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HENRY SARGENT CODMAN MEMORIAL FUND. — This is a contribution from the friends of the late HENRY SARGENT CODMAN, to be used to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Codman by the purchase of books upon landscape gardening. Received January, 1898.

Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.

Bond, for e o o e o o $2,800 00 Cash in City Treasury, January 31, 1901, 54 41 $2,854 41

FORD FUND. — A bequest of DANIEL SIIARP Ford to the Public

Library of the City of Boston. Received June, 1900.

Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond, for

$6,000 00

CUTTER FUND. — A bequest of ABRAM E. CUTTER, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books and for binding for

the Abram E. Cutter collection.

Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond, for

$4,000 00

RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.

Scholfield Fund . $61,800 00 Bates Fund . 50,000 00 Todd Fund 50,000 00 Phillips Fund 20,000 00 Treadwell Fund 10,487 69 Phillips Fund 10,000 00 Bowditch Fund 10,000 00 Charlotte Harris Fund 10,000 00 Abbott Lawrence Fun 10,000 00 Artz Fund . e Q 10,000 00 Ford Fund . & e e to 6,000 00 Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund 5,000 00 Pierce Fund o o 5,000 00 Townsend Fund 4,000 00 Ticknor Fund . e 4,000 00 Cutter Fund o o 4,000 00 Codman Memorial Fund 2,854 41 Charles Mead Fund . 2,500 00 Green Fund o 2,000 00 Bigelow Fund . o 1,000 00 Thomas B. Harris Fund 1,000 00 Franklin Club Fund . & e e 1,000 00 John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial Fund 1,000 00 |Bradlee Fund . o to o & 1,000 00 Edward Lawrence Fund . o so 500 00 Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund 500 00 South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund 100 00

$283,742 10

LIBRARY TRUST FUNDs. – INVESTED IN CITY OF BOSTON BONDs.

GIVER, Amount. When received. | No. Of Bond. When due. Income. Provisions. Joshua Bates + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000 00 | March, 1853 8,104 April, 1913 $2,000 To buy “books of permanent value.” 20,000 00 | April, 1861 352 Jan'y, 1906 “To the maintenance of a free public library.” Jonathan Phillips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 10,000 00 | April, 1853 8,105 April, 1913 “Purchase of books.” Abbott Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 00 May, 1860 281 July, 1905 600 Books having a permanent value. Charlotte Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 00 August, 1877 10,767 Oct., 1917 400 Books for Charlestown branch, published before 1850. Henry L. Pierce " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 00 | December, 1873 7,992 Jan'y, 1924 200 “Books of permanent value for the Bates Hall.” Mary P. Townsend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 00 | April, 1879 11,572 April, 1929 140 Books five years old in some one edition. George Ticknor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 00 || April, 1879 2,068 Oct., 1920 160 Books in Spanish and Portuguese, five years old in some one edition John P. Bigelow *... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 || August, 1850 8,106 April, 1913 40 Purchase of books. Franklin Club...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 || June, 1863 1,224 Jan'y, 1914 40 Books of permanent value, preferably books on government and political economy. 12,476 Oct., 1939 15 500 00 November, 1878 * Samuel A. Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 722 April, 1908 50 Books relating to American history. 500 00 | April, 1884 1,243 April, 1914 20 South Boston, Citizen of... . . . . . . . . . 100 00 September, 1879 5,596 July, 1919 4 For benefit of the South Boston Branch. Arthur Scholfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 00 December, 1883 1,223 Oct., 1913 2,000 To be used for books of permanent value. Joseph Scholfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,800 00 July, 1890 6,300 July, 1920 472 Thomas B. Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 April, 1884 1,244 April, 1914 40 For benefit of the Charlestown Branch. s 2,000 00 1,382 April, 1916 October, 1885 1,700 00 1,486 Oct., 1917 1,400 00 | November, 1889 1,754 Nov., 1919 * Daniel TreadWell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < > 271 To be expended by the Trustees in such manner as they may deem * 1,000 00 July, 1892 2,210 Oct., 1921 for the best interests of the Library. 350 00 1894 2,452 Oct., 1923 k. 500 00 January, 1896 9,381 Jan'y, 1916 || Edward Lawrence. . 500 00 | May, 1886 1,383 April, 1916 20 “To hold and apply the income and so much of the principal as they [the Trustees] may choose to the purchase of special books of referênce to be kept and used only at the Charlestown Branch of said & Public Library.” J. Ingersoll Bowditch... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 00 | January, 1890 1,816 Jan'y, 1920 350 For “the purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics and astronomy,” to be added to the Bowditch collection. Family of 500 00 | Januar 5 t e • *** * * * * . . . . . . f. e o as a to 4 e o so * * * y, 1896 9,479 Jan'y, 1916 20 Memorial Fund from the income of which books are to be bought Charles Greely Loring } y for the West End Branch. Charles Mead 4. . . . . . . . & e o e o so e e s s e o 'o e 2,500 00 || October, 1896 10,304 Jan'y, 1917 100 “For the benefit of the South Boston Branch Library.” Victorine T. Artz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 00 | November, 1896 10,305 Jan'y, 1917 400 For the purchase of valuable and rare editions of the writings, either in verse or prose, of American and of foreign authors, “to be known as the Longfellow Memorial Collection.” Papyrus Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 | May, 1897 10,531 July, 1917 40 John Boyle O’Reilly Memorial Fund “for the purchase of books.” Twentieth Regiment Association. 5,000 00 || April, 1897 10,785 Oct., 1917 200 “For the purchase of books of a military and patriotic character, to be placed in the alcove appropriated as a Memorial of, the Twentieth Regiment.” William C. Todd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 00 || October, 1897 10,890 Oct., 1927 2,000 The income to be expended annually for current newspapers of this and Other Countries. Caleb D. Bradlee, D.D. . . . . & e o so to * * * * 1,000 00 November, 1897 11,244 Jan., 1918 35 |Unrestricted. Friends of & ox ** ot * to go to * in or Henry Sargent Codman ‘’’’ ‘’’ ‘’’ 2,800 00 January, 1898 11,586 April, 1929 98 For the purchase of books upon landscape gardening. Daniel S. Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 00 June, 1900 12,288 July, 1930 180 For the purchase of books adapted to youth. Abram E. Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 00 May, 1901 12,791 April, 1931 120 For the purchase of books and for binding for the Abram E. Cutter collection. $280,150 00 $11,615 MEMORANDA.

1 Joshua Bates, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1788, died in London, as the head of the house of Baring Brothers & Co., 1864. In addition to this fund, he gave $50,000 worth

of books to the Library.

2 The gift of Mayor Pierce, previous to his retirement from office. The principal or interest may be expended as is deemed best.

3 This fund was a sum intended for a testimonial to Mr. Bigelow on retiring

4 J,egacy of the late Charles Mead, to constitute the “Charles Mead Public f,

from the mayoralt
ibrary trust fund.”

y, and was transferred by him to this purpose.

STOCKS AND CASEI OTHER THAN CITY BONDS HELD BY TREADWELL FUND, PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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Par value Value per Share Total as SHARES. per as received received from Income. IRemarks. Share. from Trustee. Trustee. 15 B. & A. R.R. Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 00 $179 00 $2,685 00 1 $132 00 6 B. & Prov. R.R. Co... . . . . . . . . . . 100 00 179 50 1,077 00 60 00 9 Fitchburg R.R. Co... . . . . . . . . . . . 100 00 118 00 1,062 00 $5,585 00 48 00 April 5, 1887. The certisicates of 9 shares of F. R.R. exchanged for a certificate of 12 shares preferred stock in same corporation, par value $100. Total, $1,200. 1 Wt. & Mass. R.R. Co.. . . . . . . . . . . 100 00 133 00 133 00 6 00 Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 O() Iless 88 00 | . . . . . . . . . . . . Less paid May 10, 1886, to City Collector, per order of Board of Trustees of Public Library. $5,497 00 1 B. & A. R.R. Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 00 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 00 Cash in City Treasury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 69

1 Includes income on the One Share below.

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* Books added to this branch paid for by the Trustees of the Fellowes Athenaeum are not included above.

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