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6267.. Howe, M. A. DeWolf. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS – AN HISTORICAL REVIEW 1785-1916. Boston. 1918.

2391e. Massachusetts Humane Society porcelain REWARD sign c.1900

22313. Kimball, Sumner I. [General Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving Service], “JOSHUA JAMES AND THE GREAT STORMS,” The Youth’s Companion. August 26, 1909

9104c. Boning, Richard A., JOSHUA JAMES. Baldwin, NY. 1972.

980b. Kobbe’, Gustav. HEROES OF PEACE – VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVERS. 8p. Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. June 1899.

3166. Giambarba, Paul. SURFMEN AND LIFESAVERS. Centerville . 1967.

2250. Hallie, Phillip. TALES OF GOOD AND EVIL, HELP AND HARM. NY. 1997.

5217. Massachusetts Humane Society. STATEMENT OF PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS . FROM JULY 1817 TO APRIL 1829, EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE, SCHEDULE OF THE FUNDS, AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, WITH AN APPENDIX. Boston. 1829.

2587. Spears, John R., HEROES OF THE SURF. [disbound from Outlook Magazine, 1903.] 7p.

7281. Wills, Lois Bailey. WAIT FOR ME. North Quincy , Mass. 1976. 1st. 319p. DJ.

21458c,d. Johnson, William Wallace. THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. New England Magazine. April 1890

2105b. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY, MAY 1817. Boston. 1817

2104. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL CHURCH , BOSTON , BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS. Boston. 1812.

5393c. A DISCOURSE, BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . Boston. 1808

Life Saving – MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY.

C24128. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . REPORT 1917-1918. Boston . 1918.

20362. Scituate Historical Society, SCITUATE . Arcadia. 2000.

C11123. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS , REPORT 1945-1955.

C2128. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS , REPORT 1931-32-33.

C24128. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . REPORT 1917-1918.

C7112. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . REPORT 1892.

C3121. HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL REPORT 1885, Boston (80pp).

C4138. ” CHARTER AND BY-LAWS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS : Instituted 1786 with a Selected List of Premiums Awarded from June 1876 to June 1880 and a List of the Officers and Trustees. Also a List of Lifeboats and Mortar Stations with Other Data.”

C5138. HISTORY OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS with a SELECTED LIST OF PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE TRUSTEES from its Commencement to the Present Time, Including EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE, A STATEMENT OF THE FUNDS, AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

C575. [ Commonwealth of Massachusetts ] House No. 35. Ordered that…be a committee to consider and report…what measures should be taken…to furnish Life Boats for certain dangerous parts of our coast….” January 28, 1840 .

C5217b. Massachusetts Humane Society. STATEMENT OF PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS . FROM JULY 1817 TO APRIL 1829, EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE, SCHEDULE OF THE FUNDS, AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, WITH AN APPENDIX.

C2105. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY, MAY 1817. William Tudor, JUN.

C2104. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL CHURCH , BOSTON , BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS . Henry Colman.

C5222. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1812 . John Andrews, A,M.,

C576. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS , 11 June, 1811 . by Lemuel Shaw.

C5393. A DISCOURSE, BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . Thomas Danforth.

C5221. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT. 2, 1806, by Samuel Cary.

C5220. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT. 3, 1805. Daniel Appleton White.

C887. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS , AT THEIR SEMIANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 11, 1805 . Thomas Gray. Boston . 1805.

C8225. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT. 4, 1804. Joseph Dana.

C7370. A SERMON, DELIVERED IN ST. PAUL ’s CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT , SEPTEMBER 6, 1803 …. OF THE MERRIMAC HUMANE SOCIETY. by Rev. Edward Bass, D.D.

C5395. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS , AT THEIR SEMIANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 14, 1803 . John Sylvester John Gardiner.

C555. Freeman, James. A DESCRIPTION OF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE, FROM CAPE COD, OR RACE POINT…TO CAPE MALEBARRE, OR THE SANDY POINT OF CHATHAM….

C5394. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 8, 1802 . Eliphalet Porter.

C9423. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THEIR SEMIANNUAL MEETING JUNE 9th, 1801 . Jedidiah Morse.

C5219. MR. THATCHER’S DISCOURSE BEFORE THE [ Massachusetts ] HUMANE SOCIETY.

C9424. DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE STREET IN BOSTON , TUESDAY JUNE 11TH, 1799 , BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . By Isaac Hurd.

C9425. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THEIR SEMIANNUAL MEETING JUNE 12th, 1798 . By William Walter.

C9426. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THEIR SEMIANNUAL MEETING JUNE 14th, 1796 . By Chandler Robbins.

C9428. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 9th JUNE, 1795 . By John Brooks.

C9427. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THE SEMIANNUAL MEETING JUNE 10, 1794 . By Thomas Barnard.

C7365. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS , AT THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, ELEVENTH OF JUNE, 1793. By John Clarke.

C9408. DISCOURSE ON THE SUBJECT OF ANIMATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 11, 1792 . By John Bartlett.

C5559. Chapter VIII. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE AND ESTABLISH A SOCIETY BY THE NAME OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .

C7188. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, IN BOSTON : DELIVERED ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF JUNE, 1787. By John Lathrop, D.D.

8225. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT. 4, 1804. Joseph Dana. Newburyport . 1804.

5222b. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1812. John Andrews, A,M., Newburyport , 1812.

9620. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT. 2, 1806, by Samuel Cary. Newburyport . 1806.

5220a. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEWBURYPORT , SEPT 3, 1805.

C24128. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS . REPORT 1917-1918

21177. Racine, Frank M., NOTES ON THE MEDALS AND AWARDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HUMANE SOCIETY. 1977

20230. Farson, Robert H., TWELVE MEN DOWN – Massachusetts Sea Rescues. Yarmouth Port. 2000.

793. Bennett, Robert F. SURFBOATS, ROCKETS, AND CARRONADES. GPO. 1976

21403c. [Massachusetts Humane Society] THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE ON THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST – THE NIGHT ALARM: RUNNING OUT THE LIFEBOAT. 1889

29370. (copy photo) LIFE SAVER JOSHUA JAMES WITH CREW, Hull, Massachusetts c.1915.

13236. Freeman, Rev. Thomas J.A. The Life Saving Service in the United States. The American Catholic Quarterly Review, 1893

14292. Hunt, Edward Soper. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People – REMINISCENCES. Boston. 1907. Reprint 2013.

28423. (telescope) “Merrimac Humane Society 1886” Brass, Two Draw Telescope / Spyglass for use, or given as a premium / life-saving award by The Merrimac Humane Society of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

27290. (stereoview) Massachusetts Humane Society Boathouse, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. c.1870’s

1088. (photo) Massachusetts Humane Society Swimming Instructors c.1920’s.

1174. [life ring] Merrimack Humane Society Canvas Life Ring c.1900-1940’s.

27233. (mounted photo) Massachusetts Humane Society, “Point Shirley Surf Boat”, Winthrop, Mass c.1900.

11326. BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE. Second Annual Report of the Government, Presented to the Board at the Annual Meeting on the 16th of January, 1856.

3121. HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL REPORT 1885.

13232. Krug, Gary C. An Award of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Notes on Lifesaving Medals.

26230. [Humane Society swimming badge/award] Massachuestts Humane Society

27107f. (broadside) Massachusetts Humane Society. “Directions for Rescuing Drowning Persons”. c.1916

3019. (testimonial) Massachusetts Humane Society. Monitor Life Raft. Nantucket. c.1884

2391d. Massachusetts Humane Society porcelain sign c.1900