Boston Seaman's Aid Society

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The Boston Seaman's Aid Society was a women's charitable organizations founded in Boston in 1833 with the goal of improving the condition and character of seamen and their families. The first president of the society was famed author, poet, and editor Sarah Josepha Hale. Affiliated with the Boston Port Society, the women of the Seaman's Aid Society operated a clothing store, a boarding house, and a free school for seamen's daughters in Boston's North Square. In 1843, the name of the society was changed to the Boston Seamen's Aid Society.

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  • Third Annual Report of the Managers of the Seaman’s Aid Society of the City of Boston (Boston: Published by James B. Dow, 362 Washington Street, 1836).
  • Eleventh Annual Report of the Seamen’s Aid Society, of the City of Boston (Boston: Eastburn’s Press, No. 18 State Street, 1844).
  • Reports housed at the Massachusetts Historical Society; [1]


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