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Report of the Treasurer of the Committee of Relief
Excerpt from Report of the Treasurer of the Committee of Relief: For the Sufferers by the Fall of the Pemberton Mill, in Lawrence, Mass;, On the 10th of January, 1860 Having been specially intrusted by you with the care, and to a great extent with the disbursement, of the very large fund contributed for the relief of the sufferers by the late appalling calamity at the Pemberton Mill in this city, it is due to you, and it is due to the contributors, and it may also be interesting to others as a somewhat remarkable chapter in the annals of charity, that I should render to you, and through you to the public, some account of the extent of the relief afforded and of the principles which have guid...
Report of the Treasurer of the Committee of Relief for the Sufferers by the Fall of the Pemberton Mill, in Lawrence, Mass, on the 10th of January, 1860
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