The New England magazine . ywhere, and not failto find them names of men who are eminentin their profession, distinguished in theirattainments, and looked up to with admira-tion and respect throughout the great are the names of Moses H. Grinnell,merchant prince; William M. Evarts, formerSecretary of State and leader of the Amer-ican bar; Elihu Root, present Secretary ofState; Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador toEngland. Glance again and you shall seeEdwin D. Morgan, Governor of New York;Cornelius N. Bliss, member President Mc-Kinleys cabinet; Stewart L. Woodford,Minister to Spain; again,
The New England magazine . ywhere, and not failto find them names of men who are eminentin their profession, distinguished in theirattainments, and looked up to with admira-tion and respect throughout the great are the names of Moses H. Grinnell,merchant prince; William M. Evarts, formerSecretary of State and leader of the Amer-ican bar; Elihu Root, present Secretary ofState; Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador toEngland. Glance again and you shall seeEdwin D. Morgan, Governor of New York;Cornelius N. Bliss, member President Mc-Kinleys cabinet; Stewart L. Woodford,Minister to Spain; again, and you find Will-iam E. Dodge, philanthropist; J. PierpontMorgan, philanthropist, financial leader;Edmund Clarence Stedman, dean of Amer-ican letters; and Thomas H. Hubbard, sol-dier, lawyer, philanthropist. Once more, looking at the list of officersof the society for this present year of 1907,you find Austin B. Fletcher, president; Mor-ris K. Jesup, first vice-president; Seth Low, THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN NEW YORK 535. to ammmmiB 1 :pr!M FATHERSw ptYMOUW ROCK i wecrce m i«fEW ENGLANQ SOCIETYmm mi m mwmm ?/?; ? , ? ? ? The Pilgrim, heroic statue in bronze, erected in Central Park by the New England Society in the City of New York, at a cost of $20,000, subscribed by the society. It was unveiled with imposing ceremonies by the sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward, before a large audience June 6, 1885. It faces the west, is nine feet high, and stands on a pedestal of Quincy granite three feet high designed by Richard M. Hunt, the architect 536 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
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