Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 19

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 19: 1905 At the meeting of the Society in January of this year the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Young as Recording Secretary was received and accepted with regret. Elected at the Annual Meeting of 1883, as the successor of our greatly lamented associate george dexter, he was chairman ex-oficio of the Committee for publishing the Proceedings for more than twenty-two years. Down to the end of 1889 the principal labor of preparing and publishing the successive volumes devolved on him. After the adoption of a new by-law and the appointment in that year of an editor of the Society's publications, the chairman was relieved of this duty and responsi bility. It need not be said how admirably Dr. Young had discharged his increasingly onerous duties, and how greatly the Society was indebted to him. He was uni formly prompt, exact, and methodical and a sound and painstaking critic. The five volumes edited wholly or in larger part by him will always remain a monument of his industry, fidelity, and good judgment; and down to his resignation as Secretary he continued to take an active part in the work of the Committee. 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.