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Excerpt from Rolls of Membership of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society: 1844-1891 The Committee at once addressed itself to its work, and during the three years and more which have since elapsed has labored assiduously to discharge faithfully the arduous duty assigned to it. The existing manuscript and printed Lists of Members proved, on inspection, to be so thoroughly untrustworthy that they were cast aside, and the enumera 'tion here presented was made de novo from the manuscript records of the Society. This laborious part of the Committee's work was undertaken by Mr. Clarke, who also conducted an extensive correspondence, by which many obscure points were made clear, and the full name of every member of the Society recovered and preserved. Mr. Edes has had entire charge of the press and is the responsible Editor of the Rolls after they left Mr. Clarkes hands. The List of Officers, 1845 - 1892, was compiled by Mr. Edes; and the Indexes of Officers, Members, and Places have been made under his personal supervision and at his private expense. Dr. Brown has paid attention especially to that part of the work which dealt with the academic honors of our members; and none but his associates know how difficult and perplexing his task has been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.