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A PIECE OF LOCAL ANTIQUITY
[Welland Telegraph, 8 May 1891]
The old book of the Mechanics Institute is still in a good state of preservation. The minutes of the first meeting are dated Nov. 26th 1825 and the first meeting was held in “the school house near Brown’s Bridge.” There were present at the meeting, David Thompson, James Brown, Geo. Bradshaw, Nathan Hancock, Amos Bradshaw, John Hellems, Josiah Page, Patrick O’Reilly, Alex Brown and Geo. Shrigley. At the meeting David Thompson was elected Treasurer, James Brown, Librarian, and John A. Sidy, Sec.
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