elections, and to the distribution of public office; also, by Mr. MATTHEWS, a Proposal for the Enlargement of University Learning in New England, 1658–1660. Various original papers relating to the execution of John Brown and to the War of Secession are also included.

Beside the tributes paid to deceased members, five memoirs of Resident Members are printed: that of Daniel Henry Chamberlain, by Mr. GILBERT ; that of Peleg Whitman Chandler, by Mr. STANWOOD; that of Henry Gardner Denny, by Mr. Shaw; that of Samuel Edward Herrick, by Dr. GORDON; and that of Solomon Lincoln, by John D. Long. Four of these are accompanied by photogravure portraits.

The consolidated index of the Second Series of the Proceedings is in press, and will probably be published before the next annual meeting.

The By-Laws of the Society now in use, the result of a careful revision, are included in the proceedings of the April meeting, 1908. This revision, printed together with a new draft of the Short Account of the Society, by Mr. Smith, and a complete list of the officers and members of the Society from its beginning to the time of publication, has been distributed in book form.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
EDWARD STANWOOD,
JAMES FORD RHODES,

Committee.

BOSTON, October 22, 1908.

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Corresponding Member elected, Wilberforce Eames
Bequest of Stephen Salisbury received .
Report of the Council
Report of the Treasurer
Report of the Auditing Committee
Report of the Librarian
Report of the Cabinet-Keeper
Report of the Committee on the Library and Cabinet
Officers elected
Action on the declination of Charles C. Smith to be re-elected

Treasurer.
Paper by John D. Long on a Reference to W. II. Seward in

Carl Schurz's Reminiscences
Paper by EDWARD STANWOOD on An Anticipation of the

Monroe Doctrine

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Letters of James Cheetham, 1801-1807, taken from the

Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, communicated

by WORTHINGTON C. FORD

Memoir of Samuel Edward Herrick by GEORGE A. GORDON

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Corresponding Member elected, George Walter Prothero

Report by the PRESIDENT of Amendments to the By-Laws .

Minute by the President in grateful recognition of the long

and faithful services (1877-1907) of Charles C. Smith as

Treasurer of the Society .

Votes to secure the portraits of Mr. Smith and of his prede-

cessors, as Treasurers .

Tribute by the PRESIDENT to Daniel Henry Chamberlain

Letter of Henry A. Wise, November 16, 1859, relative to the

approaching execution of John Brown, communicated by

Josiah P. QUINCY

Mention of extracts from a paper by F. B. SANBORN on

Edward Gove

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JUNE MEETING, 1907.

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Resident Member elected, William Vail Kellen

Corresponding Member elected, Jean Jules Jusserand

Announcement of the resignation of Charles C. Smith as Editor

of the Society's publications .

Report back from the Council of Amendments to the By-Laws,

which were then adopted, to dispense with entrance fee

and annual payment; to furnish members regular publi-

cations free of charge; and to repay commutation fees

Address by the PRESIDENT at the unveiling, in the Dowse

Library, of the bust of Robert C. Winthrop, President of

the Society from 1855 to 1885

Paper by Edwin D. MEAD on John Cotton's Farewell Sermon

to Wintlırop's Company at Southampton .

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Memorandum by the PRESIDENT on W. H. Seward and Carl

Schurz, suggested by John D. Long's paper at the April

Meeting

Letter of James Savage, Jr., May 28, 1862, relative to the part

borne by the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer

Infantry during the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley,

communicated by the PRESIDENT

Paper by EDWARD STANWOOD on The Separation of Maine

from Massachusetts

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OCTOBER MEETING, 1907.

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Minute presented by William R. Thayer on the eightieth

birthday of Pasquale Villari .

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Remarks by SAMUEL A. GREEN on the gift by Mrs. Elizabeth

Anna (Byles) Ellis of a chair which once belonged to

Lieutenant-Governor William Tailer, to whom it was

presented by Queen Anne

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Remarks by SAMUEL A. Green on the Petition of Christopher

Talbot to Sir Edmund Andros for letters-patent to be

granted for his engine

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Invitation by the First Church in Boston to the Society, to

be present at the unveiling of the Memorial to John

Cotton.

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Memoir of Daniel Henry Chamberlain, by EDWARD II. GILBERT 170

NOVEMBER MEETING, 1907.

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Appointment of the Committee to publish the Proceedings of

the Society

Recognition by the President of the services of Charles C.

Smith as Editor of the Society from November, 1889 to

October, 1907

Announcement of the deaths of Resident Members, Henry G.

Denny, Jolin Elliot Sanford, and Solomon Lincoln

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