Excerpt from Twentieth Anniversary of the New England Insurance Exchange: Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass;, January 8, 1903 The Hotel Somerset, in the aristocratic section of Boston, was the scene of a most representative and jovial gathering on Thursday. evening, Jan. 8, the occasion being one that will live long in the hearts and minds of all who were in attendance. It was the banquet held in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the New England Insurance Exchange, and was an unqualified success. The event reflected great credit upon President Furness and the committee of arrangements, of which Frederic A. Wetherbee was chairman, his efforts being ably supplemented by Gayle T. Forbush, George Neiley, George A. Furness, W. A. R. Boothby, H. H. Soule and John J. Cornish. Shortly after 6 p. m. the parlors of the Somerset were completely filled with a throng of fire insurance men, ranging from the chief executives of some the largest and most successful companies, both American and foreign, to the modest fieldman just starting on his tour of the territory. The duties of the reception committee, Samuel G. Parsons, chairman, John B. Cornish W. F. Rice, W. H. Smith and Charles B Fowler, were not onerous, as the atmosphere was delightfully unconstrained and genial. Old acquaintances were renewed, new ones formed, and the hour passed all too quickly. 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.