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Lennox and Addington Historical Society
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The Lennox and Addington Historical Society was founded in 1907 by Clarance M. Warner who served as President from 1907 to 1916, at which time he was appointed Curator of Canadian History and Literature at Harvard University in Boston. The object of the Society is to engage in the collection, preservation, exhibition and publication of materials for the study of history, especially the history of the County of Lennox and Addington. To this end the Society studies the archaeology of the County, acquires documents and manuscripts, obtains narratives and records of pioneers, conducts a library of historical reference, maintains a gallery of historical portraiture, publishes and otherwise diffuses information relative to the history of the County and of the Dominion, and works to developwithin this County the study of history.
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