Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . d in Boston itself — to re-turn when the relief committee was lives were lost in the fire, seven beingfiremen. For the families of these the reliefcommittee — of which Otis Norcross was treas-urer — made permanent provision by placingin the hands of Martin Brimmer, Samuel , Avery Plumer, William Endicott, Jr.,and George Higginson $81, in trust. Toaid working women and girls nearly seventythousand dollars was expended in clothing,food, rent, sewing machines and t
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . d in Boston itself — to re-turn when the relief committee was lives were lost in the fire, seven beingfiremen. For the families of these the reliefcommittee — of which Otis Norcross was treas-urer — made permanent provision by placingin the hands of Martin Brimmer, Samuel , Avery Plumer, William Endicott, Jr.,and George Higginson $81, in trust. Toaid working women and girls nearly seventythousand dollars was expended in clothing,food, rent, sewing machines and transportation;to families burned out and to other sufferers, coal,wood, stoves, furniture, clothing and other nec-essaries money to the amount of nearly seventy-five thousand dollars was expended, while almosttwenty thousand dollars was invested in thework of relieving the men who had lost theiremployment by the fire. The committee seemsto have acted with great discretion in all thisadministering of relief. Of all the buildings swept away by the fireTrinity Church was perhaps the most pic-. OLD TniNITV CHUKCH AFIKK TlIK HOSTON VUiK.
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