50
Mrs. Sparks, in memory of Jared
Sparks . . . . . . . . 3OO
Richard M. Hodges . . . . IOO
$6750
I816.
William H. Gardiner . $500
1817.
Stephen Salisbury . $6000
I818.
Sidney Bartlett $500
Nathaniel Curtis . . . . . . 250
Sampson Reed . . . . . . Ioo
George Osborne . . . . . . 75
Frederic A. Farley . . . . . 25
3 I
George R. Noyes
William Emerson
Francis Brinley
1819.
Henry Upham
1820.
Henry Bartlett
Ezra Stiles Gannett .
John C. Hayden .
John Rogers
George B. Osborn
Daniel H. Peirce .
William H. Furness
1821.
Francis C. Lowell
Class, through Ralph Waldo
Emerson . . . .
1822.
Larz Anderson
George A. Goddard .
Henry B. Rogers.
1823.
Russell Sturgis
William Amory .
John C. Lee
George Leonard .
George Peabody .
1824.
Francis Amory
Edward Blake
Nathaniel Silsbee
$20
I 5
I 5
$IOoo
$2Oo
500
$700
. $2500
Cornelia Loring, in memory of
IOOO
22OO
$5700
. $5000
I300
IOO
2O
2OO
$662o
$600
IOO
IOO
George Wheatland .
Christopher T. Thayer
E. Hasket Derby
Henry C. Perkins
Mrs. Horton, in memory of W
liam Horton
Edward Pickering
Charles G. Putnam .
William Newell .
George B. Dorr
1825.
William Dwight .
Charles Francis Adams
Seth Ames . ©
John B. S. Jackson .
Samuel B. Fales .
George P. Bradford.
Thomas Sherwin .
Frederic H. Hedge .
Francis Cunningham
1826.
Willard Parker
Edward Southworth
Increase S. Wheeler
Benjamin Cox.
George Putnam . .
Stephen M. Weld
Alexander J. Hamilton
George F. Haskins .
William L. Russell .
Nehemiah Adams .
Cazneau Palfrey .
Julian Abbot .
Edward Jarvis
Charles R. Lowell
Oliver Stearns
George W. Hosmer.
John C. Phillips .
Addison Brown
Samuel H. Walley .
Henry Dyer
il-
$100
IOO
IOO
50
50
50
50
250
$1555
. $10oo
I 2CO
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50
50
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50
25
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$2595
$500
500
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25
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$3075
32
- 1827.
John W. P. Abbot .
. Epes S. Dixwell .
Edmund Quincy .
William H. Brooks .
Alfred Lee . .
1828.
Robert C. Winthrop
Edward S. Rand .
Oliver Prescott
Jacob Caldwell
I829.
"George T. Bigelow .
Charles S. Storrow .
M. P. Stickney
James Freeman Clarke
Oliver Wendell Holmes .
F. B. Crowninshield
James S. Amory .
James Thurston .
George W. Richardson
Francis A. Foxcroft
George T. Davis.
E. Linzee Cunningham
- 1830.
Henry W. Sargent .
Robert W. Hooper .
Robert H. Gardiner
Jonathan W. Bemis
G. Washington Warren .
- Joseph Lyman
Thomas C. Amory .
J. Mason Warren
Charles Sumner .
James Dana o
Nathan W. Munroe
John Pickering
Charlemagne Tower
$500
250
25
$778
$700
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50
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$1 585
. $1000
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50
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$2360
1831.
Thomas G. Appleton .
George C. Shattuck
George A. Bethune .
J. Lothrop Motley .
| Hermann B. Inches.
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff .
John H. Morison
1832.
Josiah G. Abbott
J. Sullivan Warren .
Hetaireia of Class 1832
John Holmes .
Lewis Colby &
William C. Appleton .
James A. Treat .
William W. Wellington
Samuel Osgood .
John Parkman
Augustus Story .
Horatio Bigelow .
Henry Wheatland
Alanson Tucker
Estes Howe
Stephen Salisbury
John M. Bethune
Oliver C. Everett
Richard Soule
Francis J. Humphrey .
LeBaron Russell .
John T. Morse
William Silsbee .
Horace Dupee
John S. Dwight .
William Warland
Richard M. Chapman .
I833.
George W. Amory .
William Whiting
Waldo Higginson
Nathaniel S. Tucker
David S. Greenough
George E. Ellis .
*
. $1000
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William Mack . . . . . . $50
William T). Peck . . . . . 25
Charles W. Hartshorn . . . 50
John C. Lyman . . . . . . 50
John H. Dix . . . . . . . IOO
John O. Stone . . . . . . I 50
William M. Prichard . . . . Ioo
Samuel P. Andrews. . . . . IO
C. Minot Weld . . . . . . 25
William P. Jarvis . . . . . 50
Thomas Wigglesworth . . . 200
$2.585
1834.
Turner Sargent . . . . . . $1300
Charles E. Ware . . . . . . IOO
Benjamin E. Cotting . . . . Ioo
Samuel M. Felton . . . . . Ioo
Samuel W. Rodman . . . . IOo
Thomas Donaldson . . . . . 50
C. Breck Parkman . . . . . 50
Thomas Cushing . . . . . . IOO
Isaac Hinckley . . . . . . 50
Henry Gassett . . . . . . 50
John W. Randall . . . . . 50
Joseph H. Williams . . . . Ioo
Hiram Wellington . . . . . 50
Joseph Sargent . . . . . . 50
$2250
1835.
Amos A. Lawrence . . . . . $5000
Anna Cabot Lodge, in memory
of George Cabot . . . . . Iooo
William R. Robeson . . . . Iooo
George Bemis . . . . . . . . 500
Charles W. Storey .
Henry Lyon
H. G. O. Blake
John A. King .
1836.
Henry Lee, Jr.
Samuel G. Ward .
William Minot, Jr. .
Samuel Cabot.
Israel M. Spelman
John Ruggles .
1837.
John Bacon
Nathaniel Holmes
C. C. Holmes . .
Samuel Treat . º
William W. Greenough
Henry Vose ſº
William J. Dale .
Amos Perry
Henry Williams .
John Weiss
Henry J. Bigelow
Henry Hubbard .
Benjamin G. Kimball
Giles H. Whitney
William Allen
Daniel Wight.
Francis Phelps . . . .
Charles Theodore Russell
* 1838.
G. Howland Shaw .
Patrick T. Jackson .
Ebenezer Wright
Benjamin S. Rotch .
James R. Lowell .
Edward A. Renouf .
Benjamin W. Whitney
$50
IOO
I 5
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$8475
. $IOoo
5OO
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50
50
25
$1725
$200
IOO
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50
50
50
50
30
25
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E. Rockwood Hoar. . . . . ioo
John H. Eliot . . . . . . . 250
Charles H. Parker . . . . . Too
Charles V. Bemis . . . . . 50
James L. Goodridge . . . . 50
Joseph S. Beal . . . . . . 25
James Ritchie . . . . . . . 25
Thomas M. Brewer . . . . . IO
Charles W. Palfrey . . . . . IO
Naaman L. White . . . . . 25
Theodore H. Dorr . . . . . I5
Frederic A. Eustis . . . . . 50
IO
25
$IOoo
. $2000
IOOO
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50
25
$4675
34
1839.
C. William Loring .
John Kebler
John Ganson .
George Hayward
Alexander C. Washburn .
Edward E. Hale .
Charles M. Ellis . .
William E. Townsend .
Samuel Jennison. . . .
Henry D. Austin
Thomas Dawes
Francis P. Hurd .
James G. King
Charles H. Brigham
1840.
Joseph H. Allen.
Charles E. Buckingham
Henry Bryant.
J. Elliot Cabot
John Capen
William A. Crafts
Joseph M. Churchill
John C. B. Davis
Arthur L. Devens . . .
Henry C. Kimball
John B. Henck . e Q
Archibald G. King . . .
James Lawrence.
Charles W. Parsons
Hervey I. Parker
William G. Russell .
George P. Sanger e
Frederic F. Thayer . . .
Edward H. Welch .
William O. White
Moses W. Weld . . . .
1841.
Edward N. Perkins . . .
Francis E. Parker
Francis Minot . . . . .
T. Wentworth Higginson
William B. Bacon
Edward H. Clarke .
. $1000
50
IOO
50
50
50
30
$25
25
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25
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25
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430
25
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25
25
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$1515
$500
IOO
25
2O
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50
James R. Partridge . . . . . $50
John Revere . . . . . . . IOO
John Haven . . . . . . . 25
$970
1842.
Francis M. Weld, in memory of
William Logan Rodman . $1000
Charles F. Shimmin . . . . 200
T. Prentice Allen . . . . . 25
Thornton K. Ware . . . . . 25
$1250
1843.
Mrs. Caleb A. Curtis, in memory
of Charles Frederic Adams $200
Henry D. Sedgwick . . . . Ioo
Horace B. Sargent . . . . . Ioo
James H. Means . . . . . . 25
Luther Parks, Jr. . . . . . 30
William A. Richardson . . . IOO
John G. Sewall . . . . . . 25
Frederic R. Sears . . . . . IOO
Alexander W. Thayer . . . . 50
Charles C. Perkins . . . . . IOO
$830
1844.
George F. Parkman. . $10OO
George C. Ward . . . . . . 500
Tappan E. Francis . . . . . 25
Aaron C. Baldwin . . . . . IOO
Edward Wheelwright . . . . 50
Francis Parkman . . . . . 25
Philip H. Sears . . . . . . Ioo
William G. Prescott . . . . 50
George S. Hale . . . . . . 25
Charles J. Capen . . . . . IO
Robert Codman . . . . . . 20
George M. Brooks . . . . . SO
Samuel S. Greeley . . . . . 25
Charles W. Dabney, Jr. . . . Io2
Edward S. Hoar . . . . . . 2O
James P. Treadwell . . . . . I 38
Stephen G. Wheatland . . . 50
$2290
35
1845.
Manning F. Force . $50
Quincy A. Shaw . 2OO
George P. Upham . . 2OO
Charles P. Curtis IOO
$550
1846.
Sophia Ritchie, in memory of
Montgomery Ritchie $500
Henry A. Whitney . 650
Calvin Ellis IOO
Joshua A. Swan . ... • So
Nathan Webb . . . . 2S
Edmund T. Eastman . . . . 5
Francis J. Child . © IOO
George F. Hoar . . . . IOO
W. Ellery Sedgwick . 106
Charles D. Homans 50
Charles E. Norton . 50
Walter Mitchell . 50
Isaac I. Cummings . 50
George B. Neal 50
Augustus L. Soule . 4O
Francis A. Faulkner. . . . . 35
J. Mason Parker . . . . . . . 25
William D. Bliss . tº º ſº. 5o
Edward S. Philbrick . . . . IO
T. Bigelow Lawrence . Iooo
William L. Ropes . . . . . . 5
$3O45
1848.
Henry Saltonstall . $150
Class, through Henry S. Chase, IOOO
$1150
1849.
Martin Brimmer . . $5500.00
Frederic A. Lane IOOO.OO
Mrs. Caleb A. Curtis, in mem-
ory of Horace W. Adams . 200.00
Abbott Lawrence I7oo.oo
George B. Upton, Jr. . 50.00
Charles Follen
5O.OO
Lemuel Shaw. $100.00
Charles F. Choate IOO.OO
Artemas W. Lamson . 41.40
$874I.40
1850.
Augustus Lowell . $1000
Joseph H. Thayer 2O
T. Jefferson Coolidge . 4OO
$1420
1851.
Samuel Batchelder . $25.00
Samuel Abbott Green . 25.OO
Charles F. Dunbar . 50.00
William F. Allen I 5.OO
Lucius H. Buckingham IO.OO
Edward H. Hall . IO.OO
Francis W. Palfrey. IO,OO
Frederic Winsor . IO.OO
James M. Codman . 50.25
George O. Shattuck 50.00
R. Morris Copeland 50.00
Anson P. Hooker 25.OO
David P. Wilder. º º 25.00
William W. Goodwin . . . 25.00
Henry W. Haynes . 25.00
Joseph H. Sprague . 25.00
George Bliss, Jr. . IOO.OO
Augustus T. Perkins 50.00
Henry Sigourney. 50.00
Arthur Dexter 25.OO
$655.25
1852.
Henry G. Denny. . $50
| Addison Brown . . . . IOO
George H. Fisher . . . . . 25
James B. Thayer - 75
Knyvet W. Sears . . 225
Horatio Alger. . . . . . . 25
Caleb D. Bradlee . . . 50
David W. Cheever . . . . . 25
John E. Hoar. e e s s 2O
Charles T. Canfield . . . . 5
Joseph H. Choate IOO
36
Russell M. Williams $17.50
John T. Perry. . . . . . 25.OO
Interest . . . . . . . . 9 52
$752.O2
I853.
John Q. Adams . . . . . . . $100
Edward H. Ammidown . . . Ioo
Benjamin C. Clark . . . . . Ioo
Francis G. Richards . . . . Ioo
Charles F. Blake . . . . . . 50
Moses H. Day . . . . . . 5o
John Erving . . . . . . . 50
Edward King . . . . . . . 50
Arthur T. Lyman . . . . . 50
Robert S. Rantoul . . . . . . 50
Samuel S. Shaw . . . . . . 50
David H. Ward . . . . . . 50
John D. Washburn . . . . . 50
Uriel H. Crocker . . . . . 25
Aaron D. Weld, Jr. . . . . . 25
John C. Palfrey . . . . . . 2O
Davies Wilson . . . . . . 2O
John D. Bryant . . . . . . IO
George W. Hartwell . . . . IO
Hamilton A. Hill . . . . . IO
James C. White . . . . . . I 2
William P. Harding . . . . IO
George S. Paine . . . . . . 8
Winslow W. Sever . . . . . 25
Charles W. Eliot . . . . . Ioo
$I 125
1854.
Frederic L. Ames . . . . . $2000
Atherton Blight . . . . . . 500
Daniel Denny, Jr. . . . . . . 200
Leonard J. Wyeth . . . . . Ioo
George Putnam, Jr. . . . . . 50
William J. Potter . . . . . . 50
William A. Preston . . . . . 50
John C. Bancroft . . . . . 50
Henry Van Brunt . . . . . 50
David H. Coolidge . . . . . 50
Augustine W. Thompson . . . 25
Charles Thorndike . . . . . Ioo
$3225
1855.
Theodore Lyman
H. Sidney Everett
Samuel Johnston
Charles A. Gregory.
Charles A. Cutter
James Reed
Francis C. Barlow
Joseph M. Cushing .
Alex. E. Agassiz .
James A. Emmerton
Louis Arnold .
Samuel P. Blake.
Edward I. Browne .
Joseph C. Heywood
Charles A. Chase
Smith Wright.
John B. Tileston.
Joseph Willard .
William Amory, Jr.
George G. Crocker .
Isaac P. Wainwright
Edward P. Thwing .
William W. Richards .
Leonard A. Jones . .
Henry L. Higginson
Robert T. Paine .
Edward J. Brown
John Balch. o
Randolph M. Clark.
Joseph Hayes.
Phillips Brooks
George Dexter
William Mackay.
1856.
John J. Jacobsen
George Blagden .
William P. Mason
1857.
James J. Storrow
Horace N. Fisher
Stanton Blake
Samuel Dorr .
John L. Flagg
. $5000
IOOO
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250
50
25
25
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25
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$1oo
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$310
$50
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50
50
37
Franklin Haven, Jr.
James J. Higginson . . .
John C. Ropes *
A. J. C. Sowdon .
Augustus A. Hayes, Jr.
Francis Bartlett .
John L. Dearborn
George H. Foster
Charles P. Horton .
Francis C. Ropes
Robert M. Morse, Jr.
Solomon Lincoln, Jr.
Joseph A. Hale
Horatio Wood
Francis H. Brown
Joseph H. Clark.
Charles P. Gorely
John D. Long .
Patrick A. O’Connell
Robert D. Smith .
Livingston Stone
Charles F. Walcott .
Samuel Wells
Henry J. Stevens
Joseph May
Francis O. French .
Shepherd Brooks
1858.
Henry W. Foote.
Howard F. Damon .
Hollis Hunnewell
Ozias Goodwin
George E. Francis
Henry B. Adams .
Gideon Allen . tº tº e -
William P. G. Bartlett, by his
mother . . . .
Alanson Bigelow .
Josiah Bradlee $º
Benjamin G. Brown. . . .
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
James C. Davis .
George Dexter . .
William H. Dunning
Robert T. Edes .
William E. Fette
William H. Fox .
$50
50
50
50
30
25
25
25
25
25
25
2O
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$1083
$25
25
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50
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50
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50
25
25
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Henry W. Frost . . . . . . . $10
Horace J. Gilbert . . . . . 25
William G. Gordon . . . . . 2O
Samuel S. Green . . . . . IO
William A. Kilbourn . . . . . . Io
William F. Milton . . . . . 2O
John B. Noyes . . . . . . . 5
John C. Phillips . . . . . . 25
Joseph A. Shaw . . . . . . 5
John T. Stoddard . . . . . IO
James D. Thurber . . . . . 5
John P. Treadwell . . . . . IO
Henry P. Walcott . . . . . 2O
Sidney A. Williams . . . . 5
John Homans, Jr. . . . . . 2O
Robert N. Toppan . . . . . 25
Seth M. Murdock . . . . . 25
Thatcher Magoun, Jr. . . . . 25
Charles Fairchild . . . . . . IO
Winslow Warren, Jr. . . . . 5
$IO45
1859.
William Everett . . . . . . $1 Ioo
George W. Bond, in memory of
Henry M. Bond . . . . . 25O
William S. Bond . . . . . 250
Franklin Burgess . . . . . Ioo
Loring W. Bailey . . . . . IO
Francis V. Balch . . . . . 25
George L. Chaney . . . . . IO
Edward W. Hooper . . . . Ioo
Charles Chauncey . . . . . 2O
James Gilchrist . . . . . . 25
Clayton F. Beeker . . . . . IO
John W. Adams . . . . . . 5
John Winslow . . . . . . 2O
Edward Curtis . . . . . . 5
George Draper . . . . . . Ioo
Amor L. Hollingsworth . . . ſoo
William R. Huntington . . . 2O
William E. Lamb . . . . . 25
Francis W. Loring . . . . . 25
Ellis L. Motte . . . . . . 5
John H. Ricketson . . . . . Ioo
James A. Rumrill . . . . . Ioo
James Schouler . . . . . . . 2O
William B. Storer . . . . . 25
Henshaw B. Walley . . . . I 5
38
George F. French . . .
Alexander McKenzie . e
Fuller family, in memory of
Henry W. Fuller. e tº
Frederic M. Holland . . . .
Frederic S. Grand d'Hauteville,
George B. Merrill tº
William Barrett . . . . º
George A. Torrey . . . .
James A. Sawtell . . . .
George Baty Blake, Jr. .
I86o.
William S. Appleton . . . .
Descendants of Samuel Eliot, in
memory of Charles J. Mills
William E. Perkins . . g
Nancy F. Barstow, in memory
of Nathaniel S. Barstow
George W. Weld
Charles H. Fiske
Henry S. Russell
Julius Dexter . . . .
Francis W. Hunnewell
John W. Hunnewell .
Frank Haseltine .
William C. Gannett
Horace Howland
Edmund Wetmore . .
Stephen M. Weld, Jr., .
Benjamin F. D. Adams
Charles A. Nelson .
Horace J. Hayden .
Charles H. Doe . .
Edward Carter . .
Edward C. Johnson ſº
George E. Adams . . . . .
Thomas Sherwin, Jr. .
Francis M. Weld ©
Charles A. Humphreys . . .
Francis Hazelton tº e
Selwin Z. Bowman . . . . .
Edward F. Everett .
Wesley O, Holway . . .
George H. Whittemore .
George G. Wheelock .
$5
IO
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5.
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25
25
25
25
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$2885
. $2500
5000
250
2OO
7oo
IOO
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50
50
50
50
50
25
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25
25
25
25
25
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$97
-
- 1861.
Allen F. Boone
Henry P. Bowditch.
Elihu Chauncey .
John D. Cobb
Minot G. Gage -
Wendell P. Garrison .
Francis W. Hackett . .
Alpheus H. Hardy .
Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
John P. Hopkinson.
Charles D. Lamb
James R. May .
William H. Pettee .
Henry Pickering . . . .
Benjamin Rand .
Francis T. Richardson
Charles C. Salter
Edward W. Sanborn
James K. Stone . . .
Richard Stone
John Ritchie .
Charles Storrow . .
Sidney W. Thaxter.
Edward Wigglesworth
George F. Works
James E. Wright
John L. Bullard .
Franklin Weld
Thomas H. Knowles
Arthur W. Blake
Joseph H. Wales . .
Samuel F. Emmons
Edward A. Crowninshield
E. Palmer Gould.
Francis W. Lawrence .
John Bigelow . e
William H. Forbes.
William F. Snow
Joseph B. Hardon .
Hiram S. Shurtleff . . .
Joseph H. McDaniels .
Joseph E. Fiske .
Albert Hale
Charles L. Bixby . . .
Norwood P. Hallowell
Stevens G. Cowdrey
Joseph H. Senter
i.e.
$20
IOO
I 5
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25
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25
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25
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$1050
39
1862.
Gilbert R. Payson
Francis Skinner . . . .
Elizabeth C. Tilton, in memory
of Samuel C. Haven . . . 5
Mrs. Stone, in memory of her
. $1200
5000
son, Goodwin A. Stone IOO
Class, through William Hedge, Iooo
$7305
1863.
Nathan Appleton . $2500
Robert Amory . . 25
Edward H. Kidder . 5O
Amos L. Mason . 5o
Albert K. Post 5O
Charles W. Amory . 5O
John D. W. French 5o
David Pingree 5O
Arthur Lawrence 5O
Edward S. Grew . 3O
Samuel C. Davis. 3O
Henry B. Going . 25
William G. Field e IO
John T. Hassam . . . . . . 5
Clarence H. Denny. 5o
Francis L. Higginson . 5O
William Stackpole . 5O
Edward D. Boit . IOO
Charles P. Bowditch IOO
William Greenough, Jr. 50
George B. Shattuck. 50
John Winthrop 25
Arthur Lincoln —35
$3475
1864.
Robert S. Perkins . . . . . $250
William P. Walley . . . . . 5
Class, through William L. Rich-
ardson. e e º & IOOO
$1255
1865.
George H. Smith . . . . . $1
George W. Swett . . . . . 25
William L. Tucker . . . . . 25
Charles H. Tweed . . . . . . Io
Frederic Ware . . . . . . 5
William H. Warren $5
Gorham D. Williams 50
John H. Bradford 2OOO
William B. C. Stickney 5
George A. Goddard 250
Francis E. Anderson IO
Robert H. Bancroft . 50
George Blight. º 50
William E. Boardman . 5
T. Frank Brownell . IO
James R. Chadwick 25
John W. Churchill . 5
Charles W. Clifford 6o
Joseph Cook . . . 5
Horatio G. Curtis 50
George W. Dillaway 5
Walter H. Dorr . IO
Charles J. Ellis Io
Isaac V. French . IO
William A. French . SO
Alfred Greenough I4O
John Greenough . 25
Frank M. Hollister. 2
Patrick T. Jackson . I 5
George J. Johnson . IO
George H. Mifflin 50
George F. Osgood IO
Henry W. Poor . 25
Charles P. Putnam . IO :
James S. Rogers . 5
William Rotch . . e 50
$3073
I866.
George D. Welles $IOoo
1867.
Samuel Hoar . & $1oo
1869.
Anonymous * #5
1870.
Charles E. Hoar. $1oo
Roger Wolcott 2OO
$300
New York subscribers, through
Frederic A. Lane . . . $rooo
4O
j}ritttiſg, tot 3. Ittmni.
E. Redington Mudge . . . . $
George C. Richardson. e
William F. Weld
Richard Baker, Jr. .
Oliver Ames . tº e
Charles W. Freeland .
Gardner Brewer .
Wigglesworth family
James Read . §
John A. Blanchard .
J. Ingersoll Bowditch .
Alfred Reed
Peter C. Brooks . e e s
Samuel May & Sons (Samuel
May, John J. May, Fred. W.
G. May) . . . . . . . .
Johnson C. Burrage
Alvah A. Burrage
Robert M. Mason
Samuel Batchelder .
Samuel Frothingham .
J. Wiley Edmands .
Mrs. Caroline Merriam
James H. Beal
John Gardner .
William Perkins .
J. Huntington Wolcott
George W. Wales
Greely S. Curtis .
55OO
55OO
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5000
5000
2500
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The Chairman of the Building Committee, in his report,
has rehearsed the history of this great undertaking, committed
to your hands thirteen years ago by the Association of the
Alumni of Harvard College; from its feeble beginning, through
its gradual development, to its triumphant achievement.
The hope that this Memorial would be a tribute from the
Alumni has not been realized. *
The gifts of the Alumni have been large, some giving
largely of their abundance, and others more largely of their
penury; but the number of givers has been small.
Out of four thousand and forty Alumni living during the
progress of the work, but eight hundred and nine (only one-
fifth) have responded to our annual appeals. Eighteen classes
with members living have made no returns.
Of the thirty-three hundred and twenty-one apparently irre-
sponsive Alumni, many have given what they could, what the
dead would have valued most, — their sympathy; a larger num-
ber have voluntarily omitted to contribute to the erection of a
building intended to commemorate the self-sacrifice of their
brethren. -
So an appeal had to be made to friends outside the College,
who, meeting us cordially, supplemented the subscriptions of
the Alumni and completed the building.
It was to have been completed by . . . . . . . . . . . I88o
It was completed and occupied Commencement Day . . . . . 1876
We were warned that "we could not raise . . . . . . . . $75,000
We have collected subscriptions to the amount of . . . . . $216,000
We were warned that the building could not be erected for less
than . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000
The architects’ estimate was . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000
It has been most thoroughly built for . . . . . . . . . $360,000
Ten per cent less than the architects calculated, and forty per cent less
than the prophets foreboded.
The selection of the site, the only College ground which the
Committee could conscientiously accept, and, at the same time,
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for many reasons the most appropriate ; the negotiation for
the play-ground, by which both parties were benefited; the
successful obtaining and the careful expending of the funds;
the planning, designing, and erecting a building of such vast
proportions and such appropriate character, — all testify to
the devotion and ability of all the members of your sub-com-
mittees, dead and living, as well as of the architects selected
by you.
My accounts have been audited and pronounced correct
by a committee appointed by you ; the balance of $637.64
I am directed to apply —
I. To the printing and distributing a pamphlet containing
my final report and that of the Building Committee.
2. To the printing a revised list of the soldiers and sailors
to whom the Memorial Hall is dedicated. a's
The books containing my accounts, and the lists of sub-
scribers to the funds, together with my files of vouchers and
other papers, are subject to your order ; and, having thus fin-
ished the task confided to me, I beg to be discharged.
HENRY LEE,
Treasurer of the Harzyard Memorial Fund.
To Hon. John G. PALFREY,
Chairman of the Committee of Fifty.
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