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   Mr. Porters Dijqwrfe
BEFORE THEtHUMAtfjTsC^ETY,
 
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HUMAr) E  &&€ HET Y
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
ATS.THi.ia.
SEMI-ANNUAL MfETI
JUNE 8, l8oZ,

  Br ELIFHALET PORTER, |L
; ASTOR OF THE FIRST CHJJRCH IN ROXBU«(?.

          "S'*   BOSTON;
Printed by HOSEA.:SP||&GUE^N<M44, M
 
At a Semi-annual MeetMof the Humane Society,
fc'
  VOTED that^f lionorable Robert Treat Paine andlflliver



Wendel, Efq's. Ri^Do^Morfe, EdffafciGray, Efq.^and the



Rev. Mr. Emerfbn, be a ijqmmitt^jflto wait upon the Rev. Mr.



Eliphalet Porter, and to r<Sf£m Jpim trie thanks of this Society
for his elegant and ingeggous 4ifcourfe delivered before thelHu-



mane Society this day, ^| ■araueft of him a Copy for the Prefs.



               jnlExlraafrom the Minutes of/aid Soeiety,
JOHN AVERY Rec'g. Sec'y.
           PRESIDENT,



   THE OTHER OFFICERS,



AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
J
    H|



 HUMANE SOCIETY



OF MASSACHUSETTS,
TH^FOLLOWING DISCOURSE IS RESPECTFULLY
SUBSflTTED BY



                THE ATlfHOR.
f^p
,V- 
• DISCOURSE.
               1*U  PRESBl^flf H^MAN  LIFE, AN©
ALLEVIATE ITS MISERIES-JMRis the defign of this
inftitutipn; a defigra truly bJJfvolAt in its origin, and
ufeful in its effects.  So perfectly ocM it coincide with
the fpirit and commands of that rel: gionwkfe bleffed
author came not to de-roy trrtffl£y"Trife&,-ilrt to fave
titem-r-mnrto mider---rture wretched, bbt to improve,
the condition  of man, that  I do not * efitate to an-
nounce  the occafion on which  wd^tre affembled, as
my text; and the excellent natureTJf your affodation,
in connection with  the appointnfct, with  which you
have been  pleafed  to honor  me, as the authority by
which I  am emboldened to addrefsfrou.
   I hope,  however, to  be indulged Jn ^fcrefiing my
regret, that the duty, to which you nave infited me,
was not  afiigned to forae other perfon;  to one who
would have felt equally  reluclant to refufe yotir
cueft, and been bcuer qualinecp.to promote your
nevolent views ;  to one whole talents and^ce
would have attracted, i&lot a cmMecn(|  |&ly? ^t a
fufficknt number to fill,  in a  beMriin^manner, thefe
vacant featsj; ,to one,  too, vhoJ^tenfive fcience
or 
6
1ft
ce,i™6ulc
whole profeffional ftudies and experience}|^ould have
enabled him to 4tffl£7 \^tt^%Ri4^|rfome medical,
or phyfiological iubj^t cSJp&ed with the principal
object of your iftflitiAiitt
   Were your ariHraM difcourfes diifccted more general-
ly, if not univerfany; as ^as1 originally intended, to the
difcuflion of fuch fubje&s,  advantages would probably
refult  from the reflation.  Itl&buld excite atfcntion
to thefe topics, e^Jfage enquiryy and  experiment,
and perhaps, lead toj
tribute to  a pleafij
lie addrefles,
and profita
wj
                                              It wpuld con-
                                           t variety in pub-
                              our focieties  formed  for hu-
         mane andj    rolent puipofes, fo frequently demand,
         by bringirj Kto ectercife,-fliat diversity of gifts bellow-
         ed on difteSWprdfefilone,. for the benefit of all.  That
         there has been jofrequent a departure from your orir
         ginal defign is m|ftto be regretted, in confideration
         of the many refpewble characters,  belonging to the
         medical faculty in tt^Jmetropolis, and other parts of
         the commonwealth, wftlie profeffional fkill and accom~
         plifhments, whofe  ifM|iing and  eloquence  might be
         employed, on_t;hisf)ccafion, with fo much advantage to
         the caufejOTnun^uiity, as well as honour to thcmfelves.
           Moralaj|i|Ore]igious confiderations to  excite  us to
         dutvjaito be lefs wanting, in regard  to the main
^     4<V £| ofyour infliction, than phyfical knowledge to
 ^L      diraftplc^ertions, jmd  increafe the profpect of fuc-
  WT    cefs.r Trafc|rfr J^Pever, may not t^gjufeful, and

   ^L     The* benevcBnt^Kciations  andl
 
                         y
which, it Hfs'been djferved, do not appear to have had
an exiflence before? the commencement of the chriflian
sera, but which,  fmce^j  ^^riod,  and efpecially in
modern times, have been fo greatly'mukiplied, furnifh
a very interesting and important fuHyect of contempla-
tion.   Their relation to cfiriftiawy 'is worthy of parti-
cular attention.   This relation gives a fanction to thefe
inflitutions ;  and at the fame tmie, by a reciprocal in-
fluence, reflects credit andjj|!luftrelQn  the chriflian reli-
gioii,^Th<3j|litutions we^ are^eonfidering, Lear an
honour^le teflimony to the truth, efficacy, and divine
nature of that religion,  uncler whofe .benign influence
and culture,  they have fprungvup,
chriflian Km, ancrborne ||h.^Lprei"
   Amidfl the fcenes,Jfcd*fc#fo!
have been produced by the lufls
and prefented to our aking view, t
benevolent uiflp|pgfeaa|kh peculi
delight.   They  evince, that
                                          )fl  every

                                     cruelty, which
                                       ions of men,
                                     e refls on thefe
                                    omplacence and
                                e is  humanity, that
there is  fait#Pon*the earth ; humanity beyond what
heathcniih antiquity  co\$fflg//fi.;  and faith, which, if
it has not univerfgikj; purffted the hearts .q£ men, and
overcome the ^jkU# evidently workffigkby^Gve.
  In .■ v/lJ.rii^flPrelation, which^jhjjtj^ focietkv;
                  .ve to chriPaanityfit w^dVnot
                      tLiii could b*  ^psfact^i
                                 ic  chriflian cK
                                 [ler primiftve exam*
                     l^^feantv.^  From tha^^n-
          ections  weH|4M(fl  fcr-afTemblie^i'or tht
 
s
 relief or the rcceffitous; and perf&ns ^^Ated for the   (
 purpofe of overfcoing and conducting the charitable
 minillrations.  ThdtfpijK* were maintained in the
 fucceeding ages of chrilHauity, and flill exift  in our
 churches.
   The great author of our faith was, above all others,
 a teacher of benevolence, and a pattern of good works.
 The duty of mankind to love one another was taught
 and enforced by iiim^&dguage fo explicit, in a fenfe
 fo enlarged and  comorehenfive,  in a degree fo pure
 and fublime ; by confiderations fo tender and affecting,
 by the promif- of fucli great and glorious  rewards, and,
 in a wor^-iu a miimerTo fupertor to that of any oth-
 er mfh-uc)§f**^jLfyrtenv of^'cligKfl ana* morals, that
 hid  before app^Jd in the worfif that it was entitled
 to the charact^of a new commandment:  and obedi-
 ence to it bccat^Jte diflinctive badge of the chriflian
 fraternity.  To b#Tr one another's burdens is to fulfil
 the law of Christ.    ,
   Not only is the gj?iend aim of leflening the miferies,
 and  increafmg the hap^efs  of  mankind  in  perfect
 unifon with the fpirit andf commands of chriftianity,
 but the part^ular objects, to whjfchi charitable and hu-
 mane aflbjg^M^ave dire&ed H • attention, feem to
 befcggefKd and <J countenanced  by fome exprefs paf-
^Vp tne fyinflyb' life> of that teacher,  who fpak<^
 ajnevcr man fy-i^fcnd ^^iJP&er it eminently^-!
 was, " ili'c't he w^ntJouftdfl^gDod."
  ^^ focieties iijfritutcd for t^t  purpofe of$!^[
 religious knowledg^H  exteMing the light oft
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9
tianity to thofe who fit in darknefs, and in the region
of the fhadow of death ? The fon of Gcd appeared on
earth, that he might bo thcjight of of the world;  and
gave ic in command to his difciples, to publifh the gof-
pel to every nation and kindred, and people and tongue.
   Is legal provifion almoft every where  made for the
fupport of the poor and helplefs ? and are there many
voluntary affociations formed, and funds  eftablifhed by
private individuals for the fame  purpofe ?  You need
not be informed  who has pre-eminently encouraged
thefe works of benevolence  and  mercy.  You know
who it was that had compaffion on the hungry multi-
tude, and would not fuffer  them to^depart till they
were  filled, left  they moul4^%jjP?fcfce #ay.   You
know by whomjf was decided, that to teed the hun-
gry, to give die thiifty drink,^nd to cjRathe the^naked,
are dee^c* charity,  which;  ifdc#eiunto the leafl of
hij bre%en, w£ be coiindejedj^ done unto himfelf.
   ftavejhofpitals, infirmaries,  and difpenfaries  been
fbujde^jbr the  ggpt»on,  or relief, of the maimed,
the fid^and inflrm r Jfhcy ^uight be expected in coun-
try  th*pfofef§ the religion of Jesus Christ, whofe
J^jpJp|.aiid power were fo iil^ftripully  difplayed

'^ jraN^ft to tha%Snd' Mfe^^ deaf'fpeech
t(jSSgib,  and in healing^! ^nanner of difeafes.
L ]j5mi|)^wiftt^iich^j^|br  tii-ir objeft fueh
%s are lmScjL fi]M»nind,  cannot beSf-
*p!eafing to hln^whoTq ofHJ^paffionated tins unhap-
 jmjkfeription of men.  Tlje^iuft be  highly approv-
 cT^lSiii in whom the maiifcs, rufhin- frantic  fro^i 
w
                         /0

 the midfl of the tombs, found a friend and benefactor*,
 who reftored them to the light and comforts of rcafon,
 and to a capacity for thofe of virtue and religion.
   Eftablifhments defigned to facilitate the recovery of
 thofe, who, by the arts of feduction,  and folicitations
 of vice, have been deprived of their innocence, reputa-
 tion and peace, difplay a  charity congenial  with his,
 who came, not to call the righteous, but finners, to re-
 pentance.
   Well regulated afylums, or inflitutions for the pro-
 tect: Dn, fupport and virtuous education of orphan chil-
 dren, and fuch as are thrown friendlefs on the world,
 would commaifcl  our approbation, all hough they had
 nor received > a^fim&ioiiVrom the more than parental
 tendjrnefs, manifested for little children byjthc faviour
of the worid.  Withou?)inquiring  whether  they were
the fruits of vo i<Ttis  love, or criminal  indulgence, he
 knew their innocence^and their value.  He took them
in hi.; arms, and bleffed  them ;  and faid, " Suffer lit-
 tle children to come  unto ma^ ,and forbid them not;
for of fuch is the kiio uom of heaven."
  They who are affociated for the purpo^fcof employ-
ing their combined cli'ortsjto prevent the^dtftruction or
alleviate  the  diUfeis,  occafioned  by wafting fires,' or
other defolating judgflgfcts, are  undoubtedly acting', in
the fpirit of that bdievolence and companion, vfaW
once wept over the cwy of Je^uflfe:n,^at1the affecting
profpect of the  conflagration and ruin  to which it was
deflined ;  fayinrr,  « OfrVlia? thou  hadfl known, in &V 
//
thy day, the things that belong to thy peace; but now
they are hidden from thine eyes."
   In fine, are there humane focieties whofe object is to
reflore, in every poffible cafe, the fufpended animation
of human beings,  and  refcue  them  from  an  un-
timely grave ?  Is  fuch the aim  of  your aflbciation ?
Purfue the godlike defign.   You are treading in the
fteps of him, who, fympathyfing with the afflicted fam-
ily at Bethany, where  death had  feemingly gained a
lafling triumph over Lazarus, directed his way thither,
with this refolution  in his  heart* and  on his  tongue,
" I go that I may awake him out of deep."
   Such is the obvious affinity between charitable infli-
tutions and defigns, and ounhut^Wgkm.  Such the
countenaj|jfc they receive from the precepts and exam-
ple  of its glorious founder.  1CutT»ong the various
inftitutioris to which we have refeWed, or which have
had existence, there is none, perhaps, more unexcep-
 tionable and godlike, than thofe  which have for their
Object the refufcitation of the apparently  dead;  the
 reftoring to their families, to their friends, to the com-
 munity, and to a capacity for the enjoyments and duties
 of life, thofe who, without fome friendly affiftance, muft
 have  flept the* fleep of death.  Objections, which may
 bethought to havt fome weight, as they apply to other
Parities, have no exiftenctin relation to this.
    Its object cannot be deemed uninrcrcitim;, or of little
 importance.  It aims to prevent what all dread, and to
 preferve what all leve.  Light  Is fweet, and a pleafant
 thing it is for the eyes  to behold the fun.   L^e, indeed, 
/ '
has its troubles, but it has its enjoymcms too ; and the
J at are more than the firft.  The dread of diilolution,
fo common to mankind,  is not  a principle arbitrarily
implanted in the  human breall by fome fuperior malig-
nant pewjr, who would condemn us to an ufelefs and
wretched ftate cf exiftence, and has taken .his method
to prevent  our untiaidv el cape.,  Our attornment  to
life is die  effect of the divine wifdom  and goodnefs.
It is generated in our minds by the* frequent recurrence
of agreeable profpects, and actual enjoyments in life.
This is nrt a world where we are hedged about with
nothing but briars  and thorns.   Our  path  is  ftrown
with many lovely flowers, and pleafant fruits,  which,
gathered with €-.im^fA:urcd with dilcretion, will give
embJii."iment and delight to the  fcene.    gfe
   All pur fenfes, though often the fources of pain, are
ftill more frequentl^e inlets r,f j loafure.  Much  en-
joyment is  alfo derivet  from fociety and converfation
with our fellow men,  and especially  from daily familiar
int.  courfe with intimate friends and connexions.  Jf*-
   The capacity of the moft to render themfelves ufef.d
to fociety,  or at  leaft to be comforts and bLflings  to
their  kindred and friends, is  another  ccji fiderftion
which heightens the value of human life, and the  benev-
olence of every  effort for  its prefe#ation.   But 'tt^
which gives to the  prefent tfeits greateft important
and renders a prevention of it: fudden  and preriooi,-
clofe moft  deniable, is its  relation to a future ftate of
exiftence.  Invaluable if the opportunity, which this
We affords, of acquiring,  by a proper courfe of dif:s 
  pline and conduct, thofe difpofitions and habits of piety
  and  virtue, which are the neceffary preparatives for the
  heavenly world.
     As the object of humane focieties cannot be thought
  unimportant, fo neither is it fubject to the reproach of
  being partial.  Their charity has a like refpect to perfons
  of all religious fects, and of all political parties.   It ex-
  cludes none of  either fex, or of any age,  rank, profef-
  fion, employment,  language, or condition, who may
  need the refufcitating procefs ;  or whofe fignal exer-
  tions in the caufe of humanity may entitle them to a
  reward.   In imitation of the mercy of that Being, who
  caufes the fun to rife on the evil and en the good,  it
  would reflore all, without dijtt   j^f ^characters, who
  are funkj in the  fhades of apparent death, to the chear-
  ing  light of heaven.  Gla^TJpull it prolong to the
  wortbjefs the fpace for repentar^; and to the virtu-
  ous  the power of doing good.
     Tealoufy itfelf cannot fufpect inftitutions like this of
  bang friendly  to  vice.  In  particular,  whatever the
  Telfifh, who are  fo fruitful in pleas for withholding their
  bounty and aid, may furmife of fome other benevolent
  aflbciations, there can be no pretence, that focieties for
  reftoring fufpended animation have a tendency to pro-
^Hfae  floth  and inaction.   Cautious avarice may, for
Wnce, lay afide his  eternal dread of giving encourage-
  ment to the idle, and come and prefent his offering en
   this altar of charity, without fear.
     The charge  of vanity, and a defire'of being feen of
   men, or of having  fome felfifh defign, to which perfens 
' ■•}
connected wiih  charitable focieties an.d undertakings,
h.we always been fubjeel from the cenforiou;, will give
but little uneafinefs  to thofe who are confeious of the
rectitude of their views.   But w h it may appear vanity
to the uncandid and fuperficial obferver, is oiten viewed
in a different light by others.  The wife know how to
diftinguifh between a mean orientation and ufeful pub-
licity ; between  a parade,  which can aniwcr no other
purpofe than gratifying  the vain gfory of individuals,
and that attraction of public notice, which may  be ef-
fential to the fuccefs  of benevolent inflitutions.
  1 he anniverfaries. the proceffions, the public appear-
ances and difcourfes o£focieties, inftituted for benevo-
lent and ufeful pdlH^£a|b not fo vain and trifling as
fome  may be ready to imagine.   They  ardjttpblic ac-
knowledgements  ap|QQeipbrials  of our obligations to
be ufeful to our fellc40men.  They are regular invita-
tions and excitements to the duties of humanitv.
  In concerning themfelves with the motives, by which
perfons  are prompted to benevolent and ufeful actiotf(|
fome, perh: ps, may need the caution, to take heed,
left, in their attempts to gather up the tares, they root
up the wheat alfo with them.  Thofe motives, indeed,
for  which fome feel, or affect, fuch a difapprobation,
though  not of the nobleft  kind, are in a degree  ufi^ui j
and laudable.  They produce beneficial  effects in foci--!
ety  ; and are the fteps, or means, by which we may be
aided  in our aieent to the heights of  benevolence and
virtue. 
/£
  Inftead of foliciting the beftowment of pecuniary af-
fiftance, on this occafion, k is the more pleafing duty
of the fpeaker to  notice the paft bounty of the mem-
bers of this fociety, and of other perfons, which has in-
duced the fufpenfion of the annual  public collection:
and to acknowledge the great readinefs and liberality
with which the inhabitants of this metropolis have ever
contributed to benevolent and ufeful purpofes, and for
which they have been fo  long and  fo juftly  diftin-
guilhed.
   An increafe of knowledge on various fubjects that re-
late to the principal object of your inftitution, is of greater
importance than an increafe of funds.  We want the
motives  and inclination to favelSMWlowmen from un-
timely dc^th lefs, than the knowledge and power to  ef-
fect it.  The important refearlhes, experiments, and
 difcoveries, which have been already made, do honour
 to the ingenuity and benevolence of their authors.
 They have been the  means of preferving the  lives of
 fnoufands, who other wife would have been prematurely
'configned  to the grave.  This  fhould encourage the
 continuance of inquiry and refeareh,  lead to the repe-
 tition and multiplication of experiments,  and animate
 the hope of new difcoveries.
^pBut  notwithftanding all the  difcoveries that have
^een made, or that can be expected, death will triumph.
 The ravages he has  been permitted to make on your
 fociety,  fince the  laft anniverfary, are too remarkable
 and affecting not to excite our notice, and renew  our 
/&
 t lief, on this oexafion.   Had your fkill and power to
 fa-re been proportionate  to the benevolence of your in-
 itkution, or  their  worth, a Phillips, a Lowell, a
 Minot had not died.   While here, they  " feemed to
 be pillars," imparting ftrength, order and beauty to the
 ftate, and the various inftitutions with which they were
 connected.   But it  hath pleafed the Almighty Ruler,
 that they fhould be removed  from earth, and, as we
 truft, " made pillars in  that temple from which they
 ihall go no  more out.'*   May we be excited to imitate
 tiie virtues of the departed, and,  in refpect to us, they
 will not have died in vain.
  Let the prefent cecaiion admonilh us  of our obliga-
 tions to be faithrnl«gd perfevering, in our endeavours
 to promote the valuable objects of the benevolent affo-
 ciaiions, of which  w^ may be members, or which we
 may have it in our  power to ferv?.  Such inftitutions
are worthy  of times enlightened and improved by the
 Chriflian difpenfation.   They reflect honour on  thofe,
 by whom they are founded, and from whom they re-
 ceive fupport.  They are proud monuments of the wiF
dom, benevolence, and improvement of mankind, be-
fore which the huge pyramids of antiquity are reduced
to a diminutive fize, and  coloffal  fhtues are proftrated
 on die ground. 
'7
ATT E ND IX.
     THE following Letter,  from a Gentleman  who wifhes hta
      mme may be concealed, was laid before  the Truftees at
tiuir Meeting July 6, 1801.

                                  Augusta, Juhe 10, 1801.
      Sin,
               I AM much furprifed, to find that no  account
of a late remarkable and magnanimbus prefervation of life, had
been tranfmitted to your Society.
   About the middle of April laft, Mr. Jofeph North Jun. (fon of
the Hon. Jofeph North Efq. of Affrifta)[and Mr. Amos Bond,
went in a fmall boat to f<^reJfqujjJJB^ber, which had
lodged agaiattthe centre pier of «K«>nenYc bridge.  At this time
the  fiefhets *tere unufually  high, and of conrfe the current of the
river exceedingly rapid.  They had juft reached the pier, whe«
 by a nightjjSicretion ia the management of the boat, it fudden-
 ty upfet. Jpr- North, finding the broadfide of  the boat to the
 current, andin that manner turning over and carrying Bond un-
 der, widi great prefence of mind and a  wonderful  exertion of
 length, leaped upon the  bottom of the  boat and carried  Mr.
 Bond with him, who in all probability would have been inftandy
 drawn under the boat, by  the force of the current.  In this fit*
 ation, the boat began to fink j  and Mr. Bond, who is faid to have
 entirely loft his fenfes,  was fwept into the ftream.  Mr. North,
 more enured to dangers of this nature than his companion, might
 have placed himfelf in a ftate of perfect fecurity, by taking refuse
  upon the logs and timber  about the pier of the bridge  But,
  Ih a foul fapcrior  to all conations  of  perianal *«7, he
  dove into the rapid and  mereilefc curent, feizad Mr.  Bond whn
  had then been carried under it, and after  being driven and whirl-
   cd ia the moll awful  manner fur a confidence diiu.ee  undej 
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water, brought  him up.  Mr. Bond was now not only nnaMe tc>
help himfelf, but is represented as conftantly and violently ftrug-
o-ling  with his preserver, as they were carried  down the tremen-
dous current.  But Mr. Noith, with great  compofure, took Mr.
Bond  under his left arm, and fwam with him down the river, oc-
fionally timing and facing the current, as it were in contempt of
its dangers, to get breath and relieve  himfelf from  the druggies
of his  almoft expiring friend.
   In this dreadful fituation, Mr. North,  by the moft aftonifhing
exertions and fortitude,  perfevered  in his  humane and heroic refo-
lu.on to fave the life of Mr. Bond, till they were carried feventy
rods down the  river.  Finding his ftrength far cxhaufted, he for
a moment  thought of leaving Bond to fhift for himfelf, and ac-
cordingly (hook him off his arm ;  but perceiving him finking and
expofed to certain death, hedkurned to  him again at the immi-
nent peril of his 4wg|   Eok himBJplcr his arm  as before, and
kept him above water untilri^pnce was  obtained from the fhore.
   A ftrugglc fo long and hazardous, had nearly  deprived Mr.
North of hi'-, remaining  ftrength;  but he nevetfabandoned Mr.
Bor J  for an inftant until he faw the boat from the fhore, fo near
th*.-n, that  his prefervation was  rendered certain.  * He then left
him, in ^>rder to preferve his own life ; and Mr. Bond was taken
up juft; as he was finking, in a ftate of total infenfibility ; andfi af-
ter the humane and fuccefsful exertions of the neighbors to recov-
er him, was reftored to  the embraces of his parents and friends.
   To complete the triumph of benevolence and humanity, upon
this occafion, Mr.  North refufed  the afiiftance of his anxious
friends in the boats, infilling  upon their  bellowing all their exer-
tions to fave Mr. Bond; and  he accordingly, by  an exertion of
the 1^(1 ounce of his ftrength, fwam unaffifted  to the fhore.
   If you are acquainted, Sir, with the  rapidity and dangers of
the Kennebec in the  time of the  frefhets, more efpecially with
the effects, which a mighty prefiure'of water againft the pier of a
bridge ia the centre of this river, muft produce, you will ."-.di;* 
/5
perceive the prodigious hazard of the enterprize which Mr. North
engaged in, for die benevolent purpofe above related; and alfo,
that Mr. North, has a claim to a liberal mare of thofe honors of
your Society,  which you undoudtedly  have in referve for the
brave and the humane.
        With fincere wifhes for the fuccefs of your laudable and
            excellent inftitution, I am your obedient fervant,
Dr. AARON DEXTER,
   Correfponding Sec'y. of the Humane Society,

   UPON reading the foregoing Letter.it was voted.That the Rev.
Dr. Parker and the Correfponding Secretary be defired to make
further enquiry into the facls ftated in the above Communication,
and to report at fome future Meeting.
   Said Committee wrote to MajorSamuelJfcward of Augufta,
requefting him to furnifli them %40       P^f the fads refer-
red to the Letter communicated to the Truftees July 6, and at
the Meeting of the  Truftees held Oct. 5, reported  the following
 Letter from Maj. Howard.

                              AuGusta, September  to, 1801.
   Gentlemen,
                As fome excufe for not having anfwered your
 letter of the 17th July laft, before this time, I beg leave to obferve,
 that I coniidered that a  particular and accurate ftatement in re-
 ply was expected ;  and not pofTeffing fufficient information myfeli,
 was obliged to have recourfe to the beft  authority the nature of
 the cafe  afforded.  The perfon  (Mr. North himfelf)  beft able
 to furnifh the greateft  part of a ftate of facls, having been abfent
 moft of the time iince the receipt of your letter, has been the caufe
  of fo long delay.
     In order to comply with  your wifhes,  it may be neceffary to
  give a partial  defcription of that  part of the Keniuhech Bridge
  which is called  the Pir.  This Pier ftands in the middle of the 
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river, about  two hundred feet  diftant from either fhore, is forty
feet fquare, connected with which,  and projecting  by the  Pier
about eighteen inches on each fide, and extending up the river
about fixty feet, is that part of  the Pier, which, from its form, is
called the Heater,  terminating in a point, covered with iron.  On
the point of this heater were collected a quantity of mafts, mill-
logs, timber, rubbilh, &c. whofe ends projected in every direction,
and were confined to that  place by the great prefTure of the wa«
ter which pafTed the Pier with aftonifhing force and rapidity—-the
depth of the  water being  about twenty-five feet, and its velocity
not lefs than  ten miles per hour.
   On the 17th day of April laft, Mr. Jofepl#North, jun. and Mr.
Amos Bond, in a fmall canoe, went on to the collection of mafts,
logs, &c. above mentioned, for the purpofe of throwing off the
mill-logs, which belonged to them ; but havi rg forget to carry
an axe with them,jl?g| ■rneAto the fh ore, obtained one, and
then fet off again for  theTier; but  owing  to f< me mifmanage-
ment on the  part of Bond,  v*ho guided the canoe, it  ftruck fide-
ways againft the  end  of a tree which projected partly up the riv-
er, and was inftantly  overturned, fo far that its bottom lay up the
river directly ngainft  the current, the force  of which kept the ca-
noe in that pofition, and they were both thrown out.   In this fitu-
ation,  Mr. North, by great exertion, fucceeded in getting partly
on to the canoe,  <:nd taking hold of Eond,  endeavoured to  help
him on  alfo,  or at leaft hold him there, until afTiflance lhould ar-
rive : but the water ri. Thing ever the canoe with incredible fcrce,
fruftrated this attempt, and they were both Twept off,  and almoft
inftantly carried under by the whirlpool occafioned by the covin p,
or  projection of the  heater where  it joins  the Pier:  they rofe,
however, before  they had raffed the li.-r,  (forty feet) and were
both carried  into  its  eddy,  where the motion of the water  was
alarmingly increafed,  rufhing  with  a  very  loud noife, and the
greateft violence, in  almoft ev::y  direction, and frrndr.g many
very dangerous whirlpools.   Mr. North now fpoke to Bond, told 
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him not to be frightened, for affiftance would foon come to their,
and fwam to him, and took hold of him  by the cape or fhoulder
tihis coat with one hand, and fwam with him with the oth.r and
his feet, 'till he was extremely fatigued, and Bond making fume
efforts to take hold of him, he was obliged to let him go, but full
kept near  and encouraged him.   Being an excellent i'wimmer, lie
foon refted himfelf, and returned and took hold of  Bond  again,
and fwam with him 'till he got him out cf the eddy, ftill kept en-
couraging him, and advifed him to try  to iwim, telling him to
extend his arms,  and endeavour to help hixmeli: in making the
attempt, Bond threw the water with fo much violence and profu-
iion into  Mr. North's face, that he almoft fuffocated him, and te
was again obliged to  leave him ; after recovering himfelf he  re-
turned, and again took hold and fwam  with him,  until fatigue,
and  the water which  Bond continued to throw in his face,  forced
him  a third time to leave him t(/"rccJB M}n this manner he af-
forded him  every affiftance in his power,  by returning to ninv .-t
lefs than four or five times, and he believes fir.   At length feeing
a canoe coming to their aid, and being cxccl.n Jy fatigued, heltc
him go, but ftill kept near him, encouraging him to try to fwim,
and telling  him a canoe was coming to  their relief.   On the ap-
 proach of the canoe  (v.hich a Mr. Elias Craig and  a Mr.  Boken
 went off in) he requefted them to leave him, for  he  could take
care  of himfelf, and go, as faft as they  poflibly could, to Bend,
who  was  now gradually finking.   When the canoe  came to him,
he was fo far under water that  Mr. Craig was but juft able, by
putting down his arm, to reach his hat, which he feized held of, and
 fortunately it was fo faft on his  head, that he drew him up by ?t
 to the top cf the water.   WiJ very little figes of life he was tak-
 en afhore, and proper remedies were applied for his  recovery.
   Tims,  under Providence, Mr.Kc:th may unqnefUnably ,,
 c nfidered  as having U:* the means of uving the hie of ;.-.
  Bcci by luvi.* kcr; him 10 long fix:, fuiLr*. :Ht:  .nciyaffi,'- 
ar.ce was juft abL* to reach him—but nothing mere—one quarter
of a :aiiiute later muft have proved fatal.
  Mr. North was alliftcd by another canoe, though he could have
done very  well without it.  During the whole time he was in the
water, he was incumbered with half-boots, which every  fwimmcf
can eafily conceive were a great inconvenience.  He was without
any c  .it, having taken it off before he went to the Pier, and loft
it when the canoe overfet.  The time they were in the water was
about ten minutes, certainly not exceeding fifteen.
  Mr. Craig confiders that what he and the others in the canoe
•lid, was nothing more than their duty,  and being attended with
no rifk, merits no reward.  This family of Bond's, I believe, nev-
er "lived in Lofton, but moved from Groton to this place.   Mr.
Bond  has a brother (Amos Bond,  Efq.)  at Watertown.
  In addition to the foregoing ftatement, I take the  liberty to
mcr.cion another hmij^fl Kunfcftance in favour of this young gen-
tleman, which took place about three years ago.  About the mid-
dle of Auguft, 1798, on  Sunday, during divine fervice, a loud cry
from  children was heard in the meeting-houfc, which ftands but -4
few rods  from the bank of  the liver, that William Pitt (a lad
then about eight years old) had fallen out of  a  canoe, and was
drowning.   The people  immediately ran out of the  meeting-
houfe, and while fome of thofe who firft  got to the fhore were en-
deavouring to get  off a boat to go to the boy, who directly after
funk,  Mr. North ran by  them, and with  all his clothes on, leaped
as far as he  could into the river, fwam about two rods, and dove
and hi ought the boy up, and kept him  until the boat  came and
received him.   He was foon recovered and is now living.
   If I can be of further fervice to you as  members of the Humane
Society, or as individuals, I beg you to command me.
        I  am, Gentlemen, with the greateft refpedt,
                          your very fo; mble fervant,
                                          S.  HOW/iED.
Rsv.  Dodor Parker.    "I
Aaron  L»exter, Efj.  \ 
S3
  UPON which the 'Truftees Voted, That a Gold Medal he pre-
fcntcd to Mr. Jofeph North, jun. and and a Silver Med d to Mr.
Elias Craig  and M••.  Savage Bolton each, for their  fignal exer-
tions in  faving the life of Mr. Bond.   Said Medals were accord-
ingly procured  by the Treafurer, with  infcriptions expreffive of
the fact.;, and tranfmittcd to Major Howard, who prefented them
to the above gentle men,
A'
                     '■-----------tf&&'

     T a Meeting of the Truftees,  November 2,  1S01,  The
      Correfponding Secretary communicated a fhort letter from
Dr. Hawcs, Treafurer of the Royal Humane Society, London,
with fome of the reports and fermons preached before that Loc\ctj
in April, 1801, by  Reverend WiUian^jLangford, D. D.   Ahj
the following conftrucVion of a life-bo.it,  ufed at South Shields
for the prefervation of feamen in diftrefs.
 1

      Conjiruftion of the Life-Boat at South Shields.

      Sir,
                In reply to yours of the 14th,  refpecting the
Life-Boat at South Shields, which we have found to anfwer be-
yond the moft extended idea we entertained of the plan on which
fhe was  built; and, to our great fatisfaclion,  fhe has been the
means of faving the !:vss of many of our fellow creatures, who could
by no other m  ens have been prefcrved.  The boat is 30 feet by
to, in form much releVbling a common Greenland  boat,  except
the bottom, which is much flatter.  She is lined with cork infide
and oulfide of  the gunwale, about two feet in breadth, a::J the
feats underneath are filled with coik alfo.
   She is rowed by ten nun, double bank,-J, r.d fleered by two
men with oars,  one at each end, both ends being alike.  Lsr.g poUt
are provided for the nic.:, to  keep the boat horn  being drove 
X4
 broad-n Je to the fhore either in going o.T or 1 riding.  About fit
 iaches from the lower poles it increafes in diameter fo as to form
 a flat furfice again \ the fand, otherwife they would fink into the
 xrmd, and be of no ufl\   The weight of the ark ufed in the boat
 i3 about feven cwt.   She draws very little water, and, when full,
 *; able to carry twenty people. The boat is able to contend againft
 the m'ijl tremendous fea, and broken water, and never, in any one
 iml '.ivee, has fhe failed in bringing the crew in diftrefs into fafety.
 The men have no dre;ul in going off with her in the hi.dieft feas,
 and broken water.   Cork Jackets were provided for them ; but
 their confidence in the bn.it is fo great, they will not ufe them.
  She has furprized every  nautical man that has feen ficr contend
 with the waves.  Any further defcription I  can giv* will not be
 equal  to a view of the model of her upon a fcale now with the
 Duke of Northumberland.



 A LETTER from Benjamin Say  Efq., Prefident of the'Hu-
       mane Society at Philadelphia, admitting a late Prefident of
 this Society  as an honorary member was communicated to the
 Truftees 1 anuary 4, i8c2.   Whereupon it  was voted, that  the
 Correfponding Secretary anfwer the Letter from the Prefident of
 the Ilumane Society at Philadelphia, inform him of the death of
 the late Prefident of this Society,  fend him the  Publications of
 this Society, and requeft his correfpondence.



 ■" ■ ^ HE following Letter, with the  Communication enclofed,
 -*-   fro-n  the  Rev. Tim. Alden Junr. of Portfmouth N.  H.
was laid before the Truftees, June 7, 1802, and  by them referred
to the Society, at their Semiannual Meeting, Juu?  8, 1802. 
26
                The Rev. Dr. Pjukzk, Boflon.

                         Portsmouth, N. H. May 19,  1802.

   RsrEREND Six,

              1  HAVE taken  the liberty to tranfmit you the
enclofed, as worthy of a depofit in the  archives of the Humane
Society at Bofton.  The  writer of the narrative is  the fe.cc i '
daughter of Doctor John Jackfon  of this town and is  a pupil, of
promifing talents, in the Young Ladies' Academy, which I have
the honour to teach.
            I am, Reverend Sir, with due rcfpect,
                             your humble fervant,
                                TIMOTHY ALDEN, jun.

   Reverend Sir,
              ACCORDING to your rcqueft, I have endeav-
oured to form a  concife narrative of the remarkable prefervation
of my brother, when expofed to the moft imminent danger of be-
ing drowned. I am forry that it is not in my power to give.a better
account of fuch a remarkable interpofition.   Such as it is, I mod-
eftly offer it for your acceptance, and  I doubt not a renewed in-
stance of your candour,  as it has fo often been exercifed towards
the juvenile productions of your refpectful pupil,
                                ELIZABETH  JACKSON.

                       NARRATIVE.
   ON the feventh of laft September, at three o'clock in the after-
noon, my brother Daniel,  who is feven years of age,  went down
on Mr. Jacob Sheafe's wharf, in order to divert himfelf with fome
of his companions.  Having been with them about two hours, he
was fo  unfortunate as  to fall from  the wharf into  the  water.
N0112 were prefent to witnefs the melancholy fcene  but his for-
mates, who were unable to afford him any affiftance.  If it had
not been fhr Mr. James Jones  the  thi.J, he muft certainly have 
*6
drowned.   It  was nearly low  water, but the current was very
rapid, and my poor brother was immediately drawn away by the
tide a number of feet.  The alarm was  given that fome perfon
had fallen into the water and was  drowning.   Some men, who
were not far off,  ran to the place,  but none of them durft jump
into the water.   Directly upon  this, Mr. Jones, who was at work
on Captain Manning's brig, which lay at the pier, looked around,
and difcovered my dear brother, juft coming up, at the top of the
water, and, without (topping to confider the danger, fprung from
the veffel into the water, and feized him  by the hair of his head,
as he was about  to fink the third time.  He then fwam with him
to the wharf, and put his hand over one of the logs forming a
part of the wharf, but it was fo  flippery, and the current fo ftrong,
that they were both  fwept away for a considerable diftance, and
were feparated ; but, through the kindnefs of  Providence,  the hu-
mane  Mr.  Jones  was enabled to get hold of my brother  once
more, and to keep him from finking till further relief was afford-
ed.  Thus a beloved brother was  refiored to die arms of his par-
 ents and friends.
   Oh, how mocking muft it have been,  to have witneffed fuch a
 diftrefling fcene!  What tongue  can defcribe it!  I am fenfiblc
that I cannot do juftice to the fubject.  Although it be certain
that it is not in  my power to  repay the kindnefs of Mr. Jones,
yet, with the utmoft pleafure fhall I  reflect and ever recall t»
mind  the hour,  when this benevolent man,  at the  rifque of his
own life,  was the mean of faving a much loved brother from a
watery grave.   May profperity and happinefs attend him  in every
«fituation in life, and may he have the pleafing reflection,  that,
         .___________________« To virtuous deeds
         A fure although a late reward fucceeds."
    The Rev. Timothy Aldex, jun.

   AT a Semi-annual Meeting of the Humane Society  of Maf-
 fachufetts, June 8,  1802, Voted,  That a  Gold Medal, with an
 inicription expreffive of the faGs, be prefented to Mr. James .ones 
*1
3d. of  Pcnfmouth,  N. H. for his fignal exertion in faving the
life of Mafter Daniel Jackfon, as communicated in the foregoing
Narrative, and that the Rev.  Dr. Parker and Dr. Dexter be a
Committee to procure and prcfent the fame.
=iaj3&*=
A COMMITTEE of the Truftees was appointed, May 3d,
       1802, to make out a fchedule of the Huts that have been
erected by the Society for the prefervation of fhipVrecked feamen,
their fituation, and the expenfes that have attended} which Com-
mittee made a Report, of which the following is an abftract, and
ordered by the Truftees to be publifhed.
d.  e.
120
95
 Huts erecled by the Humane Society.

One on Scituate Beach,
One on the outer Beach of Nantafket,
One on weft end of Lovell's Ifland,
One on Calf's Ifland,
 One on eaft end of Lovell's Ifland,
One on other end of Nantafket Beach,
One on Stout's Creek on Cape Cod,
One on Brufh I Hand, Cohaffett,
 Two on the Ifland of Nantucket,
 One on Pettick's Ifland,
 The Repairs on faid Huts, and fupplying
   them with neceffary articles, has coft the
   Society
     THE Truftees of the Humane Society, having, in their pri-
      vate capacitv, been informed of feveral inftanccs of perfons
who had incurred apparent death by drowning or otherwife, and
been fortunately recovered by the means recommended by the
 1787.
January.

 1789.
December.

 1792.
 *793-
 1794-
 1799.
 1802.
42 50
5°
160 18 
J? 8
 Society,  and no  communication made thereof; and  convinced
 that publifhing the circumftances of fuch incidents would be at-
 tended with beneficial effects, hereby requeft the citizens of this
 commonwealth, and particularly die gentlemen in the medical
line, to comrhunicate to the Correfponding Secretary,  all  die in-
 ftances that have, or fhall come to their knowledge, of reanima-
tion, and the means whereby thofe happy events are accomplifhed,
with fuch other particulars of the time refpiration was fufpended,
 &c. as they fhall think of importance to notice : As it  i. by com-
 paring the fuccefs of different means and operations, that this im-
 jHui...it art can be brought  to perfection.   The Truftees are alfo
 dehrous of extending the rewards promifed by the Society for fig-
 nal exertions throughout  the commonwealth, ahd for this reafon
 they rcqueft information of all the ;:m-rnpts of  reanimation, even
 h they prove unfucccfsful.
  N. B.   The Truftees requeft the fame favour from the citizen?
      of the neighbouring ftates.
          An Ext raft from  the Minutes offaid Trujlees,
                             JOHN AVERY, Recyg Su'ry.

    At a  Meeting cf the He mane Society, ) ne nth,  1799.
     THE Trustees of the Humane Society, having had fre-
      quent applications for reward in cafes, for which the  Confti-
 tution of faid Society does not authorize their granting a  Premi-
 um, wifh their fellow-citizens to be informed, with a view  to pre-
 vent fruitlefs applications, that the fervices for which faid Society
hold 3 out a reward are,
  First.  That when any  accident fhall happen,  producing ap-
parent death, the  perfon who fhall firft difcover and endeavour to
recover the fubject, fhall be  entitled to a reward ;  but in no cafe
are  the allowed  Truftees to  exceed ten dollars.
  Secondly.   The perfon who fhall receive into his or her houfe,
die  body of one appai cr.ily dead, with a view that means may be. 
29
bicd for its recovery, is alfo entitled to fuch a compenfation as the,
Truftees fhall judge adequate.
  Thirdly.   That any perfon who fhall, by any fignal exertion,
fave another from death, is entitled to a reward in proportion to
the rifque and danger incurred.
  By a fignal exertion the Truftees conceive muft be underftood
fomething more than barely reaching out the hand, or throwing
a rope from a whai f, or a boat, or even wading into the water to
half a man's depth, and refcuing a man from drowning ;  for the
principles  of common humanity and fympathy are fufficient mo-
tives for fuch exertions ; but it muft include the enJangering his
own life, or incurring fome damage, by impairing die health, or
injuring his apparel or other property.  In any or all thefe cafes
the  Truftees are ready to grant adequate reward, when properly
authenticated, but do not think themfelves warranted by the reg-
ulations of the Society to beftow them  in odier ca.es.
            An Ext rati from the Minutes of faid Society,
                             JOHN AVERY,  ReSg.  Sec'ry.

              Premiums  adjudged by Trujlecs.
1S01.  To John  Ruffcll for having  the life  of  Mr. Dolts. C/s.
June.     Tuckerman the Conftable when thrown out
          of a boat,                                  5
July.   To William Hollis, for faving a child of Th/ mas
          I'cifendcn,        -          -                3
Sept.  To Jofeph Tucker, for faving a child of James
          Dunbar,          -         -                3
       To David Spalk, for faving a child of Mr. Dodge,
          which had fallen between a velfel and Sear'*
          Wh.uf,          .         -         -        4
       To Ezra Trull and John Trafk, for laving the
          life  of Sojhy Ilemenway,  who  fell  from
          Wcntworth'bV'harf, a dollars each,     -     8
Jvw.  To John  O'Ncil,  for  lhving the life cf M..-.y
          Win fh ip, 
SO
       To Mr. Jofeph North, for his very fignal exer-
         tions in preferving the life of Mr. Amos Bond,
         when  drowning ia a very rapid current near
         Kennebeck Bridge, in April, 1801 ;  and alfo
         the life of William Pitt, near the fame place,
         in Auguft 1798, a Gold Medal, coft     -     to  44
       To Elias Craig and Savage Bolton, for affiftance
         afforded by them in faving  Mr. Bond's life,
         a Silver Medal each,        -                9
1802.  To Bezaleel Kingman, for faving a boy at Weft
Feb.      Bofton Bridge,       -        -       -      2
April.  To Jofeph Lee, for faving the life of John Ack-
         ley, at Union Wharf,        -        -       8
       To Samuel Henry and  Samuel Howard, for
         affiftance in the  above cafe, 3 dollars each,
         (one not paid)        .        -       -       3
May.   To John Glynn, &c. for faving the life of John
         Steward,        "      "      -       -      3
Juae.   To William Smefhurft and Thomas Clone, for
         faving the lives of three men,  belonging to
         Fort Independence, who were overfet from a
         boat near Fofter's Wharf,  2  dollars each,       4
       To Caleb Munrow and Jofiah Hafkel, for faving
         the life of Thomas Lee, anodier of faid men,
         2 dollars each,                               .
       To James Jones 3d, for faving the life of a child
         of Dr. John Jackfon,  at Portfmouth, N. H.  a
         Gold Medal,         .      -      .       ,,  g.
                                                   93  n
      State of Treafurer*s Sl.courJs for Tear pa/i.

                                                Dolls. Cts.
Balance due to Treafurer per laft Account,      -       11  29.
Expenfes of Semi-annual Meetings, Organift, &c.       jo 
p	11
362	60
31	3*
	'7
93	11
3°	
95	5*
684   IJ
                           -3/

John and Thomas Fleet's Account  printing Semi-an-
   nual Difcourfe,         .
Stock purchafed,        ...
Repairing Huts,        -
Poftage,        ....
Premiums adjudged,                    .
Mr. Kuhn's $dary,       ....
Balance due to the Society,


                        Contra Cr.
By Interasfon^, 3,  and 8 per Cent Stock of United
   States,     '   «0      -
Ditto on Maffachufetts State Notes,
Dividend at Union Bank,
Legacy left by Alexander Hodgdon, Efq.
A Premium retumied by Mr. Zcbina Stebbings,
Subfcriptioni for the year part,
Dividends an *Weft Bofton Bridge,

                                                  684  ,3

   Property in the Hands of the Treafurer belonging to the Society.
United States 6 per Cent Stock, (nominal fum)
    Ditto     3 per Cent,
   ,J>kto     8 per Cent,
ff^flachufetts Notes, 5 per Cent,
Union  Bank Stock,        -
Weft Bofton Bridge,  2 fhares, coft
Maiden Bridge,, 1 fhare, coft
Accumulating  Fund on above Share United States
   deferred  Stock,         -
Maffachufetts 5 per Cent Notes,
   WE the  Subfcribers, appointed a Committee  by the Humane
Society of Maffachufetts, at their meeting in December, 1 Sen, to
examine the Accounts cf the Rev. Dr. Parker, Treafurer of kid
IS8	**
105	68
105	12
3°	
5	
237	6$
12	
1442	17
708	83
800	
2113	7«
1268	
4'7	17
140	
334	5«
81	7*
 
                           o3

Society, find all die articles in tlic above account  vouched, tlirt
iamc right caft, and a balance of 95 Dolls. 54 Cts. in the Treas-
urer's hands, due to the Society, and the evidences of the property
enumerated above.
                        THOMAS DAWES,-i
                        JOHN HANCOCK, J Coamittce.,  •
Boston, June, 1802.                   .#
                                            j
    OFFICERS of  the  HUMANE   SOCIETY,
              chofen in December,  180,1.    *
     John Warren, M. D. Prefidem,        #■
     Rev. Simeon Howard,  D. D. firft Vice Prefident,
     Rev. John Lathrop,  D. D. fecond Vice Prlfideht,
     Rev. Samuel Parker, D. D. Treafurer,
     Aaron Dexter, M. D.  Correfponding Secretary,
     John Avery, Efq. Recording Secretary,
          Rev. Peter Thacher, D. D.  "| ,.^
          Nathaniel Balch,  Efq.       I   '*""
          Jeremiah Allen, Efq.        J       J*p
          William Spooner,  M. D.       TrufccV
Samuel Parkman, Efq.
James Scott, Efq.
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MEMBERS deceafed frnce the laft Publication.      :^
 Rev. Noah Atwater, Weflfield.              ^
 Mofes Bullen Efq, Medfeld.                jf&-
 Mr. Jofeph  Cunh.a,                          ftft
 Mr. Jofeph  Greene,
 Mrs. Abigail Howard,
 Hon, John  Lowell Efq. Roxbury.
 Hon. Samuel Lyman Efq. Springfield.
 Hon. George R. Mi not Efq.
 Ih :i. Samuel Phillips Efq. Andover.
 Mr. Sampfon Reed.
 Mr. Andrew Spooler.
 John Lv.'•:::'.£;r Efq. 
3-J
Catalogue of the Members of the Humane Societt*
              Names and places of abode.
              tCELLENCY JOHN ADAMS, Efq.
                  ^reftdent of the  Unitid Statu, ^tancy,
         JcremutHMlen, Efq,
         Mr. Wiljam Allen,
         Mr. Thlgias Amory,
         Mr. ThormJC. Amory,
         Mr. JonathS^Amory, jun,
         John Andrews, Efq.
         Mr. JamcrJRndrews,
         Mr. John'Trecothiek Apthorp,
         John Avery,^pfq.
         Mr. John Avery, jan.
         Jonathan LjAuftin,Xfq. Cambridge,
Ml L
Rev. 1
NathnnicjAlch, Efq.
LoammW*aldwin, Efq. Woburn,
     aikelBaldwin, Brooltfield,
       lomas Baldwiri,
Mr. John Ballard,
Rev. Thomas Barnard, D. D. Salem,
Mr. John Barrett, Quincy,
Dr. Jofiah Bartlett, Charkjlown,
Dr. John Bartlett, Roxbury,
Mr. George Bartlett, Charle/iown,
Dr. Thomas Bartlett,
Dr. Zaccheus Bartlett, Plymouth^
'J^r William Bell,
Mr. Shubael Bell,
Mr. Afahel Biglow,
Mr. Edward Blake,
Mr. George Blanchard,
Samuel Blodget, Efq. Hav.-rhlU, 
H
Mr. William Boardman, jun
Mr. Nathan Bond,
Mr. Kirk Boot,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowdoin, 5 Dottaru'^jjk    ^
Hon. James Bowdoin, Efq.
Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Efq. Drefden
John Boyle, Efq.
Rev. John Bradford, Roxburgh
Mr. John Bray,
Samuel Breck, Efq. Philad^
Mr. Thomas Brewer,
Mr. John Brewer, No. 4. Peijfimaquody.
Mr. Oliver Brcwfter,   . rf  ,
Hon. E. Bridge, ~ECcfaChelm/bfd,
Martin Brimmer, Efq. fiqjmw,
Henry Bromfield, Efq. iHazpard,
Mr. William Brown,
Dr. Samuel Brown.
Mr. Jeremiah Bumfteaefi jurl

Hon. George Cabot» Efq. Sri
Major William Calder, Charlcftown, 2.
Mr, Jofeph Callender, jun.
Mr. Benjamin Callender,
Samuel Cary, Efq. Chelfea,
Mr. Andrew Cazneau,
Mr. Gardner L. Chandler,
Benjamin Clarke, Efq.
Mr. William Cleland,
John Codman, Efq.
Mr. Jofeph Coolidge,
Hon. Peleg "'. :  , Efq.
Samuel Cooper, Efq.
Mr. Allen Crocker,
Capt. Nithaaiel Curtis,
 
3S
Mr. Thomas Curtis,
Hon. William Cufhing, Efq. Scttuate, 3.
    1. Nadian Cufhing, Efq. Scituaie,
  £v!^bhp Cufhing, AJbburnham,
Mr. jABufhing,
Bei j.jsH  Hu-kc Cuder, Efq. Roxhury,
IT
ana, Efq. Cambridge, 3. 33,
 ,fq. Groton,
   Salem,
alton,
S.in:ucl
Mr. Joh
Mr. Wilhar
Mr. Pet.
Dr. Ti.
Mr. l,i:
Ainai.i D
Hon. Thomas
Hon. Johu"Dav
Mr. .Samu
Mr. William
Mr. Jnft
 Mpn.J^^rfb.T##s, Efq
 Jffo$> Thomas Dawc?, jun. Efq.
 Thomas Dennie, Efq.
JLlias H. Derby, Efq. Salem,
 Richard Dcvcnv, Efq. Charli-fown,
 Hon. Sam. Dexter, Efq. Men.'on, 2. 25.
 Aaron Dexter, M. D.
 Mr.  Thomas Dickafon, London,
 Rev. Timothy Dickenfon, IWfl™,
 Ifaiah Doane, Efq.
 Mr. Ebcnczer Dorr,
  Samuel Dunn, Efq.

  Rev. Jofeph Eckley, D. D.
  Mr. Edward Eder>, 
36
 Samuel Elliot, Efq.
 Rev. William Emerfon,
 Mr. Thomas Englifh,

 Mr. Richard Faxon,
 Capt. Nathaniel FellowSj
 John Fleet, M. D.
 Mr. Thomas Fleet,
 Dwight Fofter, Efq. Brook
 Mr. Jofeph Fofdick,
 Hon. Samuel Fowler, "E\
 Rev. James  Freeman,
 Dr. Nathaniel Freeman,

 Mr. Caleb Gannet, CAibridge,
 Rev. John Sylvcftc^Khn Gardiner,
 Mr. Willard Gay, Djth'am,  '
 Hon. Elbridge Gerry, T$fc Cambridge^
 Mr. Benjamin Goc
Nathan Goodale, ftfk**
 Nathaniel Goodwin^EJoJ
 Mr. Samuel Gore,
 Stephen Gorham, Efq.
 Mr. Mofes Grant,
 Mrs. Catharine Gray,
 Mr. Benjamin Gray,
 Edward Gray, Efq.
 Capt. John Gray, 3 33.
 Mr. Richard Green,
 Francis Greene, Efq,  Medford,
 Mr. Gardner Greene,
 Jofeph Greenleaf,  Efq.
 Daniel Greenleaf, Efq.  Quincy,
 Mr. John Greenleaf,
 r.'.vid S. Greenough, Efq. RoxburyK
1 
 Mr. Nathaniel Hall, Chclfca,
 Jofeph Hall, Efq.
 Hon. Will.  Hammet, Efq. Nantuclet,
J^enezer Hancock, Efq.
 Mr. dJQjpma; Hancock,
  [r. John jpancock,
    i William Harrb,
       'hadlleus M. Harris, Dorcbefter,
 Mr?^Bfc:s[*Spiarrifon, Charleflovin,
 Mr. M^'M.JIayes,
 Dr. LJHBHayward,
rward
  , Plymouth,
e, Plymouth,
   fq. Northampton,
ard,
 ,Efq.
anvers,
  D.
Dr. Nath
Mr. Barnabas
Hon. Sam. K
Stephen Higg
Henry  Hill, Wq.
Hon. Benjamin Hie
Hon*'8a*ttucl Hoi
Rev. Simeon How.
Maj. Sar.  . J Howard, Z/iugufta,
Mr. John Clarke Hofard,
              riurrncwell,
           nt, Efq. North smpt
            Hunt,
     Henry Hunter,
Mr. Jofeph Hurd, Charhfwxn,
Dr. Ifaac Hurd, Ccn^rd,
Jonathan Jackfon, Efq.
Henry Jackfon, Efq.
Mr. John Jackfon, Cbjrl.jh-wn,
Edward Jackfon, Efq.
Mr. Samuel Jane,
Patrick Jeffiey, Lhi. 10.
Mr. JJn Jenks, SAm, 
IS
:ha John Coffin Jones, Efq.
Mr. Thomas K. Jones,
Dr. John Joy,
Mr. Benjamin Joy,
Rev. John Thornton Kirkland,
Mr. Jofiah Knapp,
Mrs. Sufanna Kneeland,
Mr. Thomas Knox,
Mr. Jacob Kuhn,
Mr. John Khun,
Mr. William Lambert, R
Rev. John Lathrop, D.
Mr. Calth Leach, Pl^louih,
Mr. Ebenezer Le
Hon. Benjamin Ljn
Dr. James Lloyd,
Mr. Caleb Loring,
J faac Lothrop, Efj
Mr. Jofeph Love
Johi, Lucas, Efq

Capt. Mungo MackayT
Rev. Jofeph Mc Kean, Milton^
Mr. Edward McLane,
Mr. John McLean
Mr. John Marfton,
Jonathan Mafon, Efq. Brookline,
Hon. Eben. Mattoon, Amhcrfl,
Col. John May,
Col. Jofeph May,
 Rev. John Mellen,  Cambridge,
 Mr. Charles Miller, jun.
 Mr. James M^rril,
 Rev. Jcdtdiah Morfe, D. D. Charleflown,
Rev. John Murray, 
5s
Mr. John Nicholfon, Mcdfuld,
Dr. Cufhing Oh:,, Scituate,
Mr. John Ofborne,
M
            Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Efq.
            Mr. William Paine,
              athaniel Paine, Efq. JVorcefler,
              ev. Samuel Parker, D. D.
              r. John Parker,
            Samuel Parkman, Efq.
            Mr. EliDnalet Pearfon, Cambridge,
            Mr. John Peck, Newtown,
            Mr. I Bpcaer Pembcrton, Billerica,
            Mr. ThomafTT. P<frjdns,
            Thomas PexkH ^Tq. .
            Hon. WiHiam PhilTips.-Efq.
            William Phillip* J*n\ Efq.
            Mr. Juhn^fcpTj»s,^B^^r,
            Mr. TofhUi^kJco,
            -MMBsfecPlert^
            fc^^Pfteef*'
£?$£■"       ^te'v? Johnffpon, Taunton,
            Mr. JoTcpri Pope,
            William Powell, Efq.
            Mr. William Pratt,
            Mr. Ehenezer Prebble,
            Rev. Thomas Prentifs, MedfM,
            Capt. James Prince,
            Edward Proflor, Ffj.

             Col. Paul UcveTc,
             John Rice, Efq.
             Chandler Robbins, Efq. Hdl-well,
             Mr. Samuel Rogers, 
4J
Mrs. Hannah Rowe, 5 dollar:)
Mr. John M. Ruffell,
Mr. Daniel Ruffell,
Major Benjamin Ruffell,

His Excellency Caleb Strong, Eff
Mr. Franci  Sales,                    yfc
Mr. Samuel Salifbury,                X
Daniel Sargeant, Efq.                 *
Mr. Daniel  Sargeant, juri.             •*».
William Scollay, Efq.
James Scott, Efq.
Hon. William Sever, Efq. KingjftK,
Hon. David Sewall, Efq.  jdHh^
Hon. Samuel  Sewall, BHLtejEirblebead,
Dr. William SheldohM^igfleJd,
Hon. William Shepar^fifq.  W0elly
Mr. Elifha Sigourney,
William Srrhth, Efq*      »
Abiel Smith, Efq.      *
Dr. Nathaniel Smith,        »     i.__'..'
Mr. William P. Smith,       * ~ '•   #
Mr. Barney Smith,
Mr. Samuel Snellingj
Mr. David  Spear,
William Spooner, M. D.
Mrs. Efther, Sprague,  Dedham,
Mr. Zebina Stebbins,  Springfield,
William Stedman, Efq. Lancaflcr,
Rev. Samuel Stillman, D. D.
Ebenezer Storer, Efq.  2.
Mr. Eradftreet Story,
John Storohton, Erq.
Mr. Ruffell Sturgis, 
                          A*
                                 •
         Hon. James Sullivan,  Efq.
         William Sullivan, Efq.
         Mr. John L. Sullivan,

         Rev. Peter Thachcr, D.%
            \f Tkjomas Thacher, Dedham,
             fames Thacher, Plymouth,
i~\»  Wf***T' ThomasThaxter, Hingham,
     wn  Dr. Stephen Thayer,
         Hon. Jofhua Thomas, Efq. Plymouth,
         Dr. Jofhua Thomas,
         Mr. Ifaac Townfend,
         John Tucker, Efq.
         Mr.^fjvard Tuckerman,
         Rev. JofighLCuckesman, Chelfea,
         Will i a niTpBcrorVEfq.

         Charles VaughanJ Efq. Angufta,

         RemB. Wadfworth, Danvers,
         Ebenezer Wales, Efq.  Dorchefler,
    "*    Mr. Ephraim Wales,
         Thomas Walhy, Efq. 3.
         Col. Jofeph Ward, Newtown,
    \+ A. Ward, jun. Efq.  W.jLwn,
     w/*l. John  Warren,  M. D.
         Henry Warren, Efq. Plymouth,
         Mr. John C. Warren,
         Jofiah Waters, Efq.
         Mr. John W:iters,
         Arnold Welles Efq.
         Dr. Thomas Wellh,
         Hon. Oliver Wendell, Efq.
         Rev.  Samuel Well,
         Mr. David Well,
         Mr. James White,
                    f 
Kilborn ^frhitmtn. Efq. Pembroke,
Mr. Ezra Whitney,
Mr. Samuel Whitwell,
Mr. William WhitwcH,
Rev. Jofeph Willard, D. D. Cambridge,
Mr. William Williams,           *
E. Williams, Efq. W.ft-Stod-h-idge,
Dr. Charles W. Windfhip,  Roxbury,
Dr. Ifaac Winflow, Marjhficld,
Thomas L. Winthrop, Efq.
*}
Hk*"
    HONORARY  MEMBERS.
Nathaniel Adams, *Efq.  Portfmoulh,
Dr. Oliver Baron, Calcutta,
Rev. Andrew Brown, D. D,  Scotland,
John Bulkley, Efq.  Lijbon,
Mr. Thomas Bulkley, IJfbon,      , flh
Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, M. D.  Portfmtuth,
Capt. John Calef, St. Chriftopher's, (Wefl-Indics.)
Hon. Oliver Ellfworth, late Chief Juflice of the United States.
Rev. John Erfkine, D. D. Edinlurgh,
Anthony Fothergill, M. D. Bath,
Edward  Goodwin,  M. D. Bath,
William  Hawes,  M. D. London,
Hon. Jedediah Huntington,  New-London,
Rev. John Kemp, Edinburgh,
John C. Lettfom, M. D. London,
Hon. John Langdon, Efq. Porifmoutk,
Dr. John Ofborne,  Midiletown, ( Connethcat.) ,
Hon. Timothy Pickering, Efq. Salem,
Hon. John Pickering, Efq. Portfmouth,
Dr. Benjamin Rufh,  Philadelphia,
 William Ruffell, Efq. Middletowr, {Conneaicut.)
 Pight Hon. Earl of Stamford, L on ion,
 Hon. James Shcafe, Efq. Portfmouth,
 Hon. Samuel Ter.ny, lifr. Exeter,
 
4-5
APPARENT  DEATH—LfFE  RESTORED.
    « He finks !—is loft !—none near to give relief!
    " And hark—that fcrcam!—a frantic mother's grief 1  gjj
irili 'tf'*''* on^thiflood that would her babe deftroy,
    " ^  ']^Ecr ^Vc deep fearches for her boy; •
    **He'JmMnd !—but ah ! when anxious ^riwn to fhfjre,  A
    " Th  mother breathkfs !—views her child-«no more !
    " But, Heav'nfnftruaed—every effortfl|Mt
    " Which Wifdom plann'd, and Study ljslupply'd,
    " Eagef1^ fave, each panting bolbm burns ;
    " Life hah departed, ':, beckon'd, and returns :
    " What raptltous blifs the eager mind receives,
     ''• When parent Jxtacy oa.hu.ns—He lives .'"

              4*fcj^tlTATIVE PROCESS.
           M     WLt thou DO:  ,7--DO iZUlCKir.
          ^ToCClDIT, QUI  M'N  SERVAT.
      ONYFJV the perfon to the neareft convenient houfe, with his
       heaA-aifed:  Strip and dry him as quick as poflible ; clean
           ^1 nollrils from froth and mud.   If a child, let him be
           Ten two pei ions, naked, in a hot bed.  If an adult, lay
             St blanket or bed, and, in cold weather, near a fhe—In
           _ aer, the air Ihould be freely admhud into the  room.
            is next to be gently rubbed with warm woohn cloths
  fp-lntled widifpirits, if at hand, otherwife dry : A heated  warm-
  ing-pan may be now lightly moved over the back, propeily cov-
  ered with a blanket-aui the body, if of achdd, is to be g.atly
  ihooh every b minutes : Wif.lft thefe means are ufing,  one or
  twoaftiftants are to be employed in blowing up tobacco-,m„e ,:,-
  to d.e fimd.im.-nt, widi the instrument provided u r the purpofe, or
  a tobacco-pipe, if th it cannot be h..d-the bowl fiii,a with tobac-
   co and ro.erly  lighted, being c.,vcrcd with a handkvrchhf.  or
 
pcice of linen, fb as^MpcfltaWic naotfth of the affifhnt in blow-
ing: Bathe  the  bretft wilh  hot  rum,"and pcrfift in the ufe of
thefe means for feveral hojirs.   If no  figns of life  fhould then
    Car, let die body be Ice^t warm feveral hours longer, with hot
    £, t>r veflels of hot water, applied to the paLas of the h indr.,
and folcs gf the feet, and this for a longer or  lhorter liaie, as uie
circumftance^ of\fce cafe may dictate.         ~*+^tn\
MTho t*> cuftpifasy method of rolling on a barrel, fufpending
by the feet, andjtyry, odicr violent mode of agitation, particularly
in removing dsj^oc^from the  water,  fhould  be moft carefully
avoided.     j>  ^ %t
  To re ftore breathing—Introduce the pipe of a bellows,  (when
no apparatus is at hand)^ i^to  oi^e of the noftriU the other and '
mouth being clofed, inflate the hugs, till thebreaBisa little raifed ;
the mouth and nollrils muft then be let  frec."^
                                           f              r^
  Repeat this procefs till life  appear.    ^
  Electricity is recommended to be early(erqployed by judicious
rre.cd:;c ..ers.

                    INTENSE COLD.
  Rub the body with fnow,  ice or cold water ; reftore  warmth
by flow degrees,  and after fome time, if there be no appearance of
life, the  plan-, of refufcitation for the drowned muft b* ctriployed.

              SUSPENSION by the CORD.   ^
  A few ounces  of blood may be  taken from the jisjgulariein,
cupping-glaffes applied to the head and neck,  and bleetSpPfrT?
tur;;,le„  The oth-r  methods of  treatment, the fame asracom- •
mended for the apparently drowned.

                    INTOXICATION.
  The  body to be laid on a bed, with  the head a little raif.d ;
the neckcloth, &c. removed.
  Obtain immediate mf.dical assistance, as the mode  of tre '-
ment muft be v.uicd according to  the circumllauces of the patient.
 
^
    suffocation  VVH        Burs.
C'.ld water to b^rep^te^k^rthrABpontrlf^ice, &c. drying
  body at intei ..d. .If the bod^Hfe cold  employ j£g<
               lans for rcftonng the' drl^s^, in^ll
                 STJblAL  OBSERVAT
              £      Resuscitation.
  On die  dawnMt firft indication c"*rct
Practitioner will refign the oflfifie W A A
that Art  ha<. contributed  hftr <i%re %y
ftruggle with rife immediate ca
  It is in  fact this
gives to the latter
skudi
  ICIOUS
its efiicac
afure  t
tfaiure with Art that
             I.--On SlGNS'iOF RETURNING LlFE.
   A tea-fpoonful of waimvjrter may be given ; and, if fwallcw-
■•ing be returned,  \ltirn?v&,  or  diluted brandy.   The patients
muft be in a warm led and if difpofed to flcep, they will gener-
ally awake pcfcctdy reftored
1  2—The plans
.beve recommended are to be ufed three or foar

                               in cccitr able,
a Love

aW'
urd aW vulgar opinion to fuppofe p-.rj
i nctfotni mate its appearance
   Xi NE*ER TO BE EMPLO

F A^WYSICIAN
D, UNLESS BY THE DI-
                                  t
          EFLECTiONS ON REANIMATION.
  Suppofejlurfclves but for  a few moments in  your evening
       rural retirement, imagine your contemplation^ interrupt
      an uncommon . - pearance,—Behold a young man dragged
      fhore without life or notion.
   .. urce an hour has  P■ dfed  fince  the object  cf their r" -rtion
  dleft his  circle of  d, medic happinefs.-And  now hi, body
fwcln, his eves funk, and his f ice livid.  Without the leaft figns
of life, diev  convey him in b*lj*  ./; W^» to his own home.
 
Tear, defp
ly.   On one
       pther Hands rau
       rid fpectaiifi^
                                    cad over the'afHcted fami
                                   r lamenting her* loft child ;
                           diflrafled "ivjfr}afraid to look up to^
                             innocent little ones\oo\i with am
                      e  filencc  of him  w|bTLlways' fo|nndly
                    etfrrl.               --"  BJlfSj^p.
                    moft  gladly take upon^them the talk  of ref-
                     le to -perform it;  and all the precious mo"
                       beenjemploycd in the'means  of his re-
                       efs arBltation.   They^hang over him
                    Ureir latrfarewell^n the agaij^s of defpair,
and confign hir.iTO tm^Sa«£!e**J    **       .  ' ■•'.«*
  And now obferve  thfl  ^^sV At chan«Bthat one of tbefons
vf humanity (which is  but another name for tilis inftitution)  is paf-
fing by.—As foon as he hears of thaevent, he flies, like the Good
Samaritan, to the chamber of forrow; he flops thofe "who had af-
ihmbh d but to gaze  at and dcfert  him, calls on them to affift
him, and afhduoufly applies with zeal propepmeans to refufcitatev
Death, unwilling to relinquilh  his devested prey, flruggles power-
fully to detain it;  feems to fmilc, as it  were,  at  the ineffectual
labour ; till at length fubdued  by fortituamand  perfeverance he
gives i;p the conteft.
   " A ray of hope breaks in upon the gloorm^ and lights  up ev-
ery coui.tcr.ee.—Behol !,  at laft, again he unovcs,  heibreathes,
he lives.—What follows is not within  th*  power of language to
defcrihe :  imagination  alone .can fuggeft to true Pbilatfmspi/ls the
delightful fcene of wonder and aftoidfhment, of mutual joy, tranA
port, and i elicit v."                                 '

   N. B.  The  above  and three preceding Pages  are, with4f$me
     alterations, taken from the Annual  Report of the  jA\
     Hvuai.-z  Socinty, in  I,'j".don, for i7'yo.                *
 
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