Record 21/47 See Catalog Record Objects Return to Exhibit Page Return to Home Page Search This Exhibit Description  Certificate of membership to the Lexington Monument Association, March 20, 1860. Names of the presidents and directors are listed between engraved images of a monument and an April 19, 1775 scene of the Battle of Lexington. Four copies: one identifies Hammon Reed as the contributing member; three copies do not include contributor names. (Cataloger's note: According to Charles Hudson's History of Lexington, Vol. I, p. 291-292, "...[Charles Hudson] found the name of Lexington and the character of the deeds performed on her Common were quite as fully appreciated beyond the limits of the State as within its borders. He found no difficulty organizing a corporation consisting of a president and an acting board of directors in Massachusetts, with one vice president from each of the New England states, and one from every other section of the country...")

Objects -Lexington Monument Association, certificate of membership -Cary Memorial Library 2011. All rights reserved. Certificate, Lexington Monument Association 001\Worthen3021.JPG The Edwin B. Worthen Collection, Cary Memorial Library

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