Howe, M: Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Excerpt from The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: An Historical Review, 1785-1916

The chief materials for this account of the Massa chusetts Humane Society, prepared at the request of its Trustees, are found in the long series of pam phlets published by the Society between I 787 and the present day. Many of the manuscript records were destroyed in the Boston Fire of 1872.

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