cently been inspected by a competent engineer, who reported, —
"This bridge is a costly and intricate machine, requiring the
nicest adjustment of all its parts, and should always be kept in
complete order. He advises to strengthen the cross bracing of
the end posts of all fixed span" ; keep the bridge in good adjusl-
ment and well painted; keep the roadway floor smooth and
strong .ind avoid increasing its weight; remove snow promptly ;
prevent fast driving.

These suggestions being observed, he considers the bridge
safe."

Police.
" The police force consists of 1 marshal, 1 assistant marshal, 1
captain of night-watch, 1 sergeant and 19 patrolmen. The pay of
the policemen has been raised from $2.25 to $2.50 per day, involv-
ing an additional expense for the ensuing year of about $2000 per
annum. The cost of this department for 188T has been $21,924 ;
for 1880 it was $18,863."

Ci/i/ Hospital.

Of the City Hospital and School, he said,—

" This institution, for which we are indebted to the generosity of
the late Hon. E. J. M. Hale, and our esteemed fellow-citizen,
Hon. James H. Carleton, was opened with appropriate exercises
Wednesday, December 27th, and is now ready for use. It has a
capacity for 25 beds. The estimated annual cost of maintaining
the hospital is $5000, while the income from invested funds will
probably fall short of $3000, leaving about $200" to be supplied hy
donations, as by the term-s of the bequest. This institution can
never become a charge upon the city. I would earnestly recom-
mend this most beneflcent charity to the consideration of all who
desire to aid in the relief of suffering humanity.

The hospital fund anounta to $56,687.51

Estimated value of Kent Street property 7,500..50

$64,187..50
Less estimated outstanding bill.s 4,187.50

$60,000.00"



School Department.
"The condition of our schools isgenerally very satisfactory. In
June, 1885, a superintendent of schools was elected and assumed
the duties of his office the following September. It was claimed
by the advocates of such an office that not only would the effi-
ciency of our schools be promoted,-but that it could be done with
no increase, and, possibly, a decrease of expenditure. Both these
claims have been fully sustained. There has been a marked im-
provement in the schools, especially in the lower and grammar
grades, in which a very large majority of our children receive
their entire education. New methods have been adopted, greater
enthusiasm has been aroused and it is believed that our schools
will compare favorably with those of other cities of the Common-
wealth. The cost of the school for the past four years is as

Total Co.'it, Av. No. Pupils. Cost per Pupil.

1884 $66,604.31 2034 $22.79

1885 08,650.49 3374 20.32

18861 00,300.84 3588 18.48

1887 65,302.95 3549 18.40

The slight decrease in the number of scholars the past year is
due to the opening of Parochial si^hools, September 1st."



William E. Hatch resigned as superintendent of schools, and
Albert L. Bartlett was elected, to serve from February 1, 1888.



Valuation and Taxation.

The total valuation of TTaverhill in 1887 was $16,246,412

Valuation of personal property was 4,383,219

Valuation of real estate was 11,86.3,193

The total number of polls was 6579, showing a decrease

of four from 1880.
The personal valuation showed an increase of $124,079 ;

the real estate valuation an increase of $715,310.

Total number of tax-payers 7,971

Value of buildings taxed in 1887 $6,895,400

Value of land taxed in 1887 5,907,793

Number of dwellings taxed in 1887 3,901

Property exempted from taxation $704,700

Divided a« follows :

Houses of religious worship 391,900

Benevolent and charitable institutions 18:^,800

Literary itstitutions 100,000



Presidents of the Common Council of Havtrhill since
City Charier.



James F. West

George H. Carleton.
Henry H.Johnson...


... 1872-73
1874


Thomas E.Burnham...

Jes.se H. Harriman

George H. Dole

James E. Moran

George H. Bartlett

Fred. J. Connolly

Daniel S. Chase


.. 1881


Oilman L. Sleeper...


1876


1885-86


Charles W. Morse....


.... 1878-79


. 1888




Town


Clerks.




Richard Littlehale...

John Carleton

Nathaniel Saltonstal

John While

John Wainwright....

John Eattou, clerk

years, and treasui


.... 1643-64
..- 1664-08

loos-non

... 1701-15
... 1710


Phineas Carleton, clerk

and treasurer

John Cogswell, clerk

and treasurer

Joseph Dodge, clerk

and treasurer

Leonard White, clerk

and treasurer

James Duncan, Jr

Moses Wingate, clerk

and treasurer


1800-01
1802-03


John Whittier, clerk

and treasurer 1774-77

Joseph Dodge, clerk

and treasurer 1778-81


1811
1812-14



First year of superintende



HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY. MASSACHUSETTS.



Leonard While, clerk

Mo.<es Wingate, clerk

and treasurer 1816-17

Leonard White, clerk

and treasurer 1818

Wo.ses Wingate, clerk

and treasurer 1819-20

Leonard White, clerk

and treasurer 1821-,'il

James Gale, clerk and

treasurer 1832-3C

Thomas G. Farnsworth,

clerk 1837

Representatives from Haverhill to Comjress an
State Legislature.

Members of Congress from Haverhill.
17y7-lS01. Biiiley Bartlett. 1S2C-30. John Varnum.

lSll-13. Leonard White. 1848-52. James H. Due



Lei nard White, clerk

and treasurer 1838-39

Josiah Keeley, clerk

and trea-'Urer 1840-41

William Taggarl, clerk

and treasurer 1842-43

A. B. Jaques, clerk and

tre.i3urer 1S44-C4

Calvin Buttrick, clerk

and treasurer 18C4-i;5

William B.Eaton, clerk

and treasurer 1860-09

D.ivid B. Tenney 1870-88



1789. Bailey Bartlett.

1810. Israel Bartlett.

1811. John Varnum.
1816-21. Israel Bartlett.
1828-31. James H. Duncan.
1833. Oilman Parker.
1844-45. Alfred Kiltredge.
1848. Ezekiel J. M. Hale.



1S(;0. Charles J. Noyes.
lt.71. Nathan S. Kimball.
1S70. Jackson B. Svvett.
1877. Jackson B. Swett.



ate JRepresenitttives from Haverhill.



1045-54. Robert Clement.

1054. John Clement.

1600. John Davis, 2d session.

1001-66. None.

1600. Nathaniel Saltonstall.

1667. Henry Palmer.

1608. William Davis.

1669-72. Natbaniel Saltonslall.

1672. George Brown.

1673. Humphrey Davy, 2d ses
sion.

1674. Henry Palmer.

1675. George Bruwn.
1081. Daniel Hendriek.

1682. None.

1683. Peter Ayer.

1684. Robert Swan.
1685-86. Peter Ayer.
1687-89. None.
1689-90. Peter .\yer.
1691. John Johnson.
1602. George Brown.

Samuel Hutohins.
1093. Daniel Ladd.

Thomas Halt.
1694. Daniel Ladd.
lGO.i-96. Peter Ayer.

1697. John Page.

1698. Peter Ayer.

1690. Richard Saltonstall.

1700. John White.

1701. Samuel Ayer.

1702. John White.

1703. John White, 1st se.ision
John Haseltine, 2d se;

sion.
1704-5. Samuel Walts.
1700-7. James Saunders.

1708. John White.

1709. James Saunders.
1710-13. John Haseltine.
1713. John White.

17U. John Haseltine.
1715-16. John White.



1717. Amos Siugletary.

1718. John Saunders.

1719. John White.
1720-26. John Saunders.
1726-27. James Sanndera.
1728-29. Richard Saltonslall.
1730-33. Nathan Webster.
1733-34. William White.
1735-30. Richard Saltonslall.

1737. Nathaniel Peasley.

1738. Richard Saltonslall.
1739-42. Natbaniel Peasley.

1742. Richard Hazen.

1743. Richard Saltonslall.
1744-45. Philip Haselline.
1746-49, Nathaniel Peasley.
1749-50. Nathaniel Saunders,
1761. John Haseltine.
1752-53. Nathaniel Peasley.
1754. Richard Saltonslall.
175.5-01. David Marsh.
1761-69. Richard Saltonslall.
1769-70. Samuel Bachellor.
1771-70. Jonathan Webster, Jr.
1776. Jonathan Webster.

Nathaniel P. Sargent.
1777-81. Jonathan Webster.
1781-84. Bailey Bartlett.
1784-85. Samuel White.
1786. Nathaniel Marsh.
1789-90. Nathaniel Marsh.
1791. Francis Carr.

Samuel Blodgett.
1792-90. Francis Carr.
1796. None.
1797-98. Nathaniel Marsh.

1799. Benjamin Willis.

1800. Benjamin Willis.

1801. None.
1802-3. Francis Carr.
1804-6. David How.
1S07-8. Jas. Smiley.
1800. Leonard White.
1810-11. Ebenezer Gage.



1812-19. David How.
1819. Charles White.
1820-23. Moses Wingate.
182.3-24. Enoch Foot.
1825. Stephen .Minot.

1827. Moses Wmgate.
Jas. H.Duncan.

1828. Charles White.
John Brickett, Jr.

1829. Thos. Harding.
John Brickett, Jr.
Wm. Bachellor.

1830. Thomas Harding.
John Brickett, Jr.
Wm. Bachellor.

1831. Caleb B. Le Bosquel.

1832. Caleb B. Le Bosquet.
Thos. G. Farnsworth.
Ephraim Corliss.
James Davis.

1833. C^aleb B. Le Bosquet.
Geo. Keeley.

Wm. Bachellor.
Thos. G. Farnsworth.

1834. Ephraim Corliss.
Thos. G. Farnsworth.
Daniel P. McQuesten.
Nathan Webster.

183.^ Jacob How.

Jesse Smith.

John G. Whittier.

Leonard Whittier.
1S30. James Davis.

Elbridge G. Eaton.

Ward Haseltine.

Nathan Webster.
1837. Jos. Ayer.

James Davis.

Elbridge G. Eaton.

Nathan Webster.

Ward Haseltine.

1837. Charles Carleton.
Wm. D. S. Chase.
James H. Duncan.
Leonard Whittier.

1838. Charles Carleton.
Wm. D. S. Chase.
James H. Duncan.
Samuel Johnson.

1840. Jonathan Crowell.
Samuel Johnson.
Alfred Kittredge.
Robert Stuart.

1841. Jonathan Crowell.
Alfred Kittredge.

1842. Rev. Ja?. R. Cashing.
Caleb Hersey.

1813. None.



James Hale.

1847. None.

1848. Benjamin Page.

1849. None.

1850. Charles B. Hall.
Lemuel Leonards.

1851. None.

1852. Samuel Brainard.
John B. Nichols.

1853. Samuel Brainard.
John B. Nichols.

1854. None.

1856. Elbridge W. Cha^e.
Jesse Simonds.



1857. Jesse Simonds.
Wm. Taggarl.

1858. James H. Duncan.
Nathans. Kimball.

1859. Nathan S. Kimball.
James Russell.

1800. Levi C. Wadleigh.
George W. Chase.

1801. Levi C. Wadleigh.
George W. Chase.

1862. Calvin Butrick.
GilmantCorning.

1803. Calvin Butrick.
Gilman Corning.

1804. Charles G. Burnharo.
F. J. Stevens.

1805. Charles G. Burnham.
Wm. Foss.

1800. Charles J. Noyes.

David Boynton.
1807. F. J. Stevens.

David Boynton.
1868. Charles W. Chase.

S. K. Towle.
1809. S. K. Towle.

Ehen Mitchell.

Thorndike Hodges.

1870. C. J. Goodwin.
Henry A. Lord.
Luther G. Morrison.

1871. H. O. Burr.
Wm. E. Blunt.

1872. Wm. E. Blunt.
H. 0. Burr.

A. R. Lancaster.

1873. Wm. E. Klunt.

A. R. Lancaster.
George J. Dean.

1874. Wm. E. Blunt.

• Jas. H. Carleton.

1875. Wm. E. Blunt.

B. F. Leighton.
James H. Carleton.

1876. Oliver Taylor.
J. B. Swett.
John B. Nichols.

1877. John W. Tilton.
Oliver Taylor.

1878. Wm. A. Brooks.
John W. Tilton.

D. Smith Kimball
Levi Taylor.
Edwin Gage.

Edwin Gage.
Daniel T. Morrison.

1882. Daniel B. Cluff.
Edwin N. Hill.

1883. Daniel B. Cluff.
Edwin N. Hill.

1884. Calvin Damon
Charles H. Flint.

1885. Wm. H. Johnson.
Edward G. Frothingham.

1886. Wm. H. Johnson.
Edward G. Frothingham.

1887. J. Otis Wardwell.
Alden P. Jaques.
George H. Barlletl.

1888. J. Otis Wardwell.
Ald.nl'. Jiiques.



1879.



1881.



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Post- Office.
The records of the post-ofBce in the city show the following bua
iuess transacted in the carriers' department :

Pieces delivered for the year ending Dee. 30, 1887 1,954,676

Collected 9a),249

Total 2,874,824

Average per carrier 410,689

Pieces delivered for the year ending Dec. 30,18SC 1,771,608

Collected 815,548

Total....' 2,687,056

Average per carrier 360,570

Total for 1SS7 2,874,824

Total for 1.S86 2,587,056



•11 per



Mail letters 67,410

Local letters 8,700

Mail cards 12,356

Loral cards 6,420

Papers, eic 7,005



78,764
209,149



Total 311,046

Money Order Business,
The following was the money order business done at the Hav-
erhill Post-Oflice for the year ending December 31, 1887 :

5403 Domestic orders $68,918 72

Fees on same 473 03

1336 International orders 18,,s32 01

Fees on same 229 60

6308 Postal Notes 11,008 72

Fees on same 159 24

?99,C51 31

2383 Domestic orders paid 832,325 14

138 International " •' 1,759 93

1113 Postal Notes 3,-304 60

837,389 07

16,011 tiunsactions, amounting to 8139,040 98

I It thi-< amount, 8i'2,ooo was remitted to Boston.

Nunilier of registered letters sent from this ofBceduring this



year, 3501.

Ojficers-elecf for 1888 of Major How Post 47, Grand
Army of the Republic, Haverhill.

Com W. D. Wood

S. V. C Alouzo Joy

.1. V. C James F. Clark

Q. M VV. H. Johnson

Adjutant J. M. Poorc

Surgeon E. i; Frnthingham

Chaplain Lorenzo Frost

O. D ..P. F. Fitzgerald

O. G Joseph Marcoux

S. M Orin Dodge

Q. M. S Geo. F. Coffin

Auditors .\, L.- I-. .-.|ii- t. II r,. Oeorge, W. H. Curtis

Ward 1 W. H. Ellison

Ward 2 '., F. < "tin,

Ward3 i I. "I' w. I. r. ;

Ward 4 1 iMMl, K- l,r

Ward 5 ' 111 ,1. n^. „

Ward Paul K. Hale

Bradford J. F. Brown

The post is constantly gaining new members, and is in a flour
ishing condition.



Officers of the Major How Grand Artni/ of the Republic
Association for 1888.

Trustees— A. Le Bosquet, E. B. Savage, J. G. Soates, 1. P. Jack-
ion, W. H. Johnson, Lorenzo Frost, E. 0. Bullock.
Clerk— J. G. Seates.
Treasurer— A. Le Bosquet.
Auditors— B. A. Sawyer, Geo. F. Coffin.
President— L. Frost.



Eighth Regiment Massachusetts V. M, Colouel Francis A.
Osgood.

Company F, Haverhill— Captain, Benjcirain n. Jellison ; first
lieutenant, Charles P. Damon ; second lieutenant, G. Henry Page.



the meeting-house of tha South Church,
? occupied for the first time alter remodel-



ad embellishing.



Officers of the Catholic Aid Society for 1888.
President— Rev. J. O'Doherty.
Vice-president— Mrs. Michael Roche.
Treasurer— Mrs. Mary Murphy.
Recording Secretary— Nellie Buckley.
Financial Secretary— Mary Desmond.
Reader— Mary Kennedy.
Janitress- Mary Driscoll.

InvestiEators— The Mrs. Kennedy, Connor, Roche, Neagle
Ryan, Cronin, Flynn, Golding, and Mrs. O'Brien, Bradford.



December 31, 1SS7, the city treasurer, David B. Tenney, made
the following statement of the cily finances :

Received 18^7. Paid 1887.

Highway 84,003.40 896,546.53

School 480.60 6-,,290.00

Poor 1,994.34. 12,302.23

Fire 976.63 32,513.79

Police 2,689.10 21,9J4.92

Salaries 8,Ji)9 62

Contingent â– 20,''53.03 10,300.38

Public Property 000.00 12,.502.'.;8

City Hall 880.75 4,472..36

Printing 104.60 1,779.48

Pub. Library 4,119.42 6,949.20

Health 1,866.00

Interest 2,637,05 19,789.57

State Aid 3,001,60 3,569.50

City Debt 26,000.00

Sinking Fund 8,800.00

County Tax 16,628.20

State Tax ls,09O.0O

Bank Tax 0,354.12

Loan 75,000.00 76,000.00

River & Wa^h. St. Imp 2,.358,49

Taxes 280,745.67

Totals 8400,033,38 8449,9'29.26

Balance 1886 76,350.04

Balance 1887 26,464.06

8470,383.42 8476,383.42

Directors of National Banks for 1888.

Merrimac National Baiii— Chailes W. Chase, Moses Nichols,

John B. Nichols, Dudley Porter, Samuel IM, Currier, Philip C.

Hivrit, W Ilmiy ,\<rye<, Cliiii l.f K. \Vi_".;iii, ,Im1iii I,, Hobson.

//„,' '■.,■/ \.,„'. ,i'l:. '.-N \\,..|,niji..i, ' :,,.-■, Daniel Fitts,

,1a::,. - 1 :,,l-, ,l,"i:i i: :â– ,::-, .I'-l.ii ' ,Mii i,, i;i,en Mitchell,
TliLiiiius ^,111. 1. Ts, ,\iii.i- W, I1..1M111,-:, :.,.iri;r \ Kimball, Thomas
S. Ruddock.

First National Bank—George Cogswell, Samuel Laubham, Ijcvi
Taylor, R. Stuart Chase, S. Porter Gardner, C. C. Griffin, J. H.
Durgin, S. H. Gale, A. L. Kimball, E. G. Wood.



HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.



E-sex National iniifc— John C. Tilton, Leverett Kimball, John
P. Kandall. Ezra Kelly, Wm. Caldwell.

Srccmd National Bank— John A. Gale, Geo. A. Greene, J. W. Vit-
tum, John Pilling, Geo. H. Carleton, J. H. Winehell, George A.
Hall. E. O. Bullock, John W. Buss, George E. Elliott, C. W. Ar-
nold.

The SUoe and Leather Reporters' Annual for 1S88 stales that
Haverhill has 102 shoe manufactories. It retail shoe dealers, 8
dealers in boot and shoe findings, 7 manufacturers of boot and
shoe patterns, 2 dealers in upper leather remnants, 4 dealers in
boot, shoe and slipper trimmings, 1 die cutter, three last and pat-
ern makers, 7 dealers in cut soles and leather, 9 dealers in kid,
goat and morocco, bl dealers in soles, taps and stiffenings, 3 man-
ufacturers of shoe- boxes, 6 of shoe machinery, 3 of leather board,
9 heel manufacturers, 15 dealers in cement, 3 miscellaneous.



In the fifteen years following the adoption of the citycht
the following amounts were spent for city improyeraei.ts
permanent character :

Groveland bridge (Ist) 82S,197.7

(•id) 20,904.8

Haverhill bridge 68.(193.5

High School building 107,783.0

Currier " " 40,947.0

Broadway " land lG,CGr>.2

Portland Street school building ]4,177.C

Locust Street bridge 16,8SS..1

Marginal sewer 24,0u0.0

Washington Square 24,514.2

Water Supply 30,200.5

New school-houses, Bow ley. Chestnut Street,

Groveland Street 32,224 6

Court Street building 12,210.:i

New almshouse 24,OG0.ii

RiverStreet improvements ,32,.393.s

Washington Street improvements 7,271.6

Total $495,547.!



The Officers of the Haoerhill Shoe and Leather Asso-
ciation for 1888.

President— S. Porter Gardner.

Vice-presidents— Charles E. Kelley, Harry W. Chase, Charles
C. Griffin.

Secretary— W. W. Spaulding.

Treasurer— Warren Kimball.

Executive Committee— W. W. Spaulding, William Knipe. S. P.
Chick, D. Sherwood, VV. Kimball, T. S. Ruddock, H. W. Chase,
Seraphim Leonard, J. H. Thomas, J. H. Winehell, C. C. Griffin,
C. M. How.

Officers of the Haverhill and Groveland Street Railway
Company.

DIrector.'i-Levi Taylor, Ira O. Sawyer, John A. Gale, Ira A.
Abbott, William H. Smiley, John A. Colby, P. C. Swett.

Auditors— E. G. Frothingham, D. E. Bennet, G. L. Sleeper.

President— Levi Taylor.

Clerk and Treasurer— John A. Colby.



Officers of Masonic organizations in 1888.
Merrimac Lodge, F. & A. M.

W. M Edward B. George

S. W Charles B Wright

J. W Frank S. Gage

Treasurer Levi C. Wadleigh

Secretary Gustavus H. Tibbetts

S. D James H. Osgood

J. D John E. Leighton

Marshal James W. Harris

Chaplain John J. Page



Duncan, M. P. Chase,



S. S Nelson J. Hunt

J. S Frank P. Stevens

L S Thomas W. Sargent

Organist B. R. Downes

Tyler E. Frank Home

Haverhill Commaniery.

E. C - George V. Ladd

G Charles C. Osgood

C. G W. A. Ordway

Prelate L. A. Woodbury

S. W Charles M. Heath

J. W D. F. Sprague

Treasurer W. A. Brooks

Recorder Henry B. George

S. W Ch.irles N. Kelley

St B Geo. O. Willey

Warder E. W. Andrews

Third G P. G. Ober

Second G L L. Mitchell

FirstG Wm. M. Bowlev

Organist James E. Gale

Sentinel E. F. Home



Officers of the Children's Aid Society
Elizabeth Home, 1887-88.

President— Mrs. Irah E. Chase.

Vice-Presidents— The Mrs. M. B. Frothingham, M. H.
M. F. Ames, N. Boynton, 0. S. Lovejoy.

Hon. Vice-Presidents— The Mrs. J. I
Daniel Harriman, M. E. Hosford.

Secretary— Mrs. J. N. Lewis.

Assistant Secretary. —Mrs. H. C. Johnson.

Treasurer— Miss Sarah M. Kelly.

Auditor— Ezra Kelly.

Directors- The Mrs. Isaac Davis, C. N. Kelley, Geo. Elliott,
Wm. Sellers, P. C. Swett, Wm. E. Blunt, H. C. Tanner, J. Fred.
Adams, A. W. Cram, R. Tappan, J. M. Nichols. S. S. Roger', A. F.
liimball, F. \V. Jacobs, J. B. Nichols, C. E. Kelley, J. V. Smiley,
Gyles Merrill, A. M. Merrick, W. D. Wood, A. C. Brickett, Moses
How, the Misses Mary C. Ames, Sarah M. Kelley, Caroline Dun-
Advisory Committee— J. J. Marsh, Dr. I. E. Chase, Moses How,
J. B. Nichols, A. VV. Downing, Dr. J. R. Nichols.

Reference Committee— The Mrs. D. S. Dickinson, E. Kelley,
Gardner Kennison, .\. M. Merrick, H. C. Johnson.

Matron Committee— The Mrs. M. E. Hosford, J. M. Nichols, F.
W. Jacobs, Charles Wingate, D. Harriman.

Clothing Committee— Mesdames J. V. Smiley, E. Fox, R. Tap-
pan, M. J. Lackey, A.G. Todd, W. C. Lewis, A. C. Brickett, C. C.
Brown, B. G. Dickenson, H. S. Folsom, D. B. Tenney, E. W. An-
drews, N. Thorn, Henry Merrill.

Basket Committee— Miss Elizabeth C. Ames.

Educational Committee— Mrs. W. E. Blunt.

Collectors— Mrs. Elbridge Tibbetts, the Misses Emma S. Elliott
and Hattie F. Kelley.

Committee on Repairs— P. C. Swett.

Committee on Wholesale— H. C. Tanner, Mrs. H. C. Tanner,
Mrs. M. H. Moore.

Committee on Coal— Mrs. R. Tappan, Mrs. A. W. Cram.



The local Board of Civil Service Examiners, January, 1888, was
composedof Dudley Porter, chairman, Ira A.Abbott, secretary,
and John \. Gale.

At the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion, October 19, 1887, four hundred and seventy-nine member.,
were reported, classified a.* follows : sustaining. 249 ; active, 101 ;
associate, 138,— a net gain of ninety-four. Sixty-seven women
members had been transferred to the auxiliary. Thirteen de-
nominations were represented in the association. Nine recep-
tions had been held, with an average attendance of one hundred
and fourteen. The average evening attendance of young men was
thirty-five. There had been twenty-seven sessions of the con-



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gress for dobating purposes, with an average attendance of thirty.
Tiiere had been seven successful entertainments, with an average
attendance of three hundred and sixty-two.

Tne following officers were elected for'the ensuing year:

President— J. .\. Hale.

Vice-President— Dr. J. Crowell.

Treasurer— Geo. Thayer.

Iiirectors for one year— Dr. L. J. Young, G. L. Williams, J.
llon-ard Miller, C. N. Rhodes.

I ijrectors for two years— T. J. Morey, Prof. I. N. Carleton, J. W.
P. Smith,.!. S. Sumner.

lurecturs for three years— Thos. Sanders, H. M. Chase. S. A.
Duw, .\. R. Lelghton, S. VV. Carleton.

There had been 47 Friday evening meetings, 27 inquiry meet-
ings, VI sessions of the training class, ten open-air meetings, 52
Sunday afternoon meetings. At Ayer's village meetings, the aver-
age attendance had been 2f>. The gift of the Haverhill Gymna-
sium had been accepted by the association. There had been 132
new members this year against 75 the year before.



Merrimack Valley Steamboat Company.

Treasurer, Benj. I. Page ; Directors, J. H. Farnsworih, James E.

Gale, Eben Mitchell, Ezra Kelley, H. C. Tanner, Dr. James R.

.Nichols, Charles \V. Chase. The president of the board is J. H.

Farnsworth.



St. Jean BaptUfe Society.
Chaplain— Rev. O. Boucher.
President— E. J. Poirier.
Vice-President- -Mag. lionin.
Finance Secretary— .S. Roger.
.\ssistant Secretary— .\. Guiibert.
Recording Secretary— A. Boucher.
Corresponding Secretary— W. Paquette.
Treasurer— M. D. Mercier.
Auditors-H. Houle, N. Lavallie.
Commanders — Joseph Gervais, A. Poirier.
Directors— H. Cote, C. Guiibert, G. Baril, C. Brisselte, A. Cham-
berland.



K. of L. Co-operative Publishing Company.

Clerk-Daniel W. Hurley.

Treasurer— .\. I. Pettengill.

Directors— Richard F. Sullivan, James E. Devoy, T. P. Loye, A.
J. Nason, Wm. A. Robertson, Charles A. Gale, James Wilson,
Frank Bigelow, Daniel Stevens, W. W. Sprague. The company
publishes the Haverhill Daily Laborer.



The Teachers' Association for 1888.

President— W. E. Hatch.

Vice-President— C. E. Kelley.

Secretary and Treasurer— Fred. Gowing.

Executive Committee- Edward J. Cox, Charles W. Haley, Miss
Lucy Ingram, Miss Jennie S. Edson, Miss Mary A. Tappan, .Miss
Sarah S. Noyes, Miss .ibbie J. Meadowcroft.

Officers of John O. Whiltier Council, Royal Arcanum, in
1888.
Regent— F. N. Flanders.
Vice-Regenl— Warren Hoyt.
Orator— W. F. Thayer.
Secretary — E. H. Emerson. "
Collector — Herman F. Morse.
Treasurer — Albert Le Bosquet.
Chaplain— W. H. Lawrence.
Guide— C. H. Worthen.
Warden— James Langley.
Sen.— B. F. Leighton.

Trustees— Alden P. Jaques, Walter S. Goodell, B. F. Leighton.
Del. to Grand Council— R. A. Grieves.



Officers of the Union Steamboat Company of Haverhill
and Newburyport for 1888.

Directors- OliverTaylor, C. W. Morse, Henry N. Sheppard, F.
N. Keeier, Levi Taylor, J. F. Tilton.

Treasurer— G. M. Goodwin.

Clerk— C. H. Brown.

Building Committee— E. P. Shaw, George M. Goodwin, C. W.
Morse, Fred. N. Keezer, G. F. Tilton.

t'ommittee on By-laws— E. P. Shaw.C. W. Morse.



Trustees of the City Hospital.
George H. Carleton— ex o^cio-^as mayor, Nathan S. Kimball,
Addison B. Jaques, Amos A. Sargent, Samuel M. Currier, John
Crowell, trustees; John Crowell, .secretary.

Some Charitable and Mutual Benefit Societies.
Major How Relief Corps.
Mutual Relief Lodge, I. 0. O. F.
Plymouth Rock Colony, P. F.
Court Pentucket, A. O. F.
Court Phcenix, A. O. F.
Major How Post 47, G. A. R.
Kenoza Lodge, D. of R.
Palestine Lodge, K. of P.
Bunt Lodge, A.O. U. W.
J. G. Whiltier Council, R. A.
Enterprise Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.