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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Grand Army in Cambridge. (search)
S. Kenney; Officer of the Guard, John Gilligan; Chaplain, T. H. Ball; Sergeant-Major, M. F. Davlin; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Peter B. Haley. Late in 1886 Mr. John D. Billings, then a member of E. W. Kinsley Post 113 of Boston, aided by Captain John S. Sawyer and Lieutenant John H. Webber, obtained signatures for a new Post in Cambridge. The application for a charter was signed largely by men who, for various reasons, had never joined the order, and by a few who had dropped out of it. A prelieeting nominated a list of officers. January 13 a charter was granted to John A. Logan Post 186 by Department Commander Richard F. Tobin. The following officers were elected and installed: Commander, John D. Billings; Senior Vice-Commander, John S. Sawyer; Junior ViceCom-mander, James G. Harris; Surgeon, Charles E. Vaughan; Adjutant, W. P. Brown; Quartermaster, Thomas Pear; Officer of the Day, D. Webster Bullard; Officer of the Guard, Emery J. Packard; Sergeant-Major, James E. Hall; Quartermas
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The citizens' trade Association (search)
The citizens' trade Association The Citizens' Trade Association of Cambridge was incorporated in 1892 by John H. Corcoran, Oliver J. Rand, George G. Wright, John S. Sawyer, Fred L. Beunke, Herman Bird, E. Burt Phillips, T. H. Raymond, Edwin H. Jose, David T. Dickinson, Daniel E. Frasier, C. W. Kingsley, George D. Chamberlain, Farwell J. Thayer, Charles Bullock, Henry O. Marcy, G. W. Burditt, Edmund Reardon, and George W. Gale. The object of this association is to establish and maintain a place for friendly and social meetings of the business men of Cambridge, and to promote the welfare and business interests of the city. The association fills a double need in Cambridge, for besides the business phase, which is most important, its rooms are well adapted for semi-club purposes, and are freely used in this way. The membership is composed of manufacturers, merchants, and professional men, and its work has been very effective. It holds monthly meetings, at which matters of pub