The primary figure in the creation of the SCS was William Dwight Porter Bliss, an Episcopal priest.
[1] On February 18, 1889, Bliss, Francis Bellamy, A. G. Lawson, and sixteen others met at Tremont Temple to discuss the possibility.
[4] Daniel De Leon's future wife, Bertha Canary was apparently a member.
[5] Notices of the activities of these groups in The Dawn, however, were sporadic compared to the consistent reports of meeting of the Boston society.
Beginning with the December 4, 1890, issue, The Dawn was relinquished as the society's periodical and became the private property of Bliss, with the understanding that a regular page would be devoted to the progress of the SCS.