Excerpt from Tribute of the Massachusetts Historical Society: To the Memory of Josiah Quincy, July 14, 1864 At the Stated Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, held at their Rooms, on Tremont Street, Thursday, July 14, 1864, after some preliminary business, the President, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, spoke as follows: - Gentlemen of the Massachusetts Historical Society, When we were last assembled here, at our stated monthly meeting, on the ninth day of June, our Society, for the first time since its institution in 1791, had on its catalogue just a hundred names of living members, resident within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. An election at the previous meeting in May had at length completed the full number allowed by our charter; and on that day our roll was full. 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.