CASWELL, L. M. 32.65
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.24
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Essex Junction. E. T. M 1.00
Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 7.00
Manchester. One case C.
North Ferrisburgh. ESTATE of Sylvia Dean, by
J. M. Dean, Ex. 15.00
Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00
Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $14., and Sab.
Sch. $6 20.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.48
Saint Johnsbury. “Friends of Missions” 1000.00
St. Johnsbury. ESTATE of Erastus Fairbanks 250.00
Saxtons River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50, _for
paper_, $1.50 18.00
Waits River. J. F. W. 0.50
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.25
Woodstock. Hon. Frederick Billings $25; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.84 34.84
MASSACHUSETTS, $3,556.17.
Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Andover. Hastings H. Hart 3.00
Athol. Mrs. D. A. Bowker 5.00
Auburndale. Rev. J. M. 0.50
Belchertown. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. $600.15;
Mrs. N. B. Curtis $200; “A Friend” $5; Mount
Vernon Ch. (ad’l) $2 807.15
Boston Highlands. Elliot Ch. and Soc. $68.85,
Immanuel Ch. and Soc. $50 118.85
Boxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50
Boxford. Mrs. G. P. 0.25
Boylston Centre. Ladies of Cong Ch., bbl. of
C., and $1 _for freight_ 1.00
Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford Sem. $10
_for Atlanta, Ga._; “A Friend” $5 15.00
Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning $10; J. A.
Upham $3 13.00
Cambridgeport. Ladies Aux. $19.25; J. S. P.
50c. 19.75
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.50
Conway. Mrs. O. S. 1.00
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Dorchester. Mrs. R. M. L. 0.25
Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $183 to
const. REV. S. J. STEWART, L. M. 183.00
Fitchburg. ESTATE of Deborah Snow 6.68
Great Barrington. “A. C. T.” 1.00
Hatchville. Mrs. V. H. 1.00
Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50
Harwich Port. Rev. J. R. Munsell 5.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $26, bbl. of C. 26.00
Jamaica Plain. “A Friend.” 20.00
Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25
Matfield. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 2.25
Merrimac. John K. Sargent $3, Chas. N. Sargent
$2 5.00
Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $25, _for
Student Aid_, M.D. Garfield $5 30.00
Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, bbl. of C.
_for Selma, Ala._
Newburyport. Mrs. J. C. Cleaveland bbl. of C.,
val. $60.50, _for Talladega_, and $3 _for
freight_ 3.00
New Marlborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80
Northampton. “A Friend.” 200.00
Northborough. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, bbl. of
C. _for Atlanta, Ga._
North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.87
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00
Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.,
val. $33.60, and $3 _for freight_ 3.00
Princeton. Mrs. James Pratt, p’k’g of papers
Reading. Mrs. S. P. W. 1.00
Rockland. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to const. MRS.
HORACE W. STUDLEY, L. M. 30.00
Royalston. Joseph Estabrook 10.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
C. B. TILTON, L. M. 30.00
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.00
South Natick. John Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Templeton. Mrs. Marier P. Sabin and “A Friend”
$5 ea. 10.00
Wakefield. Mrs. A. S. 0.25
Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MYRON L.
HENRY and GEORGE E. PUTNEY, L. M.’s 68.40
Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.54
Watertown. Miss E. A. Linsley, by Corban Soc.,
$10; E. S. P. 50c. 10.50
Wenham. Dr. J. L. R. 0.25
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,305.50
Wilmington. Mrs. Susan Bancroft 8.00
Winchendon. North Cong. Sab. Sch. 27.03
Worcester. Union Ch. $114.10; Old South Cong.
Ch. and Soc. $50; Piedmont Cong. Ch. $24.50;
Rev. J. M. R. Eaton and wife $10; Mrs. John
B. Gough, bbl. of C. 198.60
RHODE ISLAND, $414.
Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 289.00
Providence. Beneficient Cong. Ch. 125.00
CONNECTICUT, $675.19.
Ansonia. “J. J.” 1.00
Bridgeport. Park St. Ch. (ad’l) to const.
PHILO J. PIERCE, MRS. WILLIAM MILLER and
CALVIN H. STUDLEY, L. M.’s 74.31
Deep River. Cong. Soc. 16.25
Durham. “A Friend” $5; Mrs. Olive Merwin $2;
Gaylord Newton $5 12.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.40
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 33.64
Guilford. Third Cong. Ch. $50.26; “A Friend”
$30, to const. MRS. LUCY E. DUDLEY, L. M. 80.26
Mansfield. Second. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.33
Morris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
New Haven. “A Friend in Centre Ch.” $5; E. F.
S. 50c. 5.50
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 52.40
Plainville. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const.
CHAS. LAWRENCE, L. M. 30.00
Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.50
South Norwalk. Cong. Sab. Sch. $100; F. N. $1 101.00
Southport. Rebecca Pennell 5.00
Stonington. Cong. Ch. 64.72
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 55.38
Washingten. “A Few Friends” 12.50
Waterbury. “A Friend” 30.00
Wethersfield. “A Lady” 25.00
West Killingly. Isaac T. Hutchins 5.00
Westport. Amsey Warren 5.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 5.00
NEW YORK, $802.31.
Camden. “A Friend” 1.00
Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood 15.00
Brooklyn. Julius Davenport, $50; Mrs. Lewis
Tappan $10 60.00
Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft 200.00
Elmira. Park Ch. Sab. Sch., _for the debt_ 60.00
Evans. Individuals, _for mag._ 1.00
Gaines. M. & B. H. 0.50
Grandby Centre. J. C. Harrington 10.00
Gouverneur. Eli Mix 15.00
Hamilton. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for the
debt_ 30.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. 8.87
Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00
Oriskany. Mrs. L. B. Porter $5; Rev. S. F. and
L. H. Porter $5 10.00
New York. Rev. L. D. Bevan, D.D., $50, _for
the debt_; Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50; Rev.C.
P. Bush, D.D., $5.00; “A Friend” $5,
for rebuilding, and bundle of C. 110.00
Parma. Ezekiel Clark, deceased, by Mrs. Clark 5.00
Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00
Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch. 10.12
Poughquag. E. W. S. 0.25
Ransomville. John Powley 5.00
Rodman. John S. Sill 5.00
Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok 2.00
Sherburne. First Cong. Ch. 59.57
Spencerport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $17; Mary E.
Dyer $10 27.00
West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 5.00
Westport. Mrs. A. M. S. 1.00
——. “A Friend” 10.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $85.00.
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth and Miss Eliza Dickson 30.00
Norristown. Mary W. Cook 10.00
Pittsburgh. 6th Ward Mission Sab.
Sch.,connected with Third Presb. Ch., _for
Student Talladega C._ 15.00
Washington. “A Friend of the Freedmen” 30.00
OHIO, $206.49.
Castalia. Cong. Ch. 10.43
Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Brighton. Mrs. L. A. Strong 5.00
East Toledo. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Edinburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50.;Mrs. A.
Hayden $5 21.50
Harmar. Cong. Ch. 60.06
Harrison. John D. Bowles 10.00
Mansfield. E. Sturges, Sen. 50.00
Mechanicstown. Mrs. S. M. 0.50
Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike 10.00
Windham. T. Wales 5.00
Wooster. Daniel Bates 2.00
Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch. $15.30,
incorrectly ack. in Dec. paper from
Painseville.
Pittsville. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 13.00
INDIANA, $2.00.
Versailles. J. O. Nichols 2.00
ILLINOIS, $1,465.23.
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 17.00
Chicago. New England Cong. Ch. (of which$5
_for Straight U._) $127.42; Philo
Carpenter$5; W. C. Grant $5, _for Atlanta U._ 237.42
Crystle Lake. ESTATE of Simon S. Gates, by Wm.
D. Gates, Ex. 1,000.00
Bunker Hill. “Mrs. S. V. M. Q.” 10.00
Buda. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Downer’s Grove. J. W. Bushnell 5.00
Farmington. Phineas Chapman 44.00
Granville. First Cong. Ch. 80.26
Griggsville. J. Green 5.25
Ivanhoe. Mrs. L. C. S. 1.00
Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. $13.30, and Sab.Sch. $3 16.30
Ouargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster 100.00
Rockford. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student, Talladega C._ 12.00
Sheffield. First Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
Wheaton. Cong. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 2 bbls. and
1 box of C., val. $54.60, by Mrs.H. W. Cobb,
_for Savannah, Ga._
Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 2.00
MICHIGAN, $998.35.
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Clare. Mary E. Norris 5.00
Covert. Cong. Ch. and Soc.; M. C. Coll. 2.62
Detroit. First Cong. Ch. $337.24; Mrs. Z.Eddy,
$10; Edith Eddy, Alice M. Eddy and Mrs. G. F.
Milton $5 ea.: “A Friend” 50c.; Mrs. C. C.
Foote $25, _for a Teacher_ 387.74
Detroit, ESTATE of Mrs. Harriet Stewart 225.10
Dorr. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
East Riverton. Mrs. J. S. Barnes 3.00
East Saginaw. Mrs. Miram Seymour 5.00
Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. $13; Cong. Sab.Sch.
$20, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 33.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 54.50
Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 53.00
Joyfield. Coll. by Rev. J. S. Fisher 10.20
Kalamazoo. J. W. S. 0.25
Lowell. Jeremiah Stanard 200.00
Mancelona. Cong. Ch. 0.86
New Haven. Cong. Ch. 3.60
St. Johns. Cong. Ch. 4.72
Union City. Mrs. L. Hungerford, bbl of C., val.
$25, _for New Orleans_, and 60c. _for freight_ 0.60
Westwood. Cong. Ch. 1.16
WISCONSIN, $177.25.
Appleton. Mrs. Minnie Pfenning $5; others$2,
_for Atlanta U._ 7.00
Barabos. Cong. Ch. 8.50
Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 21.30
Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Dartford. Cong. Ch. 7.45
Eau Claire. W. W. C. 1.00
Fort Howard. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 50.00
Genesee. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Janesville. L. P. L. 1.00
La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Milwaukee. E. B., _for Atlanta U._ 1.00
River Falls. Wm. M. Newcomb $10; S.Wales $2 12.00
——. “A Friend” 10.00
IOWA, $195.48.
Belleplain. J. P. Henry $10; Rev. David Lane $5 15.00
Castalia. W. H. Baker, to const. MRS.
HARRIET P. CLARK, L. M. 45.00
Cincinnati. Cong. Ch. 2.25
College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.20
Corning. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 22.72
Denmark. Cong. Ch. 57.17
Emerson. Mrs. E. H. D. F. 1.00
Lewis. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.44
Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 23.20
Prairie City. First Cong. Ch. 4.50
Waverly. Cong. Ch. 8.00
MINNESOTA, $112.23.
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 17.47
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 43.99
Winona. First Cong. Ch. 50.77
NEBRASKA, $32.
Beatrice. Melinda Bowen 5.00
Nebraska City. “A friend” $10; Woman’s Miss.
Soc. of First Cong. Ch. $5; K. U. S.S. Class
$2, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 17.00
Strahenburg. Pilgrim Ch. $5; “A Friend”$5 10.00
OREGON, $20.
Eugene. Mrs. L. W. Judkins 20.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.
Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey 10.00
TENNESSEE, $432.75.
Memphis. Le Moyne School 101.00
Nashville. Fisk University 281.75
NORTH CAROLINA, $208.59.
Raleigh. Public Fund $200; Washington Sch. $8.59 208.59
SOUTH CAROLINA, $201.13.
Charleston. Avery Inst. 201.13
GEORGIA, $313.65.
Atlanta. Atlanta University $91.40; Rev.Joseph
Smith $25, _for Student Aid_ 116.40
Macon. Lewis High School 47.25
Savannah. Rent 150.00
ALABAMA, $240.
Selma. Rent $100; Cong. Ch. $3.20 103.20
Talladega. Talladega College 136.80
LOUISIANA, $79.50.
New Orleans. Straight University 79.50
DOMINION OF CANADA, $20.52.
Toronto. J. Thorn ($10 of which _for
Cal. Chinese M._) 20.52
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, $1,000.
“A Friend” 1,000.00
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Total $13,507.25
Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th $24.789.12
H. W. HUBBARD,
_Ass’t Treas._
* * * * *
Constitution of the American Missionary Association.
INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.
* * * * *
ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
ASSOCIATION.”
ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct
Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a
knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries
which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent
fields of effort.
ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the
practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds,
may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty
dollars, a life member; provided, that children and others who have
not professed their faith may be constituted life members without
the privilege of voting.
ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of
September, October or November, for the election of officers and
the transaction of other business at such time and place as shall
be designated by the Executive Committee.
ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular
officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting,
and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies,
and other co-operating bodies—each body being entitled to one
representative.
ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice
Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries,
Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less
than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be
advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.
ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting
and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining
and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and
agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the
transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the
executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies;
the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the
missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision
of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually
chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or
missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final.
The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies
occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings;
to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of
incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all
officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the
Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and
for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call,
in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and
general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the
diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous
promotion of the missionary work.
Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for
transacting business.
ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing
officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields
of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor
particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the
known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment
those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.
ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to
the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain
missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the
agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.
ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without
the concurrence of two thirds of the members present at a regular
annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been
submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in
season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if
so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.
FOOTNOTE:
[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a
belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a
Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice
of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity
of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy
obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and
the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the
wicked, and salvation of the righteous.
* * * * *
_The American Missionary Association._
* * * * *
AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely
related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE
in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane
and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in
AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11;
Ky., 5; Tenn.,4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4.
_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.
_Chartered:_ Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta,
Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and
Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools:_ at Wilmington,
Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11; _Other
Schools_, 7. Total, 26.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209;
among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10.
Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course,
79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by
former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under
the care of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble
as well as the strong.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for
the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and
pious, for these churches.
3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and
missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
office, as below.
NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington St.
MAGAZINE.
This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the
Missionaries of the Association; To Life Members; to all clergymen
who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of
Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;
to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does
not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year
not less than five dollars.
Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in
their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the
following
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“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars
in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person
who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
“American Missionary Association,” New York City, to be applied
under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association,
to its charitable uses and purposes.”
The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States
three are required—in other States only two], who should write
against their names, their places of residence [if in cities,
their street and number]. The following form of attestation will
answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published
and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament,
in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in
his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States, it is required
that the Will should be made at least two months before the death
of the testator.
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ornaments. With _nine stops_ it is sold for Cash for $135. Other
very beautiful new styles at corresponding rates.
_=PRICES REDUCED.=_—In accordance with decreased cost of
manufacture, we _HAVE REDUCED CATALOGUE PRICES_ =$10= to =$50=
_=EACH=_ on almost all styles. FIVE-OCTAVE, DOUBLE-REED ORGANS, $99
and upwards; with _nine stops_, $108 and upwards. Sold also for
installments, or rented until rent pays for the Organ. _Dealers
often recommend and urge the sale of inferior organs, because they
get larger discounts or commissions for selling them._
NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES and REDUCED PRICE LISTS (_November,
1877_) sent free. Any one sending for these is requested to give
us, also, names of any other parties who might like catalogues.
Address MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 250 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO; 25
Union Square, NEW YORK; or 154 Tremont Street, BOSTON.
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THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
NEWARK, N. J.
Incorporated 1845. Purely Mutual.
ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1877.
$32,260,324.75.
LEWIS O. GROVER, PRESIDENT.
JAS. B. PEARSON, _Vice-President_.
EDWARD A. STRONG, _Secretary_.
BENJ. C. MILLER, _Treasurer_.
B. J. MILLER, _Actuary_.
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MARVIN’S
FIRE & BURGLAR
SAFES
COUNTER PLATFORM WAGON & TRACK
SCALES
_MARVIN SAFE & SCALE CO._
_265 BROADWAY, N. Y._
_627 CHESTNUT ST. PHILA._
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“Home Building.”
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