CONTENTS Officers of the Society frOM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1805 COMMITTEES AND BOARD OF PHYSICIANS Address by Mr. George H. Tripp FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SERMON, preached at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, on December 21, 1913, by the Speech by Dr. Irving Bacheller. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND THEIR GUESTS PRESENT at the ACT OF INCORPORATION Of the New England SOCIETY AMENDMENTS TO ACT OF INCORPORATION BY-LAWS OF THE SOCIETY, ADOPTED JANUARY 14, 1901 Objects and Benefits of the Society. THE New England Society in the City of New York was organized May 6, 1805, to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock; to promote friendship, charity and mutual assistance, and for literary purposes. Any male person of the age of eighteen years and over, being a native or descendant of a native, of any of the New England States, and of good moral character, is eligible to membership, wherever he may reside. Applications for membership should state whether the candidate is a native or the son or descendant of a native and the place of his birth. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary. Free Bed in Roosevelt hospital. The New England Society in the City of New York has, by endowment, established a free bed in Roosevelt Hospital, Fifty-ninth Street and Ninth Avenue, for the benefit of worthy and needy New Englanders. Application for admission to the Bed must be made in writing to the Chairman of the Charity Committee of the Society. The widow, child or children of a deceased member, if in need of it, proof of which must be produced to the satisfaction of the Charity Committee, shall be entitled to five annuities from the funds of the Society, each equal to the full amount which such member shall have actually paid into the treasury of the Society; provided, however, that no annuity shall be paid to a widow of a member after she shall have married again, nor to any child after said child shall have arrived at such an age as to be capable of earning his or her own subsistence. Payments may be made to either the widow or any child of a deceased member, and shall release the Society for the amount paid. The friends of a deceased member are requested to send to the Secretary, for entry on the Records of the Society, information of the time and place of the death of such member. To insure the prompt delivery of all notices and documents issued by the Society the members should keep the Secretary informed of any change they may make in their addresses. Secretary's Office: 43 Cedar Street. |