Proceedings. At the meeting of the descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley, in the Chapel of the Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, on Tuesday, Oct. 25th, 1892, Sanford H. Dudley, Dudley R. Child and Dr. Albion M. Dudley, were appointed a special committee with Mr. Dean Dudley of Montrose, for the preparation of an account of all matters pertaining to the Reunion of that day. Mr. Dean Dudley declined to meet with the committee for this purpose, and has not accepted the office of Historian of The Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association, or become a member thereof. The committee presenting this official report were further authorized to prepare and publish the same, by vote of the Board of Directors of the Association. The Executive Committee before mentioned met frequently and enlarged itself from time to time until the full membership included the following: E. DUDLEY FREEMAN, JASON H. DUDLEY, DR. FRANCIS H. ATKINS, OSCAR L. DUDLEY, RICHARD M. JONES, GILMAN H. Tucker, GEORGE C. Codman, FRANK DUDLEY, MISS HARRIET E. HENSHAW, Portland, Me. Colebrook, N. H. Providence, R. I. E. Las Vegas, N. M. 113 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. 108 So. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 806 Broadway, New York. Woodford's, Me. Chestnut Hill, Mass. 394 Commercial St., Portland, Me. Leicester, Mass. MRS. SARAH DUDLEY WILLIAMS CHANDLER, Lexington, Mass. MRS. HARVEY A. JONES, Sycamore, Ill. 140 W. 11th St., New York. Medford, Mass. 45 Munroe St., Chicago.. 308 Boston St., Dorchester, Mass. 405 Main St., Worcester, Mass. 95 Lawrence Ave., Dorchester, Mass. 17 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. Presque Isle, Me. After the second meeting, a circular and blank were issued, asking for names and addresses of members of the family. The blanks were promptly returned and the list swelled from a few hundred to nearly a thousand names. Sub-committees were formed on Finance, Memorials, Arrangements and Reception. They were composed as follows: COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. L. Edwin DUDLEY, Chairman, E. DUDLEY FREEMAN, ROBERT T. BABSON, JAMES F. DUDLEY, COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS. DUDLEY R. CHILD, Chairman, MRS. HEPSIBAH H. BRADlee, MRS. SARAH D. W. CHANdler. COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS. SANFORD H. DUDLEY, Chairman, ALBION M. DUDLEY, L. EDWIN DUudley, DUDLEY R. CHILD, JOSEPH B. Moors. COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION. DR. A. M. DUDLEY, Chairman, MISS GERTRUDE DUDLEY, The Finance Committee sent out the following circular, Col. L. Edwin Dudley having been elected Treasurer of the general committee. 50 BROMFIELD ST., Boston, Mass. September 15, 1892. The undersigned have been appointed a committee on finance to raise funds to defray the expense of organizing the reunion of the descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley, to be held in Boston on the 25th of October, 1892. It is estimated that a fund of about five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. Should more money be received than is required, it will be reserved for the fund which it is proposed to raise for the purpose of providing for the care of the family tomb in the Old Roxbury Burying Ground. We appeal to you to contribute as liberally as you can afford. Funds are imperatively needed to carry forward the work; we hope you will respond promptly. Checks should be made payable to L. EDWIN DUDLEY, Treasurer. Sincerely yours, L. EDWIN DUDLEY, This request met with a ready and generous response, and nearly four hundred dollars were contributed. The Committee on Memorials planned for an exhibition at the reunion of family portraits, antiquities, etc., and were in communication with members of the family possessing these articles. The Executive Committee decided upon Tuesday, Oct. 25th, as the day for the reunion, and selected Mr. Sanford H. Dudley, of Cambridge, to preside at the dinner, and the Committee on Arrangements made provision for the various exercises of the day as expressed in the circulars following: DUDLEY REUNION. BOSTON, MASS., October 8, 1892. THE FIRST REUNION of the descendants of Governor THOMAS DUDLEY will be held on TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 1892, at the Revere House, Boston, Mass. MR. DEAN DUDLEY, the well known genealogist and historian of the Dudley family, will be present as a special guest of the occasion, and will have charge of and explain numerous and valuable memorials and relics, consisting of ancient original portraits of the American Dudley ancestors, governors, judges, statesmen and ladies of renown; silver-ware, tankards, jewelry, cradles, baptismal robes, etc., which will be on exhibition at the Revere House on the date of the reunion from 2 P. M. until the hour of the dinner. This will give all the members of the family an opportunity to meet MR. DEAN DUDLEY, who has devoted his life to earnest and laborious efforts in behalf of our family name and the successful work of tracing and recording the history of the Dudley family. All who have relics are requested to send or bring them to the reunion. A reception committee will be in attendance between the hours of 2 and 5.30 o'clock P. M., who will endeavor to make all acquainted with each other, and give all information in their power. It is expected that the occasion will be one of much interest and pleasure, and all descendants of the old Puritan Governor are cordially invited to honor his memory, and to contribute to the success of the gathering by their presence. The Dinner will be given at 5.30 o'clock P. M., at the close of which there will be an address upon the Life, Character and Public Services of Governor THOMAS DUDLEY, by JOSEPH B. Moors, Esq., of the Bostonian Society, Boston; and brief addresses by DEAN DUDLEY, Esq., of Wakefield, Mass.; SANFORD H. DUDLEY, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass.; Colonel L. EDWIN DUDLEY, of Boston, Mass.; Dr. ALBION M. DUDLEY, of Salem, Mass.; ELIAS DUDLEY FREEMAN, of Portland, Me.; JAMES F. DUDLEY, of Hartford, Conn.; and others whose names cannot at present be announced. It is expected that during the day, or immediately after the banquet, a permanent organization of the descendants of Governor THOMAS DUDLEY will be considered, and, if agreed upon, the proper measures instituted with regard to raising a fund for the preservation of the tomb at Roxbury, where rest the remains of Governor DUDLEY and other members of his family (which is to be deeded to the descendants by the heirs of Colonel JOSEPH DUDLEY), and for the erection of some suitable memorial of the Governor. Tickets to the Dinner will be $2.50 each, and as the capacity of the tables is limited to about two hundred and fifty plates, it may become necessary to assign tickets in the order in which application therefor is received. Please, therefore, to indicate the number of tickets you desire on the blank enclosed, and forward the same with remittance of the money therefor by check or postal order, by earliest mail, to DUDLEY R. CHILD, Secretary Committee on Arrangements, 30 High Street, Boston, Mass. THE REUNION OF THE Descendants of Governor THOMAS DUDLEY. PROGRAMME, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 1892. Io A. M.- Business Meeting at the Chapel of the Bowdoin Square Church, directly opposite the Revere House. At this meeting the subject of forming a permanent association for the purpose of caring for the family tomb and the erection of a monument or other suitable memorial to the memory of our distinguished ancestor, will be considered and acted upon. |