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EXERCISES AT THE PLACING 
 OF A MEMORIAL STONE AND 
 TABLET NEAR BIRTHPLACE OF 
 
 GEORGE 
 BANCROFT 
 
 SALISBURY 
 
 STREET, WORCESTER, 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
 ON THE CEN- 
 
 TENNIAL OF HIS 
 
 BIRTH, OCTO- 
 
 BER THIRD, 
 
 NINETEEN HUNDRED 
 
 Done at Press of Frank Seger Blanchard, at thirty-four Front Street. 
 
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 THREE o'clock. 
 
 ^ Introduction. 
 
 Hon. Ellery B. Crane, President Worcester Society 
 of Antiquity, introduces as President of the day, the 
 Hon. Stephen Salisbury, President American Anti- 
 quarian Society. 
 
 ^ Singing, "Home, Sweet Home," 
 
 By members of the senior classes Classical and 
 EngHsh High Schools, under the direction of Mr. 
 Seth Richards. 
 
 ^ Prayer. 
 
 Rev. Austin S. Garver, pastor of the First Unitarian 
 Church. 
 
 The occasion is honored by the presence of 
 
 Rear- Admiral William T. Sampson 
 
 representing the Unit.ed States Navy. 
 
 f[ Addresses. 
 
 Hon. George F. Hoar, Worcester; 
 
 General James Grant Wilson, New York; 
 
 Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., Boston. 
 
 ^ Acceptance of Memorial 
 
 In behalf of the city, by His Honor, 
 Mayor Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. 
 
 Singing, ^'America,' 
 
 By pupils and audience. 
 
TWENTY FEET 
 EAST OF THIS STONE " 
 STOOD THE HOUSE IN WHICH " , 
 
 GEORGE BANCROFT , '. 
 HISTORIAN OF AMERICA 
 SON OF AARON AND LUCRETIA 
 (Chandler) BANCROFT 
 
 WAS born OCTOBER 3 1800 
 
 '"'■' I PLACED BY -:.' ' 
 
 pCntZENS OF WORCESTER - 
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Under the Auspices of the : : : : : 
 American Antiquarian Society, : : : 
 Worcester Society of Antiquity. : 
 
 "Colonel Timothy Bigelow" Chapter, 
 Daughters of the American Revolution. 
 
 "Bancroft" Chapter, Daughters of the 
 Revolution. :::::::::: 
 
 "Worcester" Chapter, Sons of the 
 American Revolution. :::::: 
 
 Worcester Members Massachusetts 
 Society, Sons of the Revolution. : : 
 
 George H. Ward, Post io. Grand Army 
 of the Republic. :::::::: 
 
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