th.September 1847.
This day at 12 oclock was the Annual Meeting of the Supervisors of the
Adams Temple and School Fund at Quincy. A Resolution had been adopted
two years ago that the Annual Meeting should be held on the first
Wednesday in September in the Select mens Room at the new Town Hall, and
that if that day should by any accident pass over, without being held it
should then be specially called as early in the month of September as
might be. The first Wednesday of the month was passed over inattentively
this year, but it was specially called by the President Mr.
Thomas Greenleaf and was held this day— The members
present were Thomas Greenleaf President, George. W. Beale, Charles.
F. Adams and myself— Mr. Josiah Quincy Senior was
not present. There was nothing to be done except the adjustment of the
accounts of the Treasurer of the Corporation, who is also the Treasurer
for the Town of Quincy, John
Briesler— The Meeting adjourned before one oclock— There
was another Meeting called a Pic Nic of children, otherwise a Temperance
meeting 173calling themselves a Cold Water Army who
had a collation at the Town Hall— To this Meeting I was invited and
witnessed their assemblage to the number of about one hundred and twenty
children of each sex between seven and fourteen years of age, who formed
a procession issuing from the Town Hall and returning there to their
Collation.— to which I did not stay. They had sundry addresses made to
them and were still there when I rode by, up to Braintree and returning
by Bens Point about sunset—