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Secretary's Report.

TO THE GOVERNOR THOMAS DUDLEY FAMILY Asso

CIATION.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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The second annual report of the Secretary is presented to you herewith and includes an account of the doings of the Association and the course of its interests in general.

The Board of Directors have met twice during the year, first to complete the organization of the corporation, and recently to plan for the annual meeting and appoint the necessary committees for arrangements. The Certificate of Incorporation, or what we may call our Charter, was received from the Commissioner of Corporations and dated Dec. 30, 1893. The Report of the First Annual Meeting of the Association and second reunion of the descendants of Gov. Thomas Dudley was prepared and published according to vote, and copyrighted in the name of the Association by the committee appointed for the purpose, namely: Messrs. S. H. Dudley, A. M. Dudley and Dudley R. Child. Two hundred copies were printed and offered at fifty cents each. There has been a steady call for this report and for that of the first reunion and the edition of the latter is now nearly exhausted. At the request of the Memorial Committee, a paper has been sent out, asking for subscriptions to a "Life of Gov. Thomas Dudley," price not to exceed three dollars per copy. The work is in preparation and its publication is guaranteed by members of the Association, so that no financial responsibility rests upon the Association itself. The edition is limited to five hundred copies and it is desired to obtain individual subscriptions for the full number.

On Memorial Day, the Roxbury Military Historical Society, escorted by Thos. G. Stevenson Post 26, G. A. R., decorated the graves of colonial and revolutionary officers

in the old Roxbury burying ground and elsewhere in Roxbury. The ceremony was simple and impressive. Post 26 formed on Washington street, right of the line resting at the entrance to the burying ground. The Military Society entered and having formed in line near the centre and facing the Dudley tomb, the Commander in a brief address, gave their purpose and the names of the men who were thus to be remembered. After three rolls on muffled drums, the iron standards with flag and wreath were placed on the graves, the Dudley tomb receiving one for Thomas Dudley, Major-General, and one for William Dudley, Colonel. The tomb was further decorated with flowers by the Association, which was respresented at the ceremony by the Secretary.

A movement has been originated by the Roxbury Society mentioned above, to convert the old Roxbury burying ground and adjoining land into a Park, thus improving its surroundings, bringing it into the promi nence it deserves, and ensuring its proper care and preservation forever. A large gathering atttended the hearing before the Street Commissioners and the addresses showed a strong backing for the project. Several members of this Association were present and our President spoke ably and forcibly in its behalf in favor of the plan. The matter is still under consideration and progress may perhaps be slow, but the desired end will ultimately be obtained. A gathering of our New York City members have expressed their interest by sending a resolution favoring the idea. The burying ground has been open on Saturday afternoons and Sundays during the preceding four months and has been visited by a large number of persons.

By recent action of the Board of Aldermen, the name Dudley Square has been given to the space at the inter

section of Washington and Dudley streets, and Guild Row in Roxbury, adjoining the site of Gov. Thomas Dudley's house.

You will be interested to learn that at Raymond, N. H. tomorrow, Mrs. Sally Dudley Tucker expects to celebrate, in good health and spirits, her ninety-eighth birthday. Our greetings and good wishes have gone forth to her in advance and are surely repeated by the meeting of today.

It is now nearly two and one-half years since the first step was taken towards our family gathering. Our membership is so widely scattered that attendance at a particular place and time may perhaps be uncertain, but we are in receipt of expressions of interest from many quarters, far and near, and as we come to better understand our purpose and aims, we find a strength in our organization which carries it in the front rank, even in these days of many societies.

Respectfully submitted,

DUDLEY R. CHILD, Secretary.

The report of the Treasurer was presented and accepted, having been declared correct in all particulars by the Auditors, Mr. Warren P. Dudley and Mrs. M. S. Child, . of Boston.

Treasurer's Report.

THE GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY FAMILY ASSOCIATION. IN ACCOUNT WITH L. EDWIN DUDLEY, Treasurer.

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Respectfully submitted,

L. EDWIN DUDLEY, Treasurer.

The nominating committee, consisting of Mrs. E. A. Carleton of Boston, Mr. E. Dudley Freeman of Portland, Me., and Mr. Charles A. Sheldon of New Haven, Conn., then presented a list of officers and these were duly elected.

OFFICERS, 1894-1895.

President, SANFORD H. DUDLEY, 95 Milk Street, Boston. Vice-Presidents, HENRY F. HARRIS, Worcester, Mass.

JAS. HENRY WIGGIN, Boston.

DR. ELIZABETH ABBOTT CARLETON, Boston.
GILMAN H. TUCKER, New York.
WOODBURY G. LANGDON, New York.
CHAS. A. SHELDON, New Haven, Conn.
E. DUDLEY FREEMAN, Portland, Me.
JAS. F. DUDLEY, Hartford, Conn.

HENRY DUDLEY TEETOR, Denver, Colorado.
RICHARD M. JONES, Philadelphia.

Secretary, DUDLEY R. CHILD, 30 High Street, Boston.
Treasurer, L. EDWIN DUDLEY, 50 Bromfield Street, Boston.
Historian, MISS LOUISE WINTHROP KEOUS,

128 West 70th St., New York City.

Directors, CHAS. E. WIGGIN, Boston.

WARREN P. DUDLEY, Boston.

JOSEPH B. MOORS, Boston.

ROBERT T. BABSON, Boston.

MISS JULIA C. CLARKE, Boston.

MRS. FLORENCE M. ADKINSON, Dorchester.

DR. DANIEL DUDLEY GILBERT, Dorchester.
DR. ALBION M. DUDLEY, Salem.
AUGUSTINE JONES, Providence, R. I.
FRANK DUDLEY, Portland, Me.

Report of the historian.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Association:

The first report of your Historian is presented to you with much shame-facedness, the result of the year being so small in comparison with what "might have been" in hands more accustomed to such duties. The principal work done has been that of correspondence, which has brought in several new members. Some very delightful letters have been received, and in truth, I must add, some very disappointing ones; but in them all the fact has been demonstrated that the Dudleys know how to use their pens. I am sure that this correspondence has been the means of arousing considerable interest in this Association and the ancestor whom we commemorate, and I am also confident that that interest will grow, and in a number of cases when the lines of descent now under investigation shall have been traced back unbrokenly to Gov. Thomas, will result in bringing in many new members to the Association. Time is an important factor in genealogical research, which is not usually quick work.

Among the new members since the reunion of 1893, are: Charles Henry Beckett, Esq., of the law firm of Booraem, Hamilton, Beckett and Ransom of New York City.

Mrs. Amanda Neally Clapp, wife of Chas. Augustus Clapp of the publishing firm of E. P. Dutton & Co., of New York City.

Miss Sara Winthrop Smith of Seymour, Conn.

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