Boston Seaman's Aid Society

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; Mariners House, a hotel for seamen; and a free school for mariner's daughters in Boston's North Square. 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^[1]

References

• 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]

Further reading

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