Boston

Organized by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, a ceremony was held on Saturday, April 23, in the hall of the House of Representatives, at the State House, attended by the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Hon. John Albion Andrew, LL.D., Governor of Massachusetts, with an address by James Freeman Clarke, remarks and an “Ode on Shakespeare’s Birthday” by John H. Sheppard, A.M.