The Boston Seaman's Aid Society was a women's charitable organization

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s founded in Boston

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 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

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. Affiliated with the Boston Port Society, the women of the Seaman's Aid Society operated a clothing store; Mariners House, a hotel for seamen; and a free school for mariner's daughters in Boston's North Square

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North Square in the North End, Boston of Boston, Massachusetts sits at the intersection of Moon, Prince, North, Garden Court, and Sun Court Streets. Paul Revere lived here, as did other notables in the 17th and 18th centuries. Prior to July 4, 1788, the area was known as Clark's Square.-History:In...

. In 1843, the name of the society was changed to the Boston Seamen's Aid Society. It is now named The Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society

Further reading

• "Seamen's Aid Society." Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston. Boston: N. Dearborn, 1851