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101

Bancroft papers on the Mecklenburg Declaration, 1775, and

on the Annexation of Texas, 1848, communicated hy

Mr. Howe

Letters of Noah Webster, 1785-1840, communicated by

Mr. NORCROSS

Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791, by Hamilton,

communicated by Mr. FORD .

122

156

DECEMBER MEETING, 1909.

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Tributes to Charles Gross, by the PRESIDENT

182

Mr. EMERTON.

189

Tribute to Henry Charles Lea, by Mr. HASKINS

183

Letter of Lords Committee on Trade and Plantations, 1703,

communicated by Mr. NorCROSS .

191

Vassall tomb, Cambridge, by Col. T. W. HIGGINSON

192

Letters of John Hancock, 1760–61, communicated by Mr.

GREENOUGH

193

Smibert's portraits of Captain John Gerrish, and Jacob

Wendell, communicated by Mr. WENDELL

200

Foundation wall of a college building, Cambridge, by Mr. LANE 201

Letters of James Otis, 1764–65, communicated by Mr. FORD. 202

Memoir of Theodore Ayrault Dodge, by T. L. LIVERMORE 208

JANUARY MEETING, 1910.

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Dr. Green's fifty years of membership, by the PRESIDENT 222

Dr. GREEN's remarks

227

Campaign around Vicksburg, 1862, by W. R. LIVERMORE 233

Verses by John Quincy Adams, by Mr. HOWE

237

Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence, by

Mr. MATTHEWS

241

Supposed miniature of Cromwell, by C. H. Hart.

253

Broadsides on “Old Tenor,” 1751, communicated by Mr. Ford 255

Letter of Francis Corbin, on Slavery in Virginia, 1819, com-

municated by Mr. FORD

260

Memoir of William Phineas Upham, by Mr. RanTOUL

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283

290

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Quater-Centenary festivities at Geneva, by Mr. Hart .
William Ellery Channing and John Brown, by Mr. SANBORN
Address by John Quincy Adams, 1841, on the Opium War,

communicated for the PRESIDENT
Letter of Caleb Cushing, 1847, communicated by J. SMITH
Correspondence of Samuel Adams and Samuel Phillips Savage,

1776-85, presented by Mr. SHAW

War letters of Dr. Seth Rogers, 1862–63, communicated by

Col. T. W. HigginSON .

Memoir of James Madison Barker, by Gov. LONG

Memoir of Egbert Coffin Smyth, by Mr. STANWOOD

327

337

399

402

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MARCH MEETING, 1910.

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413

414

417

418

423

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Tributes to William Everett:

by Dr. GREEN

Dr. McKenzie

Mr. QUINCY

Mr. SCHOULER

Loss of Boston Customs Records, 1776, by W. WARREN

Currency pamphlets of John Valentine and Hugh Vans, by

Mr. Davis. .

Errors in the Harvard Triennial, by Dr. GREEN
Charles Stuart and James Murray letters, 1766-72, communi-

cated by Mr. FORD . .

Bigelow manuscripts, communicated by Mr. FORD

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428

447

Report of the Council

Librarian

Cabinet-Keeper

Committee on the Library and Cabinet

Officers elected

From Thoreau to Confucius, via Abingdon, Virginia, by the

PRESIDENT .

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464

465

467

472

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American Board of Commissioners of Customs, by Prof.

CHANNING

477

Judge Sewall's gift of a pike-staff to the Artillery Company,

by Dr. GREEN

491

Letter of James Otis, 1768, communicated by Mr. NORCROSS . 492

Dorchester Company at Cape Anne, 1635, communicated by

Mr. FORD .

493

Letter of William B. Lewis, 1839, communicated by Mr. FORD 496

Letter of Frederic L. Gay, on Cotton's Farewell Sermon,

municated by Mr. FORD

503

Letters, 1694–95, on the defence of the frontier, communi-

cated by Mr. GREENOUGH

504

Annual Report of the Treasurer

520

Funds of the Society

529

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MAY MEETING, 1910.

Report on the amendment to the By-Laws relating to the

Editor

Cavalry in the War of Independence, by the PRESIDENT
Comparative history of western nations, by W. R. LIVERMORE
Joseph Willard letters, 1781-1822, communicated by Mr.

NORCROSS, and annotated by Mr. LANE

Samuel Phillips Savage papers, 1703-1759, communicated by

Mr. FORD.

Letter from the Massachusetts Delegates in Congress, 1800 .

545

547

593

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609

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646

652

JUNE MEETING, 1910.

Great Secession Winter of 1860–61, by HENRY ADAMS.

History of the Manuscript, by the PRESIDENT

Paper

More about St. John de Creveccur, by Mr. SANBORN

656
660
687

691

PORTRAIT OF John Elliot SANFORD . .

· Frontispiece MAP SHOWING THE OREGON TRAIL, AFTER PREUSS, 1848. . 19 TitlePAGE, “ A Iust COMPLAINT AGAINST AN VnivsT DOER,” 1634.

48 TITLEPAGE, J. DAVENPORT'S “PROTESTATION," 1635.

64 SIGNATURES OF THE LORDS COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND Plan

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SIGNATURES : JOHN PYNCHON, 1694

506 JOHN THACHER, 1694

508 FRANCES HOOKE, 1694 .

510 NATHANIEL SALTONSTALL, DANIEL PEIRCE, AND DUDLEY BRADSTREET, 1695.

511 Thomas HINCHMAN, 1695 .

512 CHARLES Frost, 1695

516 Maps on COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF WESTERN Nations. .594-603 AUTOGRAPH OF THOMAS CHUBB, 1745

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SIGNATURES OF MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES IN CONGRESS, 1800 :

BENJAMIN GOODHUE, SAMUEL DEXTER, JR., THEODORE
SEDGWICK, SAMUEL SEWALL, Silas LEE, GEORGE
THATCHER, BAILEY BARTLETT, John REED, Dwight
FOSTER, SAMUEL LYMAN, HARRISON GRAY Otis, SAMUEL
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SHEPARD, AND PELEG WADSWORTH 654